Episode III
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rmThe short version is that I concur with most people. It's satisfying as a conclusion to the trilogy and it's a much, much better film than the first two.
The long version also involves much concurring with people. The thing still has some amazing clunkers in the dialogue ("Love won't save you, only my new powers will" has to be my favourite dumbass thing ever uttered. How lame.) and the acting runs the gamut from people who aren't good actors lost at sea, to good actors fighting the good fight, to good actors who just don't give a shit, because dude, they're in Star Wars (thank you, Samuel Jackson)!
When it works, it works spectacularly, but I always found that as much as my emotional response was in those moments, "stop showing us this" the film always cut away from it just a little too early, I really wanted to be pushed beyond what was tolerable in terms of details of the tragedy, but it never quite happened.
As several friends have noted, Obi-wan's characterization is really different here, and there are lots of ways I can get at it in shorthand that don't quite hit the point. He's a strange character, who in this film seems to choose to be lonely (which is quite a different thing than a Jedi merely being beyond attachments) before it is required of him. And I want to know why.
Dude, you cast Whale Rider girl to do nothing? Shame, shame. I love Whale Rider girl.
The Qui-gon moment... errrr. That needed to have been handled better on several points, the listing of which would take longer than the actual moment, which is absurd.
I don't think Hayden Christiansen or however you spell it is hot. I really, really don't get it. And everything about the Padme/Anakin relationship sucks the way Romeo and jueliet usually sucks -- these kids are _crazy_ and _children_ why are we pretending anything about their love is reasonable?
Footnote: I randomly wore to the theatre this new linen shirt I bought because I like it and it's comfortable and all, but somewhere about 45 minutes into the movie I uncrossed and recrossed my legs and almost killed myself trying not to laugh outloud -- white linen tunicy thing, and my jeans tucked into my knee-high boots because it had been raining earlier. It seems that when I am not being the intentional geek, I am being the accidental geek.
Also I want fic, and I want it now. Not even sure what about. Just good brainy, engrossing writing mainly. Also a theory on that random bit of banter surrounding the time Anakin didn't actually save Obi-wan's life? That has major potential for some really stupendously screwy crack!fic, yeah?
The long version also involves much concurring with people. The thing still has some amazing clunkers in the dialogue ("Love won't save you, only my new powers will" has to be my favourite dumbass thing ever uttered. How lame.) and the acting runs the gamut from people who aren't good actors lost at sea, to good actors fighting the good fight, to good actors who just don't give a shit, because dude, they're in Star Wars (thank you, Samuel Jackson)!
When it works, it works spectacularly, but I always found that as much as my emotional response was in those moments, "stop showing us this" the film always cut away from it just a little too early, I really wanted to be pushed beyond what was tolerable in terms of details of the tragedy, but it never quite happened.
As several friends have noted, Obi-wan's characterization is really different here, and there are lots of ways I can get at it in shorthand that don't quite hit the point. He's a strange character, who in this film seems to choose to be lonely (which is quite a different thing than a Jedi merely being beyond attachments) before it is required of him. And I want to know why.
Dude, you cast Whale Rider girl to do nothing? Shame, shame. I love Whale Rider girl.
The Qui-gon moment... errrr. That needed to have been handled better on several points, the listing of which would take longer than the actual moment, which is absurd.
I don't think Hayden Christiansen or however you spell it is hot. I really, really don't get it. And everything about the Padme/Anakin relationship sucks the way Romeo and jueliet usually sucks -- these kids are _crazy_ and _children_ why are we pretending anything about their love is reasonable?
Footnote: I randomly wore to the theatre this new linen shirt I bought because I like it and it's comfortable and all, but somewhere about 45 minutes into the movie I uncrossed and recrossed my legs and almost killed myself trying not to laugh outloud -- white linen tunicy thing, and my jeans tucked into my knee-high boots because it had been raining earlier. It seems that when I am not being the intentional geek, I am being the accidental geek.
Also I want fic, and I want it now. Not even sure what about. Just good brainy, engrossing writing mainly. Also a theory on that random bit of banter surrounding the time Anakin didn't actually save Obi-wan's life? That has major potential for some really stupendously screwy crack!fic, yeah?
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Date: 2005-05-22 04:18 pm (UTC)I know this doesn't affect you personally but it was a horrible trick to play on children and parents alike. I mean, come on, I went to the first Star Wars in the theatre with my dad at 5 years old, I raised my daughter to be a fan, and now I've gotta tell her she can't see this movie.... Damn you to hell Lucas!