Posted on 05/17/2005 3:50:07 PM PDT by weegee
I take it you are NOT going to see Star Wars III, eh?
Not at this time. Perhaps at the dollar theater if at all.
I wouldn't knowingly go to a concert to hear a performer insult me from the stage. Why should I pay to see a movie crew do the same?
This is just cover because the story arc of these first 3 films is essentially "Young Hitler" and it ends with his rise to power (and on top at the end). Anakin never should have been the focus of this trilogy.
This is a marketing ploy he learned in the 70's. Every film was an "allegory of our experience in Viet Nam". I have read many books and articles where directors and producers admitted it was just marketing BS.
My personal favorite was that "Bonnie and Clyde" was actually about Viet Nam.
Yes, this did come off as though Lucas was trying to sell tickets while kissing the right butts in Hollywood.
Lucas is in Cannes right now. Has ANY other Star Wars film played Cannes?
The French love Bushbashing. Last year gave us a Nueremberg Rally-like gathering for them to stand and pat themselves on the back for 20 minutes to show how much they hated Bush.
There was another Bush bashing film on deck if Michael Moore had been unable to complete F911 in time last year.
If George Lucas is willing to pitch his film this way, I think we should all take note. Screw him.
Tell me about it I feel like I'm in a gulag... /sarcasm :D
He must have forgotten Bill Clinton's demonization of convervatives and talk radio after the OKC bombing in 1995. He turned a one-term presidency into a successful second term.
Meanwhile the same Islamonazis that bombed the WTC in 1993 were able to build up another strike in 2001.
Add to this all of the other escalating terrorist bombings against our embassies and ships (and a sniper outside the CIA headquarters).
Lucas' abilities as a political commentator are akin to those of his script-writing.
I hope he only uses plastic scissors during editing.
He will do 7-9. These films make way too much money not to. Maybe he will get better actors this time around. Maybe he will not write or direct them either. If he would just get a producer and story credit these films could be great.
I prefer Quentin Tarantino. He's better at lifting elements from multiple films and genres than Lucas.
His first had notables like Alec Guiness and Peter Cushing. David Prowse was not really a notable but I doubt that they hired him just to pantomime (he was surprised when his dialogue was overdubbed).
The actors off old are dying off. Christopher Lee is the only notable "new" cast member.
I could see him handing over the directorial reigns again. Sounds like any future films would be like these are largely be shot in a computer. I don't know of many directors who would want to sign on for that. Peter Jackson still likes some location shooting.
Robert Rodriguez? Now that would be a sight. Maybe a script by Quentin Tarantino? He has to be a Star Wars fan. Although he may struggle to make a script with a preferable PG rating. In any case I think Lucas should tell others the story and let them create it with oversight by him.
Kevin Smith script.
He feels for the working man who didn't ask to be brought into a war and yet died when the Rebels blew up Death Star II.
Ha ha. The bit about "the holy trilogy" from Chasing Amy is funnier though imho.
in the second movie Luke defying the absolutism of Yoda (Once you start down the dark side, forever will it control your destiny) to try to save his father in the third. Now in the 6th, he has Anakin expressing absolutism.
If there is such a thing as good and evil, then people who intentionally kill noncombatants are evil. If there is such a thing as good, then people who attempt to free an oppressed people from an evil dictator are good.
Heck, it is just a movie, and if he can insult half his potential audience to get the gullible other half, it is a good business decision.
Messa gettin very very scared bout dem Bushes! Dem Bushes do tewwibule tings to me, tewwible. Deesem send big army gainst gungans. Jus cause dey speck weesum brainless. How wude!
J/K LoL
What a bad way to pitch his film. There are many conservatives like me that love star wars. I don't really care about Lucas's politics when I watch them. They are suppose to be escapism. Why did he have to bring current politics into his movie?
He'll make money but it will dampen box office some. The bigger thing to watch is the drop off over the coming weeks.
Many people bought their tickets in advance knowing that it would sell out many of the opening days' screenings.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.