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Saw the 12:01 showing last night. It was good (better than the first two prequels in most ways) but not great. It wasn't as good as the Original Trilogy (OT) and it wasn't up to all the advance hype it had been getting. It was a typical Star Wars Prequel movie- explosive CG overload, slightly wooden acting, a lack of charisma (though not as horrible in that regard as the first two movies), a rushed storyline, and the relationships between the characters felt forced. In the OT there was plenty of personality, and the relationships felt real and believable. I think a major tell-tale sign of this fact is that, when the OT was out, kids always wanted to play as Luke, Han, and Leia. Nowadays I never hear kids saying they want to play as Anakin, Obi-Wan, or Padme. Eh, whatever.
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Man, the Jedi are DICKS. I really don't understand why someone would want to be one based on their behavior in this movie. They're not allowed to love, get married, have kids, get angry, form attachments to anyone or anything, want to succeed- basically the things that make you human. It's worse than being a Catholic priest! I'm surprised that Mace didn't have any 'scandals' with the younglings (BTW, I despise the term 'younglings'). Obi-Wan told Anakin that only the Sith think in absolutes, but that easily describes the Jedi as well.
Man, did Anakin become REALLY evil REALLY fast? I mean, one second he's turning in Palapatine for being a Sith Lord, the next second he's chopping up roomfulls of little kiddies and buying every little thing Sidious says. The turn came waaay too fast. Lucas really should have been planting the major seeds for it in the second movie- here, it just feels silly how fast he turned and embraced the Dark Side.
Man, that "NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Vader let out just emasculated him, didn't it?
HORRIFIC DIALOGUE ALERT:
"Padme, you look so beautiful!"
"It's becaue I'm in love!"
"No! It's because I'm in love with YOU!"
The crowd cracked up at this point.
Wow, those big walking battle droids ae tough. Too bad they aren't fireproof.
The fight scenes were great, but the over-reliance on ridiculous special effects/CG backgrounds was numbing. There was far more drama in Luke's battle with Vader in Empire and Jedi without them fighting on structures that were slowly sinking into lava.
I don't get the fact that, in the Prequels, either you're Jedi or Sith, totally good or totally evil. Anakin's turn was too out of nowhere and it was almost silly how evil he became so quickly. If anything, it gives me way more respect for Luke Skywalker- he had strong emotions, he cared about Leia and his friends, he allowed himself to become angry, and he used that anger and emotion to ultimately defeat Darth Vader. Yet afterwards, he didn't turn. THAT'S how it should be. Allowing yourself to be human without submitting to evil. As I said above, the whole concept of the Jedi was silly.
Darth Sidious was so goddamn evil. He was awesome.
Not enough Vader (the armored one, anyway).
Anakin wasn't nearly as annoying in this movie. He was actually somewhat cool when he turned.
The movie was tied in really well to the OT. But really, how hard was THAT to do?
It was pretty cool when the Clone Troopers turned on the Jedi. Well-done scene.
Obi-Wan riding giant cute lizard: -10.
Jar-Jar gets 2-second cameo, no lines, and looks really, really sad: +10.
General Grevious was an interesting character. I really thought some carnage was gonna go down when he busted out the 4 sabers, but he really didn't do anything special. Shame.
Padme died of a broken heart. Give me a fucking break.
I always thought the story went that Vader fell INTO the lava, but I guess that would have made him surviving a little unbelievable. The end of the Anakin/Obi-Wan fight was good drama and the closest to genuine, non-wooden acting we've seen out of the Prequels.
Jedi are pussies, they always want to double-team the bad guys.
The Burger King commercials are both the best and worst in this regard- they're funny, but man, they just cheapen Star Wars more than anything else.Originally Posted by Mzo
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