I saw Star Wars: Episode III last night and there was really no chance that I was going to truly love it. There was just way too much hype over this movie and I don’t think anything could have survived that much expectation. I doubt The Empire Strikes Back could have done it. That said, it could have been better. I never realized how poor of an actress Natalie Portman was. The only movies I’ve watched her in were the 3 Star Wars movies, but in this one I realized she was just bad. Forced, flat and emotionless. Hayden Christensen wasn’t too bad in this one. Maybe I’m used to it because I noticed he wasn’t too hot in Episode II. All of the other acting was pretty good though. Ewan McGregor was awesome. I gotta start seeing more of his movies. Big Fish was sweet. Now I’ll get to the movie. I did not like how Anakin’s change to Darth Vader was done. It was too retarded. Yeah, we knew he was weak, but I felt like he needed a bit more coaxing than he actually got. Oh no, she’s gonna die. I better go against everything I’ve learned in my life up to this point because of things you’ve said to me in our last 2 meetings. When he turned I said, “There’s no way he just turned there. There’s gotta be more to this.” And I don’t know what the hell the Jedi were thinking letting Anakin slip away like that. There had to be a better way. They can sense changes in the force a mile away, but they couldn’t keep an eye on him when they knew he needed it the most? “Hey, you haven’t been listening to us much lately, and you always act erratically, but wait here in this room by yourself until we get back.” I guess my problem with it all was it had to be done, and it had to be done in about 2 hours. The die was cast 28 years ago and there was nothing anyone could do about it. I’m just an advocate for longer more complete movies. The 4 hours of Return of the King was glorious. Peter Jackson hit it right on the head with that one. He knew what the fans would want and didn’t worry about people who could probably care less not going to see the movie because it was too long. That said, a chapter is over and if you look at Episodes III, II and yes, even I from an entertainment standpoint instead of cinematic masterpieces you’ll get to watch 3 pretty entertaining movies. Combined with IV, V and VI, you get an amazing story that can only be rivaled by few. It’s sad to see it end, but we’re all left with good stuff. Let’s hope Lucas decides to do VII, VIII and IV and lets hope next time I can keep my expectations where they should be. Right about what you expect from the Phillies? No, not even that low. And that was a low blow.

I’m currently watching: MLB Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves