Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Stupid (Lightweight it is)

FrontPage Magazine ^ | June 6, 2005 | Don Feder

[No Blue States]

I wasted my time and money on it this weekend and agree.

[2banana]

The Chewbacas in dreadlocks were kinda cool...

[bpjam]

I saw it primarily as my obligation as an American to continual to fuel the local economy. It sucked. It really was a very long and painfully drawn out melodrama. Had Lucas stopped with the first three episodes, things would have been great. But the introduction of this sappy 'love story' just kills this storyline. It was about good vs. evil. It was never a love story.

I'm having a hard time understanding how liberals think that they are really sticking it to the GOP with this film though. The Dim's are the ones who love every dictator they find around the globe. This entire plot was based on the old soviet empire. Are the lib's suddenly disavowing their loyalty to the old Marxist ideals? Do they now suddenly agree with the GOP that the Soviet regime needed to be overthrown? Sorry, either I'm very confused or they are. Either way, its Lucas' fault now.

[John Jorsett]

Did anyone seriously expect Citizen Kane? It's a sci-fi epic, not some la-de-da production of a Chekov play designed to provoke beard-scratching discussion about its deeper message. Some people have just got to get over themselves and realize that not everything has to be subjected to intensive analysis. Just enjoy it or don't as the case may be.

[Onelifetogive]

The Chewbacas in dreadlocks were kinda cool...

Wookies.....

[Pillows]

I thought the scenery was fantastic. I enjoyed every minute of it. The plot was a little weak...but it wasn't that bad ....There are ALOT worse out there playing. I would see this again.

[No Blue States]

Well said. I thought if anything it supported the Republican position..good over evil.
Its a shame the actors were not allowed to use facial expressions.

[Paleo Conservative]

I wasn't impressed by episodes I or II. The special effects were good, but the storyline was rather corny.

[pogo101]

Lucas is a dialogue genius! Take this gem from "III," for instance:

"Hold me, Anni!
Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo!"

Wow. What's David Mamet got that Lucas ain't?

/sarcasm

[mikrofon]

Fill in the blanks with words that are anagrams of the same four letters:

"I'm not sure I want to see ____ ____ ____."

[PA Engineer]

Ditto. After the movie my 12 year old daughter commented that even Alien vs. Predator was better.

[No Blue States]

As another FReeper said It would have been better had Yoda said:

"Many sequels do I see, much merchandise will we sell."

[Vermont Lt]

I didnt expect Citizen Kane, but I expected the actors to speak their lines with some emotion. It appeared as though a "run through" had been printed and edited in by mistake. S.L Jackson was especially bad. Jimmy Smits was there, why?

There were a few places where my wife and I laughed out loud to the point where I think we annoyed those around us.

And, at the end, they are stading in front of the "death star" that was just about at the construction point as it was at the begining of the original star wars. The only problem was that the kids still had about 17 years to grow. Was this Death star being built by union labor?

[lilylangtree]

I watched "Independence Day" twice on Sunday. Enjoyed it both times. One was called the "DVD" version and the other was called the "enhanced" version.

[quidnunc]

John Jorsett wrote: Did anyone seriously expect Citizen Kane? It's a sci-fi epic, not some la-de-da production of a Chekov play designed to provoke beard-scratching discussion about its deeper message. Some people have just got to get over themselves and realize that not everything has to be subjected to intensive analysis. Just enjoy it or don't as the case may be.

You would be correct if the movie was made purely for its entertainment value.

But when Lucas injected politics into it, it became fair game for criticism at all levels.

[No Blue States]

My 11 yr old daughter didnt even want to go see it with us!

[in hoc signo vinces]

The whole audience groaned after that piece of genius dialouge in the theatre I was in.

I enjoyed the action...and took the movie for what it is...mere entertainment but it could have been so much more if a talented writer had done the script. Sad.

[Hatteras]

You're so beautiful.

It's only because I'm so in love.

No, it's because I'm so in love with you.

Nuh-uh, I love you more!

Yuh-huh, I do to love you more!

No way!

Way!

[whershey]

"Did anyone seriously expect Citizen Kane? It's a sci-fi epic, not some la-de-da production of a Chekov play designed to provoke beard-scratching discussion about its deeper message. Some people have just got to get over themselves and realize that not everything has to be subjected to intensive analysis. Just enjoy it or don't as the case may be."

I went yesterday and truly tried not to judge it politically but it's so obvious you can't help but do so. Actually I think Lucas seriously expected Citizen Kane. Besides that, the acting was horrible. Aniken looked like a little boy who was just punished for having a hissy fit and the lines of humor throughout the movie were past being just cheesy. The dumbest line of the whole move was when Obi Wan asked Padme if Aniken was the father... Well duh. Quite honestly the Jedi had to have been the dumbest fools ever almost the universe. It was very sad to me to see the series end this way and I think it's sad that Lucas seems to have become senile at such a young age.