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I don't often bother watching movies. If I want to imbibe a story I would really much rather read--one can do it at one's own pace (and not be limited by the slowness of human speech when it comes to dialogue, nor worry about missing stuff when it flashes by too quick in action scenes). But every so often they come out with something that sounds interesting, and even more rarely the cards align just right that I will actually see it, and not just think it sounds kinda interesting.

This week was one of those occasions. I had been given a gift certificate to see a movie for my birthday, and some of my friends were going to go see the new Star Wars movie, in costume, so I decided at the last minute to join them. The disadvantage of the last minuet decision is that in Luleå one buys a specific seat, which meant I couldn't actually sit with my friends, but instead had the edge seat in the same row. The edge seat turned out to be great though, since it meant that I could set my boots on the floor next to me, rather than having them in the aisle in the way for people walking past. It also meant that after the movie I could quickly get to the loo and not deal with a line.

I enjoyed the movie. They did a good enough job to trigger the same fun reactions as the first one did when I was a child of 12. Yes, there were a fair few action/fight scenes, but they didn't manage to bore me. There were plenty of really stunningly beautiful planets and interesting settings. Seriously cute droids. Harrison Ford is still damn good looking for a man my mother's age. As usual having the Swedish subtitles really helps--it doesn't matter when one doesn't catch a word when one can read it.

I think that is about all I can say without spoilers.

( However, since I am inclined to type a bit more, I will put the spoiler-containing thoughts behind a cut )