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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 2, 2005 14:18:50 GMT -8
 i just finished watching this final Star Wars movie (or so the Germans would have us believe...) and here are some thoughts: The Good: the effects naturally are top notch. the fight scenes are really well done, especially the light sabre battles. i really enjoyed the funny droid speak- they had me laughing out loud several times. the direction, acting and script were all much better than the previous two movies. i quite liked Ewan as young 180 year old Obi Wan. the birth of Darth Vader was nice, a good homage to FRANKENSTEIN (1931), and seeing the Grand Moff was cool. was that James Earl Jones again? the final scene with little Luke was nice, especially with the music. the Bad: the movie drags a bit. an editor was really needed. Hayden is not the worst actor out there, but he's not good. what should have been THE emotional scene with Obi Wan toward the end was ruined by his ineptness. his "love" scenes with Padme were embarrassing as well, neither did a good job there, not that they had much to work with. there were also too many characters crammed in here, resulting in some, like R2D2 and C3PO getting short shrift. a little more humor would have been nice. what, is Yoda ONLY funny on Dagobah? the ridiculous: bouncing ball Yoda again. how does an 800 year old do that? looked just as bad as the last movie. "younglings"? that's the ONLY term Lucas could come up with? even "forclings" would have sounded better. there was also so much eye candy in scenes- just background noise for the eyes that only distracted from the main action. sometimes that's nice, but in every scene? i also got quite tired of Yoda's backward talking- was it constantly needed? overall: well, it's certainly better than the previous two, and possibly RETURN OF THE JEDI, or at least equal to it. it's not nearly as good as the first two movies, STAR WARS or EMPIRE though. so i wouldn't turn it off if i was seeing it on tv. i'll give it two paws out of four.  sorry if i got this back on topic... 
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Post by Torgaman on Jun 2, 2005 15:50:32 GMT -8
Yoda was never supposed to be "funny".He simply acted like that when he met Luke to determine wether or not Luke was worth training.He was testing his patience and control of emotions.Plus he uses the force to be able to jump around.Besides looking at him he is meant to be a toadlike creature so it makes sense to have him jumping around.
R2 and 3P0 aren't the focus of these films.They are comedic relief which means they are only supposed to be used judiciously.Except for the first one[where R2 is the reason that drives all the characters to come together since he has the plans to the Death Star] the
droids were meant always meant as secondary characters.
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Post by Gwangi on Jun 3, 2005 12:48:44 GMT -8
I thought it was a fitting end. To be honest, my expectations were actually low after the last two features so I just couldn’t help it. But it was clearly the best of these three latest installments. It ranks just below “Return of the Jedi” for me.
I do a think the dialog was rather trite. Sayings like “your breaking my heart”, come of more as being humorous rather serious. I once recall that even Carrie Fisher told Lucas that the dialog he writes, just isn’t the way people talk. If they do a fourth Indy movie, I'll bet Speilberg and Harrison Ford would rather have someone else write the script.
For me, it was the point where Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) and Pallpitine are about to confront each other, that the movie really kicks into high gear and much to his credit, Lucas actually does a nice job of building up that eventual conflict.
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Post by Shonokin on Jun 19, 2005 6:39:36 GMT -8
I just saw it. It makes me wonder if Matt Groening snuck in there to do some shots.
Darth Sidious: Vader you killed padme
Darth Vader raises hands in air, play soundbyte of Seymore Skinner yelling: "nooooooooooo!"
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Post by Lunkhead on Jul 13, 2005 7:54:28 GMT -8
Finally saw this last Saturday night. All in all, I thought it was well done and brought things full circle. Surely the best of the new threesome. My 12 year old son and I both enjoyed it. He also enjoyed Lugosi's THE DEVIL BAT (1940), which I'd introduced him to earlier the same day. Hopefully, I'm helping to mold another young, open-minded film fan.  |
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