Star Wars Episode III is awesome - Page 3

WizNicks · #31 05-19-2005, 07:12 PM

I was at the premiere in my city (we only have one cinema) and it was only like 50 people there (it has about 200 seats)! So it was okay here!

dissention · #32 05-19-2005, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by WizNicks

I was at the premiere in my city (we only have one cinema) and it was only like 50 people there (it has about 200 seats)! So it was okay here!

Must not be as a big phenomenon in Germany, I suppose. A web design company that my friend works for treats all of it's employees to seeing each Star Wars movie when it comes out, complete with soda and popcorn.

Amy Y · #33 05-19-2005, 07:57 PM

Whooo-hooooo!!! I just watched III. Wow wow wow wow wow!!! That was amazing. I couldn't stand 1 & 2, but whooo, was this one great! I was bawling during the fight between Darth and Obi.

I can't decided which one I love the best, #3 or #6.

I was a late Jedi bloomer, too. The first Star Wars I watched was the first episode. I'm so glad that I was convinced to watch the other episodes, or else I wouldn't have seen the third today, and wouldn't be as happy as I am right now.

ontheEdgeof17 · #34 05-19-2005, 11:11 PM

'Star Wars' midnight showings total $16.5 million
Thursday May 19 8:34 PM ET

The grand finale to the "Star Wars" saga opened in sold-out theaters on Thursday to legions of fans dressed in their Jedi finest, generating an estimated $16.5 million at debut midnight showings alone.

The unprecedented tally reported by distributor 20th Century Fox from some 2,900 midnight screenings fueled anticipation that "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" would mark one of the biggest film openings of all time.

An official studio estimate for the entire first day of the movie was not expected until Friday. And Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracking service Exhibitor Relations, said there was nothing to compare it to.

"This is a huge number," he added. "It portends a huge opening day number. I think the sky's the limit right now."

At the same time, the blistering pace of advance ticket orders accelerated. One leading online and telephone box office service, Fandango Inc., reported that tickets to "Revenge of the Sith" were selling at a record rate of six per second, up from four per second on Wednesday.

The top distribution executive for News Corp.-owned Fox, Bruce Snyder, said he "would be pleased" if "Sith" matched the $110 million grossed by its immediate predecessor, "Attack of the Clones," through its first weekend.

Some box office analysts said "Sith," by virtue of its generally superior reviews and status as the final chapter in George Lucas' "Star Wars" double trilogy, could surpass the opening-weekend tally of "Clones."

"Sith" also opened on more screens -- some 9,400 domestic prints in all -- than any previous installment in the "Star Wars" franchise, and ticket prices have climbed since "Clones" came out three years ago.

Experts said they expected "Sith" to easily gross between $35 million and $40 million on its first day in North American theaters alone. That would put it in the same league as "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" "The Matrix Reloaded," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "Spider-Man" and its sequel.

By comparison, "Attack of the Clones," which also opened on a Thursday, grossed $30.1 million its first day.

"Spider-Man 2" boasts the biggest first-day box office ever, $40.4 million, while "Shrek 2" holds the record for highest single-day gross -- $44.8 million earned in its fourth day of release. The original "Spider-Man" is the all-time weekend box office champ, grossing nearly $115 million in its first Friday-through-Sunday frame.

In the vacuum of official estimates of first-day business for "Sith," advance ticket orders offered the best evidence that the film was a blockbuster in the making.

"There are hundreds of sold-out shows across America, and demand is increasing, not subsiding," Fandango Chief Executive Art Levitt told Reuters. "It has picked up significantly even over yesterday's sales, and with this momentum (the sales rate) could grow even higher tomorrow."

The brisk pace of advance sales and the sight of "Star Wars" devotees lined up in costumes hours before midnight showings warmed the hearts of Hollywood executives everywhere looking for "Sith" to snap a 12-week box office lull.

Both Fandango and rival Moviefone.com said "Sith" has accounted for some 98 percent of all advance ticket orders during the past two days.

Moviefone.com said its movie trailer for "Sith" has been streamed 3.1 million times from its Web site, more than double the number of "Return of the King" two years ago.

wondergirl9847 · #35 05-19-2005, 11:31 PM

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Lucas is a whore. I just read yesterday that he's going to be releasing all six Star Wars movies together in a box set in 3-D.

How absurd.

