Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

I've always been a star wars fan, never obsessive but always a fan. There is so much about Star Wars that just makes you want to get up, scream, and pump your fists; the first death star run, boba fett, the duel between vader and luke, the battle on hoth, duel of the fates, the imperial march, obi wan, yoda's performance in empire, and basically all of episode 3.
There is so much about this movie. There was so much riding on it. This was the joint for all 6 movies and if this failed, realistically, they all failed. The success of this movie was critical. There was so much riding on it, and how did it turn out? It was a masterpiece, an absolute masterpiece. Hands down, best cinematic experience I've had (I don't say this lightly). I laughed, I cheered, I cried, and I left the theater feeling like crap.
It was a masterpiece, because the film knew what it was. It knew it was the last star wars film and made you feel like crap because of it. We all knew what was going to happen, ani going to the dark side and all, but it didn't make it any less suspenseful. When ani was hopelessly in love, when he wanted to save Padme, when he was walking through the manipulative conversations of Palpatine, when he turned on Mace, when he KILLED younglins, when he fought obi-wan, when he lay burning...dangit I didn't want him to become Darth Vader. All he needed was someone to talk him, someone to comfort him. He had been through so much, and was going through so much, if one of the pompous jedis had just sat down with him, all this crap could have been avoided, but no. They were too busy fighting their war and pumping out idealogical garbage. "Learn to let go of those you love"...I'd want to kill too if someone told me that after I dreamed my wife's death. For alot of the movie, I was on Ani's side. I was agreeing with him, "Yea, screw the Jedi, if they dont care about you, do your own thing" But then it got to the end, and I'd realized along with Ani what it lead to; his demise. That's why this film is so tragic, because it makes sense. Ani wasn't evil. He was just a boy with a lot of problems and no one to talk to. Dangit the only person that would talk to him was a man that represented evil incarnate.
Besides the absolute amazing story that drove this movie, there were so many other things. Obi-wan and Yoda were just amazing characters. Yoda was a character for the first time since Empire, he wasn't a novelty anymore. He grew along with all the other characters, and that was refreshing. Obi-wan was just a pimp. He's never looked good on paper, and it's always seemed like he gets knocked out in every single battle, but he finally stepped up to the plate in this movie. When Vader is burning and he just yelling at him, "I loved you! You were my brother!" I got chills. Speaking of chills when Order 66 was put into effect.....damn. It could not have been scored better. The music, the sequences, Yoda's reaction; it all played out perfectly.
Walking out of the theater after I first saw Episode III was the saddest I ever remember being after a movie. In many ways, it represented the end of things, the end of my childhood. Nothing this entire school year has given me a reality check even close to this movie. I realized that I will never see these characters on screen again. I'm never going to get to see Yoda, Mace, Bobba Fett, Chewie, Han, Ani, Luke, Vader, haha Darth Maul.....dangit. Likewise, my high school career has come to a close, in a couple weeks I'm never going to see a great deal of people ever again. I'll go my way, and they will go theres. We should just watch this movie over senior trip, because nothing will be more effective. Dangit it's over, and it's only so sad because it was so beautiful.

Empty Cans

"The end of the something i did not want to end, Begining of hard times to come. But something that was not meant to be is done, And this is the start of what was."

The End

Senior Year is coming to a close, and so is this chapter on my life. It's to reflect mainly because I've had no time to catch my breath. Bloody AP Tests and projects and papers and everything calculus have owned my soul for this past month. The only time I've had to reflect and really, truely enjoy the end is Jr/Sr, our "prom" for you non-wheaton academy people. Good times with Good People, that's the cliche isn't it? That's what it was, and that's what I needed. There are so many cliches involved with the ending of high school. haha...i dont know where I'm going with this, since it's kind of 2 am, and I should kinda be sleeping, because i was kinda up until 5 am last night, and i kind have school tomorrow......kinda. I'll publish this just because I've slacked off for the past month, but I'll give a better post in a bit.

Bulls: A Season Over

A magical season. A great season. I've waited a long time to talk about it too. I guess it has taken that long to let the emotions settle so I could properly reflect. To be honest, I expected nothing out of the bulls, nothing different that is, at least this year. I was convinced that in a couple years they would be really good, because I knew they had an amazing draft in Duhon, Gordon, and Deng (Noc I would find out about later). The first 9 games, 0-9, supported my feelings. I saw signs, but nothing I thought would manifest itself this year. Yet slowly, without me even fully realizing it, the Bulls snuck up on us all. I cheered for different goals; reach .500, make the playoffs, get homecourt advantage, Gordon and rookie of the year, Skiles and coach of the year, winning a playoff round, winning a championship (?). Obviously they didn't achieve everything mostly because of injuries, I would say. This doesn't make the bulls season a failure. Alot of parallels could be drawn to the Illini season. Similarily this team overachieved, and taught the entire NBA how to play real team basketball. You dont need big time stars or all stars. All you need is players that are committed, have a heart for the game, and a coach that will teach players these things. The bulls had all these, and in a couple years they are going to have a handful of big time NBA stars. It's just a matter of the Bulls getting to a stage ot show them off. So next year, I can finally realisticaly expect a Championship (just gotta secure Eddy, Skiles and Tyson) Stay optimistic, because there is finally something to be optimistic about.