Revenge of the Sith review.........
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The general opinion of Revenge of the Sith seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion. So much here is guaranteed to cause either offense or pain, starting with the nineteen-twenties leather football helmet that Natalie Portman suddenly dons for no reason, ......
The general opinion of Revenge of the Sith seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion. So much here is guaranteed to cause either offense or pain, starting with the nineteen-twenties leather football helmet that Natalie Portman suddenly dons for no reason, ......
Come on, man. This stuff is *GOLD*:firetoole said:
"The general opinion of Revenge of the Sith seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion."
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Edit: Way to beat me to the punch, Westy. :eviltongu
Balzonia Cheese.
True, he's a little self-inflated with all that vitriol, but it's classic stuff.that awesome review said:
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Hmm, that's always been one of the things I loved about the original, and somewhat with Empire Strikes Back, too...the physicality of the scenery, pre-CGI stuff, where things kind of clank and clunk and get dirty on Tattooine and in the swamp and stuff. 100% agree with regard to the new movies and the newer, ultra-clean effects, but the original was totally the opposite.
Was anyone really expecting this movie to be good? All you can hope is that George uses a little more lube when he takes it to you this time around.
Yeah that was what was so great about the original. George Lucas should be deported.MikeD said:
My roommate was telling me about some people he saw wearing T-shirts that had the logos for Star Wars Episode 1 & 2 on the bottom, and over it in big letters, "George Lucas Raped My Childhood".Ridemonkey said:
We should force him to live in America Jr. as punishment. Cruel and unusual? Probably. But more than justified.
I found out just recently that he started to do his own directing on Return of the Jedi.Ridemonkey said:
He's apparently a terrible director.
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It's a shame really, because Lucas' films in the early days all that had that very candid and gritty feel to them.MikeD said:
THX1138 for example, pretty realistic in it's dialog.
Lucas is like the Metallica of directors. Kick ass and raw at the beginning, then all wishy washy and over produced.
Meh.
Beautiful:
I heard the soundtrack for the Phantom Menace (great), and I had extremely high expectations. Boy was I wrong.
I had much less expectations for the Attack of the Clones, and it didn't even come close. I thought the acting except for Ewan McGregor was pitiful, and that big battle arena scene was more like a chapter of a serialized novel than from the anointed Lucas.
So I have skimmed two reviews of the Revenge of the Sith, from Kevin Smith and A.O. Scott (the NY Times critic). Both of them loved it (Scott thought it was better than Star Wars), so that does bode well for the movie.
I was going to see it no matter what. I cannot wait for the dvd. I am expecting very little, of course, but at this point, it has to be The Godfather and Clockwork Orange rolled into one for me to like it.
I had much less expectations for the Attack of the Clones, and it didn't even come close. I thought the acting except for Ewan McGregor was pitiful, and that big battle arena scene was more like a chapter of a serialized novel than from the anointed Lucas.
So I have skimmed two reviews of the Revenge of the Sith, from Kevin Smith and A.O. Scott (the NY Times critic). Both of them loved it (Scott thought it was better than Star Wars), so that does bode well for the movie.
I was going to see it no matter what. I cannot wait for the dvd. I am expecting very little, of course, but at this point, it has to be The Godfather and Clockwork Orange rolled into one for me to like it.
"Anakin will indeed drop the killer-monk Jedi look and become Darth Vader, the hockey goalkeeper from hell"
But, but...wars in the future will consist of iron-age/civil-war style lines of battle, with everyone standing up and shooting from the hip, as the armies face each other across an open field!!!sanjuro said:
Seriously!
hahahahaha (funny looks from coworkers)
" The youn Obi-Wan Kenobi is not, I hasten to add, the most nauseating figure onscreen; nor is R2-D or even C-3PO, although I still fail to understand why I should have been expected to waste twenty-five years of my life following the progress of a beeping trash can and a gay gold-plated Jeeves"
" The youn Obi-Wan Kenobi is not, I hasten to add, the most nauseating figure onscreen; nor is R2-D or even C-3PO, although I still fail to understand why I should have been expected to waste twenty-five years of my life following the progress of a beeping trash can and a gay gold-plated Jeeves"
I hear that. My wife got PM as a gift because people knew she "liked Star Wars" and I think we've watched the video once.sanjuro said:
There were only two even reasonably entertaining scenes in Ep. I - the two light sabre fights. Well choreographed and not too rediculously long. They'd have been even better if that Darth Mauler hadn't looked like a character out of Hellraiser.
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Dudes, anybody have a stormtrooper outfit I can borrow? I just bought my tix for Thursday and I'm ready to rock. I'm still clinging to some thread of hope that ol George will get it right this one last time. Anakin does look pretty bad ass this time in the pics I've seen.
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S.S. may lend you his Princess Leah costume.ghostrider said:
Have any of you seen it yet?
I dunno if I'd borrow it, though. It's a little stainedloco said:
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Apparently BV has. He seems to think it looks stained.Damn True said:
Those are coke stains. I got it from what's-her-name after the second movie. Boy did she do alot of hard livin' in the late 70's/early 80's.binary visions said:I dunno if I'd borrow it, though. It's a little stained
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Read John Belushi's book Wired. Talks all about it,and the rest of the SNL inner circle. She was part of it I guess. A bunch of speed ball freaks with their own private nightclub in Manhatten.SkaredShtles said:Those are coke stains. I got it from what's-her-name after the second movie. Boy did she do alot of hard livin' in the late 70's/early 80's.
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i'm probably gonna go see it after work tomorrow. i won't even read criticism's about Star Wars, everybody's bagged on it so much it's not even funny.
H8R said:
eh. Coppola apparantly gave quite a bit of oomph to get backing for that film. who knows how much other help he may have given......
and did you realize that the script wasn't even from lucas? yep; a couple other film school buds had come up with it, and decided to shelve it. lucas asked if they minded him doing something with it.......
I just saw it.
It was cheesy.
It was predictable.
It was bad.
It was ugly.
It was StarWars.
I loved it.
It was cheesy.
It was predictable.
It was bad.
It was ugly.
It was StarWars.
I loved it.
that it involved Anakin nipping into a broom closet with a warm glass jar and a copy of Ewok Babes
Is this ALL this guy can do? Make witty remarks?!
Is this ALL this guy can do? Make witty remarks?!