Frickin frack! I can't get Wings on frickin DVD, but they are putting out this on DVD in 3D....bite me.

Moony · #36 05-19-2005, 11:34 PM

I like the original three, (Empire Strikes back is my fav.), thought the newer two sucked mucho asso, but I'm still excited to see this one. I wanna see it tmw, but who knows with the lines and such.

I'm glad to see that a lot of you ledgies liked it though, it's encouraging.

trackaghost · #37 05-20-2005, 04:55 AM

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is gonna milk the nerds for their parents cash the same way the multiple DVD versions of LOTR did...Big yawn!

I like LOTR and Star Wars

I guess I'm a nerd according to you.
A big yawn to you but a little bit of happiness for others.

WizNicks · #38 05-20-2005, 08:25 AM

A cinema which was a few miles away showed the episodes I&II and then at midnight they showed episode III and afterwards for the hradcore fans they showed the "new" digital episodes IV&V&VI again! I actually wanted to do that, but then I remembered my Lord Of The Rings experience in 2003, where I had to see the first two movies at the premiere and slept during the third part!

estranged4life · #39 05-20-2005, 11:01 AM

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I like LOTR and Star Wars

I guess I'm a nerd according to you.

yer a nerd, just those folk who believe they should buy every known possible version of the movies that are released on video.

Dark Angel · #40 05-20-2005, 05:21 PM

I went to see it yesterday, and absoloutely loved it! It's definitely the best of this trilogy, and I think I'm at the point where I think it even blows 'Empire' out of the water.

Very dark, lots of action starting at the beginning, and going throughout, lots of emotions of all kinds, and I cried during some scenes.

For those who have seen it, is it bad to be emphatic as to the main reason why Anakin wanted to learn the dark side of the Force? Then again, I doubt his vision would have come true had he not turned.

All in all, an excellent movie, possibly the the best of both trilogies, and if I'm a Star Wars 'nerd', so be it.

sodascouts · #41 05-20-2005, 05:29 PM

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I like the original three, (Empire Strikes back is my fav.), thought the newer two sucked mucho asso, but I'm still excited to see this one. I wanna see it tmw, but who knows with the lines and such.

I'm glad to see that a lot of you ledgies liked it though, it's encouraging.

I felt the same way - as much as I adored the originals, that was how much I hated the prequels. But this one was much better, although of course nothing compared to the REAL Star Wars movies. I wasn't able to get the midnight showing (sold out) but by getting my tickets three weeks in advance, I was able to go on opening day.

Yes, I am geek, and PROUD OF IT, and all those who look down on me can SUCK IT.

SuzeQuze · #42 05-20-2005, 11:33 PM

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I felt the same way - as much as I adored the originals, that was how much I hated the prequels. But this one was much better, although of course nothing compared to the REAL Star Wars movies. I wasn't able to get the midnight showing (sold out) but by getting my tickets three weeks in advance, I was able to go on opening day.

Yes, I am geek, and PROUD OF IT, and all those who look down on me can SUCK IT.

:gasp: Nancy! Such language!

I never thought I would like Star Wars, when I was a girl and it came out I had no interest. But I finally did see it and loved it. Episodes 1 and 2, not so much. Although 2 was neat at the Imax. I did enjoy them, they just didn't reach me as deeply as the others. I am looking forward to this one.

CreepingDeath · #43 05-20-2005, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

I like LOTR and Star Wars

I guess I'm a nerd according to you.
A big yawn to you but a little bit of happiness for others.

Same here. Not Star Wars as much (Hayden is very yummy though), but I do love me some LOTR.

seeker007nmss · #44 05-21-2005, 01:01 AM

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It's sold out until Sunday around here...and I'm sure it will keep being that way.

I want to see it but I guess I'll have to wait until July or something LOL. I hear it's really good, way up there with Empire and the original.

I went today (friday) while my car was being repaired. Only 8 of us in the theatre. 10:25am show. LAs Vegas must not be a Star Wars headquarters city I guess.

I went to the grocery store afterwards... Good Lord star wars is a TON of products from cereal to crackers to you name it!

Moony · #45 05-21-2005, 02:03 AM

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Yes, I am geek, and PROUD OF IT, and all those who look down on me can SUCK IT.

Me too, though I'm strictly a LOTR geek.

I'm OBSESSED with that chit. I'm just a casual movie fan of SW.