Not a good weekend...

Now, as you may know, I'm a Star Wars fan. And as any Star Wars fan know, the absolute best time to watch Star Wars (or any movie for that matter) is the very first screening. If it means a midnight screening, all the better. There's something about watching a blockbuster movie at the middle of the night, y'know?

Normally, my parents would of course immediately and absolutely forbid me to watch a midnight screening. But last Wednesday, a mere 3 hours before screening, I was hopeful my dad would let me go. After all, we were in Genting at the time, and my dad did look interested in the cinema.

-Quick note on the place with the cinema, the lobby of the First World Hotel. It is without a doubt one of the best reasons to have an IR in Singapore. It was a freakin' theme park, for Yoda's sake! Kicks Escape's butt anyday.

Back to my dad. He did look interested, but ultimately, he didn't go for it. I knew he was worried about the crowd, so I told him to look around. It was a weekday and not a holiday, so there weren't too many peeps around. But then he told me that we were too far from our hotel, and if I wanted to watch the movie, I would have to make my own way back to the hotel myself. Yeah, down the long road down a mountain. That wasn't fair, and I told him so, but by that time, he went on buying useless stuff like clothes.

-Not that I hate clothes. They're necessary. But just as some people don't understand Star Wars, I don't understand fashion, so there you go.

I wasn't too sad though. There was still the Sunday when we all would get back. The family were all set to leave Kuala Lumpur (a damn great city) at around 6.30pm, when my mom saw the words Times Square on a building. 5 minutes later, we were in the lobby.

That pissed me. Now I know we would get home late and possibly ruin my chance of watching the movie on the first weekend. A good thing Berjaya Times Square was I think the best leisure centre in South East Asia or I would have blown a fuse right there and then.

-Berjaya Times Square: Half shopping centre, half indoor theme park. Tagline: All in one place. Never a truer tagline. There has to, and I do mean HAS TO, be a place like this in the New Downtown they're making in Marina.

So eventually, we did get home. At around 3AM. I was still hopeful of going, but my parents put paid to that thought. Mom said "No need lah!" and Dad said "Surely cinema full, wait till next week". So here I am, possibly the only Star Wars fan not to have watched Star Wars Episode III as yet. I mean sure, I didn't watch Episode II in the cinemas. But that was because I knew it wouldn't be interesting, being the middle of the trilogy and all. (I watched Spider-Man instead.) But still, this is Episode III, the one with Darth Vader! I'm going to watch this movie, even if it kills me! Or turn me into a Sith, whatever.

-Oh, and to complete my bad weekend, I got a fever coming back home, my room TV is acting weird again, turning off and on and not making me able to use the controls, and to top it off, my computer monitor has blown its bulbs. At first, after I turn the monitor on, it would blink, and turn back off. Now, it's completely dead. Now I have to use the Ngee Ann computers, so blog posts from me and my sisiter will be minimal now. Not a good weekend at all.

Good thing I had an OK trip to KL though, or I would be REALLY depressed.

The Dream Master

-I watched Episode III yesterday. Basically, it boils down to this. It was a disapointment. The movie was too short, the lightsabre battles were a joke and the special effects were not so special. Jeez. It's enough to make this fan lose hope.

Thankfully, the movie I saw was all in my dream. I can't tell you how happy I was when I woke up. I mean, seriously, I really thought it was happening. I've realised I only get those realistic dreams mostly when I'm not feeling too well.

-To those wanting to avoid spoilers for the movie, I suggest you stay away from Toys R Us. The packaging to the Star Wars toys might have some spoilers on them.

The Darth Side compels you.....

You know, I thought it'd be interesting if I could write only about Star Wars for the next two weeks until the 19th (ROTS TIME BABY, YEAH!). So here I go.

Short post today to advertise one of the funniest blogs out there: The Darth Side. The posts are funny, but the really funny stuff is in the comments. Real ROFL stuff here.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith clip

13 days, 13 days, we've got 13 days.....

Till then, here's a short clip from the Anakin vs Obi-Wan fight.

http://rapidshare.de/files/1543996/trl_clip2.mpg.html