Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Clem, Pascal & I headed downtown to the Paramount Theatre to see Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. This film was absolutely outstanding, amazing, incredible, awsome and more... I was hooked from the first few seconds and it never let me go to the very end. I can't think of a movie that has ever entertained me more. There was nonstop action, a complex story that brought all the other Star Wars films to a conclusion or at least it was the final gap filling in the Star Wars storyline since it ends where the very first Star Wars movie takes off. The special effects were so believeable and over the top it just left me breathless. Clem and Pascal too came out praising it the rest of the evening. We absolutely loved it... and seeing it in the Paramount on that huge screen just made the whole experience all the better. I felt like I left Earth for a few hours and just lived inside my imagination.

We had supper out at a restaurant L'Entrecote Saint-Jean on deMaisonneuve and Peel. It was a genuine European French restaurant with snotty waitresses, a decent wine list and good food. I have to say my steak was outstanding but not two inches thick and bloating like most North American steak houses. This was decisively French but in the best of French tradition (minus the snotty waitress). We talked about the London Bombings and the stupid right wing mood in the US and how it's affecting everyone... got our anger out at the terrorists though. Like most Canadians (or at least Eastern Canadians) we are for the fight against terrorism, for the supression of the Taliban in Afghanistan and wholeheartedly against what happened in Iraq. I think this is what most of the world feels except for 51% of Americans.

I actually got a free parking space on Metcalf downtown. What's up with that? I never find parking downtown except in parking lots... must be my lucky day. I should have bought a lottery ticket :)

Anyways, my vacation continues tomorrow. I'm mulling over the idea of going to Quebec City on Wednesday or Thursday just for the day. It's been a while and it's such a beautiful city it's worth the three hour drive. I'm heading out with Eyvind on Tuesday to the Fantasia Film festival to see a Hong Kong movie called One Night in Mongkok. It took top honors at the Hong Kong film festival. It's in Cantonese with English subtitles. Should be good. Also there's the Just for Laughs festival. I might head down tomorrow if the weather is good... just to bum around the main site and see what's going on. There's always crazy stuff happening on the street. They often film the Just for Laugh Gags segments there. I've seen these on KLM flights, those silent jokes they play on everyday people. Some are really very funny. It's universal comedy. Speaking of which I watched Charlie Chaplin's film Modern Times on DVD this afternoon... what a blast, another great movie... from Modern Times to Star Wars Revenge of the Sith... a massive gap in years, technology and Hollywood evolution yet both were equally riviting in their own way and totally entertaining. Nice to know some things never change.