You know what, sometimes a movie is just a movie. Entertainment doesn't vote.
Why not boycott air? I'm sure some liberal breathed it in at some point.
I've been looking forward to this one since they described the fall of the Jedi in the first movie, no way am I punishing myself because Lucas is an idiot.
Lucas wrote this story almost 3 decades ago. Only the Bush haters see hate Bush in this movie.
Eh, I'm going to see it. :-)
If I boycotted everything that pissed me off politically, I'd be living in a cardboard box in Idaho.
I am a die-hard Star Wars fan (although I HATE the first two prequels), and I've already seen Episode 3 at a Charity premiere in Washington last week. I thought the film was a lot better than the previous prequels, but nowhere near as good as the The Empire Strikes Back or Star Wars. I didn't see an anti-American tone to the film, but wishful thinking from journalists and then stupid comments from George Lucas.
I don't get how Lucas could believe that Bush is like the Emperor. Has he been paying attention to his own movies? The prequels are about how an evil ruler takes on two identities who are on opposite sides in his fictional war (Senator/Supreme Chancelor Palpatine and Darth Sidious). For this to parallel today's society, that would mean Bush was secretly behind 9/11 and was supplying the insurgents in Iraq to kill our troops, so he could take over the world. This of course, is baloney. If one wants to make a more realistic parallel, then Bush is leading the Rebel Alliance against terrorism.
This film is NOT anti-Bush or anti-American, but it appears that George was trying to please his liberal buddies and the French media at Cannes. The theme of the Star Wars films represents how good can overcome evil.
People like to say that Anakin's "You're with me or you're the enemy" is just like what Bush said, but they forget that in the previous Star Wars films, Vader and Palpatine were saying the same thing. "He will join us or die, Master" or "If you will not be turned, then you will be destroyed" are two lines from the original trilogy. Therefore, it's stupid that Lucas is going along with the press in agreeing that the line could reflect the Bush administration.
I'm annoyed at George Lucas, but it's not going to stop me from seeing the movies a few times. He just comes across as clueless sometimes. He doesn't seem to get that although he is the creator of that galaxy far, far away, there were many people who contributed to the original films being so good. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher were so good together in those movies. John Williams' score, Ben Burt's sound effects, the visual effects crew, the creature and art designers and the editing team (which ironically included Lucas' ex-wife) were what made the films as good as they were. Since much of this was not as good in the prequels and since it featured an inferior set of cast and characters, the movies were no good.
And is it any coincidence that the greatest Star Wars film ever (Empire) was the Star Wars movie he worked on the least?!
Hmmmm....
No.
For further political debate...
Warning major spoilers:
Check out the history of the jedi and the sith on this website: http://www.jedipurge.com/
"Chancellor Palpatine declared himself Emperor and reorganized the Senate under his rule, renaming it the Imperial Senate. He legitimized his rule with the aid of the highest court in the Galaxy, the Supreme Tribunal, located on the planet Granicus. The head of the Tribunal was the Consul, Cos Dashit of Alderaan. Dashit decided to cast his vote in favor of making Chancellor Palpatine the Emperor. Other members of the Supreme Tribunal who supported Cos Dashit included Son Hhat of Granicus, Mara Horus of Townowi, Crispin Hoedaak of Aquilae and the obese Vantos Coll."
Does this sound familiar?
I got my ticket last month and I'm gonna see III Thursday evening.
28 yrs is a long time to wait and not see for something that Lucas said this week.
This whole bruhaha will quickly pass away...Nothing here, move along.
Patriots? What bull.
I am going. I ll make up my own mind if its ok w you.
let you know how it goes.
Patriots? What bull.
I am going. I ll make up my own mind if its ok w you.
let you know how it goes.
When I want to see a movie but don't want to put money into the coffers of anti-american activists, I just by a ticket for a different movie and then watch the original movie.
Revenge of the Sith can just as easily be taken as a classic warning to leftists: seize power in the name of doing good and you will become a tyrant, no matter how noble your intentions. Lucas might not have intended it, but the warnings in the film seem to apply more to the Left than the Right.
I was going to go see it eventually, after it had been out a while and getting tickets wasn't going to be that hard.
But after George Lucas said this about Bush, he can take his film and shove it up his a$#$
*Plays the banjo while burning crosses.*