Posted on 06/01/2005 10:34:25 AM PDT by quidnunc
Vengeance is mine, saith the Sith, whith thoundth like Violet Elizabeth Bott. No such luck. Instead, it’s George Lucas, with what he insists is the final film in the Star Wars sextet. My guess is the first film in the new Star Wars septet will be opening circa 2008. Anyway, Revenge of the Sith is, so Lucas assures us, a ‘tragedy’. It might have been wise to have stationed an announcer at every movie house to announce this fact over the PA system since it eluded the audience I saw it with last weekend. When the Sith hits the fan, the fan bursts out laughing. Oh, to be sure, they were diverted by the opening dogfight and Obi-Wan Kenobi riding a wild four-legged space beast to hunt down General Grievous. But they were howling with laughter through all the so-called ‘tragic’ elements. When Senator-Queen Padmé (Natalie Portman) reveals that she’s pregnant, her secret husband Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) reacts with an eerie glassy-eyed expression as if he’s hypnotised himself trying to remember the next line. Eventually, Lucas prompts him and he utters the words, ‘I’ll have the club sandwich.’ No, wait. That’s just what it sounds like. He actually says: ‘You’re so … beautiful.’
‘It’s only because I’m so in love,’ says Padmé tonelessly, like a spy giving the reply password.
‘No,’ says Anakin. ‘I’m so in love. With you,’ he adds helpfully, just in case Padmé figures it’s the hot-looking Wookie strolling by in the background.
At this, my fellow theatergoers exploded with guffaws of derision. May the farce be with you! The final descent of Ian McDiarmid’s Chancellor Palpatine into Darth Hammitup brought on more laffs, as did the moment when Anakin attempts to talk Padmé into joining him over on the Dark Side: ‘Together you and I can rule the galaxy,’ he snarls. Well, tries to snarl.
‘Obi-Wan was right. You’ve changed,’ says Princess Padmé. ‘I don’t know you any more.’ He used to look like Princess Di flashing those big eyes from under his hair. But suddenly he looks like Princess Di with too much kohl and in a peevish mood. What can this mean?
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Read and be amazed. The guy who does this site is a genius. Be careful, though, no drinking while at the computer--I had to clean diet coke off my screen and out of the keyboard.
Well, there ya go. Obviously, Lucas is cementing the parallel to Dubya by parodying the pretzel incident. ;-)
I think you might have missed the point there. Anakin saw Mace was about to do the exact same thing Palpatine had goaded him into doing -- and which Anakin was clearly repulsed by when he did it. He was trying to stop Mace from engaging in the same act which was contrary to the Jedi code. Anakin, although deepley conflicted, did not turn completely dark until after Mace's death, for which he felt responsible and which, perhaps he also blamed on the Jedi code that demanded Palpatine be spared.
The former actually makes sense if you interpret his motivations as selfish (wanting to keep Palpatine alive to learn his secrets) rather than principled (wanting to avoid killing). The latter is just stupid, however.
I've seen him in one of his convention appearances. He really comes across as a great guy who would rather talk about his comic book collection with you over a beer than rehash Star Wars for the ten-thousandth time.
Um no. He choked an animated M&M cartoon character like he did in the first Star Wars (now known as episode IV) using his force powers to constrict the victims windpipe not choked on an M&M like W choked on the pretzel.
"All movies appear stupid to me, although some manage to be entertaining dispite their stupidity."
Here are a few I found to be entertaining over the last 10 years or so:
The Incredibles
Finding Nemo
The Ring Trilogy
Braveheart
My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding
Bruce Almighty
Liar, Liar
Gibson's blockbuster "The Passion of The Christ" isn't on the list because it doesn't pretend to have the intent to "entertain".
I've seen a few more than just these, but most fail to do anything more than just give me a lame excuse to veg out on the futon for 90 minutes.
Hmmm. Groundhog Day. Never seen it; not once.
I have, however, seen Monty Python's "Quest for the Holy Grail" several dozen times.
If you liked MBFGW, you might like Monsoon Wedding. I think it's a much better movie, as wedding movies go. I generally hate them.
Anakin's motivations had more to do with Palpatine being his friend and having important knowledge. Your interpretation would make more sense if Mace was in danger of falling to the dark side.
The main point is that killing a defenseless opponent goes from being wrong to being ok just because it's necessary to the story. Sloppy witting.
the movie was awesome. To hades with the soulless, irrelegious reviewers -- may the Yarrlacc have them for lunch
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well R2 and C3P0 go with Princess Leia to Alderaan. They are with her when her ship is attacked over Tatooine and bail out and land in Tatooine where they are captured by Sanddune
well R2 and C3P0 go with Princess Leia to Alderaan. They are with her when her ship is attacked over Tatooine and bail out and land in Tatooine where they are captured by Sand people
Froggie movies are pretentious crap with the main theme running thus: character ponders, has sex, ponders, crys, has sex, rails against God/government/wife/tradition, has sex, story ends abruptly.
“Grave of the Fireflies” (we own it) is the saddest movie I've ever seen. Even Schindler’s list had more hope than that one.
But it is a perfect description of post WW II Japan. We in the US were so busy defeating their government and military, that we forgot that a lot of civilians were caught up in the death of that time.
I like your Freeper of the day tribute in your home page to RadioAstronomer.
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