Posted on 06/01/2005 10:34:25 AM PDT by quidnunc
No one goes to Star Wars films expecting high art, and if they do, they deserve our pity and derision.
It was a big, goofy, loud epic filled with explosions, robots, sword fights and wookies. Considering what passes for so-called deep meaningful films these days, I'd take the comic book simplicity of Star Wars anyday.
I actually found the line, "You were like my brother!" very poignant, and it was delivered well by Ewan McGregor.
As my husband and I were leaving the theater, I cracked him up by saying, "FINALLY! A star wars movie with a happy ending. The dirty hippie peaceniks all die, and the grown ups take over..."
Again, I'm probably one of the few who actually sided with the Sith. I thought it was as good as Empire, which for me is saying a lot. Empire was the best of the original trilogy.
Thank God. I thought I was the only one.
These movies are space opera fantasy. They are part fairy tale, part serial camp adventure like the old flash gordon and buck rogers serials, part fireworks- ohhh ahhh special effects. They are for fun, good guys vs bad guys, shoot em up with "ray guns". Nothing more. They are not political commentary, they are not a religion. They are what they are. Fun. And if kids get excited about space travel because of it or learn that being a good guy is the right thing to do, then that is a bonus. If the lines are sappy, if they are campy, just enjoy the ride. I sure have.
Just for the FUN of it.
"This is pitiful. A thousand people, freezing their butts off, waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out and they used to EAT it. Youre hypocrites. All of you! Am I upsetting you, princess?"
I think the reviewer was right for the most part. The opening few scenes were kinda hokey and the fight scenes with the funky looking soldiers getting sliced up with the light sabres seemed to be put together as an afterthought to kill some time. Alot of the dialogue sounded like a junior high school play. The original Star Wars (and Return of the Jedi) had a comic element that was intentional. This last one had a comic element also but I don't think it was intended.
But I do have a quick question. I thought in the original Star Wars (if I remember correctly), R2D2 and C3P0 were purchased from some traveling junked robot dealers. I didn't see how that gap was closed between Episode III and Episode IV. Anybody?
In II, at the point where Anakin hunts the Tuskans, you can see his shadow has become Darth Vader. One of the few things in the movie not blasted into the obvious.
I know i am in the minority here, but I've always thought the Star Wars series truly great, although in many ways deeply flawed.
To me, the greatness lies in the theme (as I see it) - the fall, salvation, and redemption through love. The related tie in of good vs evil, in epic terms. That is why although it has new age overtones, Christians tend to react strongly to it.
He's already back as a Force ghost. They replaced Sebastian Shaw with him in the latest DVD version of "Jedi". George must be a Democrat. He's replacing people on film, like Stalin.
This, more than anything, captured Yoda's seduction by the fluffy side of the Force, and his final descent into a character torn between fierceness and cuteness.
fierceness=ferocity
Don't FReep angry
The ship Bail Organa [Jimmy Smits] uses at the end of "Sith" is the ship Leia is fleeing from the Star Destroyer on at the beginning of the original "Star Wars". Organa turns both R2D2 and C3PO over to the ship's Capatain, with an instruction to wipe C3PO's memory banks. Both droids are on the ship when Vader takes it, and flee in an escape pod with Leia's message to Kenobi.
Anyone trying to take this seriously is kind of undermined by all the goofy commercial tie ins Star Wars has had over the many years. How can you take Darth Vader seriously when his lightsaber had a battery failure while dueling the energizer bunny and that he recently choked an M and M?
I hope someone can help you. I've missed a couple of episodes of Star Wars and haven't seen the current one yet. More than likely, I'll wait until they all come out in a boxed set of DVDs and watch the episodes in order.
Well, it's easier to understand why he would do those things now that you know he's just a zit-faced Ashton Kutcheresque punk (albeit a little toasted) under that mask.
What ever you may think of him, after watching Leo in The Aviator, my respect for him as an actor has increased tenfold. He amazed me repeatedly in that one.
"Ooooh, snap!"
It's worse than that because Indiana Jones made Harrison Ford, not Star Wars, IMO.
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