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In my view.
I grew up to believe that Darth Vader was this darkness of ultimate death and master killer of Jedis. A man so dark, so twisted that all that mattered to him was the slaying of insignaficance towards his crusade for might.
This is what the original trilogy made me believe.
After E3, the legacy and terror that Vader carried from the original trilogy is now dead. He is no Jedi hunter, he is no great warrior, Nuff said!
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BTW, the special effects,battle/fight scenes and designs of E3 were probably of the best, and the plot had strong connections but fell through IMO because of the weak dialogue and of the static emotions by certain actors.
I put my review up tonight...I'm certainly not as kind as Baimun [img]wink.gif[/img]
http://www.mwctoys.com/MOVIES_ROTS_051905.htm
Michael
MWC
Saw it at 12:01 AM this morning.
It took a little while to get going, but once Anakin finally goes dark, it's a great ride-- bumps and all.
Yeah, there were some goofy Keystone Cops moments in the beginning, and yeah, some eye-rolling dialogue, but all that was overshadowed by some truly amazing and powerful scenes.
Hands-down, my favorite part of the movie was Order 66. I was completely blown away. Shocked, disgusted, heartbroken, and totally in awe.
And the duel on Mustafar, with Obi-Wan leaving his best friend to die? Christensen and McGregor's performances were jaw-dropping. When Anakin screams, "I HATE YOU!" it cut right through me.
And don't even get me started on McDiarmid... in this film, Palpatine finally gets his moment... the one we knew he had in him at the end of Return of the Jedi.
There are so many powerful images in the movie that I don't want to spoil for the fans who haven't seen the picture yet. So many things that pay tribute to the original trilogy, including that last moment just before the credits.
So Episode III has its flaws.
Revenge of the Sith is, by no mean, perfect.
But neither were any of the other films-- even the "Holy" Trilogy.
Cheesey dialogue I can handle. There hasn't been any great scripting from the get-go and in the right situation (laugh it up fuzzball) the campy lines can help develope a characters personality. (Aye, Obi-Wan.. yer a bit too fiesty now for the grande presence created by Sir Alec Guiness... and if your droid' army's AI doesn't get any higher than a grade 2 level you shouldn't be handing them blasters.)
What I had a problem with was that a lot of the dialogue seemed disjointed. It's almost as though each actor shot their scenes separately and it was all edited together in the end. There were great moments when you could tell the actors were interacting and feeding off of one another but then there were horribly unattached moments that left me thinking... "okay, I've seen these guys act in other movies and I know they can so it must be either the directing or the editing that's killing it".
It makes me believe that having giant green screens as a set really doesn't work for making movies... spectacular visuals, yes... but well acted movies, no.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">that, and the fact that he looks damn sexy in those snug jedi pants.Quote:
Originally posted by B?im?n:
That personality is one of the things that made Obi Wan such a great Jedi
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">He was, however, really annoying as a kid and a whiny bitch as a young adult.Quote:
Originally posted by Chosen One:
In my view.
I grew up to believe that Darth Vader was this darkness of ultimate death and master killer of Jedis. A man so dark, so twisted that all that mattered to him was the slaying of insignaficance towards his crusade for might.
This is what the original trilogy made me believe.
After E3, the legacy and terror that Vader carried from the original trilogy is now dead. He is no Jedi hunter, he is no great warrior, Nuff said!
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So he was like most people growing up...Quote:
He was, however, really annoying as a kid and a whiny bitch as a young adult.
Star Wars is the ultimate after-school special.
The Dark Side: It could happen to YOU!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">keep in mind the best star wars movie was the one where George Lucas did very little directing...Quote:
Originally posted by Spore:
Cheesey dialogue I can handle. There hasn't been any great scripting from the get-go and in the right situation (laugh it up fuzzball) the campy lines can help develope a characters personality. (Aye, Obi-Wan.. yer a bit too fiesty now for the grande presence created by Sir Alec Guiness... and if your droid' army's AI doesn't get any higher than a grade 2 level you shouldn't be handing them blasters.)
What I had a problem with was that a lot of the dialogue seemed disjointed. It's almost as though each actor shot their scenes separately and it was all edited together in the end. There were great moments when you could tell the actors were interacting and feeding off of one another but then there were horribly unattached moments that left me thinking... "okay, I've seen these guys act in other movies and I know they can so it must be either the directing or the editing that's killing it".
It makes me believe that having giant green screens as a set really doesn't work for making movies... spectacular visuals, yes... but well acted movies, no.