Peace Like A River


It was a wide river, mistakable for a lake or even an ocean unless you'd been wading and knew its current. Somehow I'd crossed it... Now I saw the stream regrouped below, flowing on through what might've been vineyards, pastures, orhards... It flowed between and alongside the rivers of people; from here it was no more than a silver wire winding toward the city. - Leif Enger, Peace Like A River

Monday, June 06, 2005

Saw Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith over the weekend. Hmmm. I'd rate it the 4th best in the series, behind the first three. Perhaps of the best of the last three, but that's not saying much.

I thought from the beginning that Hayden Christianson was the wrong guy to play Anakin, and I think this movie only proves the point. He just couldn't sell the transition from whiny kid to one of the most famous villians in movie history. I was never impressed with Ewan McGregor as Kenobi, either.

Too many niggling points to worry about here. (Such as how did Anakin and Kenobi survive the explosive decompression when the window blew out? All of a sudden there was air again.) It was great eye candy, but the clinky dialogue once again proved a hard obstacle to overcome.

The saga of the painters appears to be over. Argh. What an experience that was. Have Rhonda tell you about it sometime.

Argh, I'm trying to remember what John said this morning when he crawled into bed with me. I was still groggy. He asked if we had a something. And I don't remember what. It wasn't really an object, something more abstract like a feeling, or something like that, but I said no, we don't have that. And he asked if we had to go to the ?? store to get one. Hah. Yeah, that would be the logical place to get one.

1 Comments:

  • At Sun Jun 12, 02:17:00 PM, Anonymous said…

    i liked ewan. he was a complete dolt not to see the disturbing signs of his padowan. the remainder of the plot/story was mere mush.
    treasonous acts arent made on a whim-which is was darth did(read up on the psych profiles of traitors) and his rational for doing it was WEAK
    other plots holes, the republic gives dictatorial powers after having already won a decisive engagement?! where was the threat?
    overall, i am looking for to lion witch and wardrobe bk

     

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