Episode III premiere, anyone?
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I agree with Penguin, the only part of Episode 1 I liked was the Darth Maul fight scene, and the damn thing kept getting interrupted by that little fag flying a ship and destroying a massive space station by accident.
And was it just me or when Obi Wan flipped outa the pit and force pulled the lightsaber, was there a good 2 seconds when Darth Maul just stood there before he got chopped in half?
And was it just me or when Obi Wan flipped outa the pit and force pulled the lightsaber, was there a good 2 seconds when Darth Maul just stood there before he got chopped in half?
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I don't like Episode I that much but I really like Episode II. It's true that the old trilogy has a different feel, but I'm really enjoying how everything is linking from one trilogy to another.
Anyway, the Pod racer thing explains why Obi Wan tells Luke that, when he met Anakin, he was already a good pilot, not that I have never slept in that racing scene. The game's awesome though.
And the clones rule. I'm seeing Episode III tonight.
Anyway, the Pod racer thing explains why Obi Wan tells Luke that, when he met Anakin, he was already a good pilot, not that I have never slept in that racing scene. The game's awesome though.
And the clones rule. I'm seeing Episode III tonight.
Meh. The problem with the prequels is are three things - firstly, the dialogue is awful. Secondly, Natalie Portman and Hayden Christiansen are shitty actors. But the worst problem is that the characters are unlikable and poorly defined.
The original cast were all lovable archetypes with more detail to make them more distinct. Luke was the annoying wanabee hero who made it. Han was the dashing rogue with the heart of gold. Leia was both a damsel in distress and a kick-ass heroine.
In the prequels, who do we have to cheer on? Qui-gon? An idiotic Jedi who gets cut in half during the movie? Obi-wan? Who spends half of his time being a whiny stick in the mud and the other half being a waffling idiot? Amidala, who invokes as much sympathy as a plank of wood? ANAKIN? Who is annoying, whiny, dislikable, and bitchy all at the same time? Yurgh.
The original cast were all lovable archetypes with more detail to make them more distinct. Luke was the annoying wanabee hero who made it. Han was the dashing rogue with the heart of gold. Leia was both a damsel in distress and a kick-ass heroine.
In the prequels, who do we have to cheer on? Qui-gon? An idiotic Jedi who gets cut in half during the movie? Obi-wan? Who spends half of his time being a whiny stick in the mud and the other half being a waffling idiot? Amidala, who invokes as much sympathy as a plank of wood? ANAKIN? Who is annoying, whiny, dislikable, and bitchy all at the same time? Yurgh.
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Just got back from it awhile ago, my experience wasn't bad:
1.) My friend didn't go to get tickets until 6pm the evening before, no waiting required. Even after the news reported all theatres in the area being sold out for the next three days.
2.) Didn't see any people dressed up, but someone did bring one of those "uber"-expensive lightsaber replicas. It was bright.
3.) No lines getting in, decent seats.
4.) We saw it in one of the best THX surround-sound theatres in the state.
As for the movie itself, I must say, <b><i>"Most impressive."</b></i>
Very funny, and great fight scenes. Some of R2-D2's best scenes yet.
Did anyone else notice the transition of how the sophistication of the technology from episode I to the 4-6 trilogy gradually decreased?
Anyways, great movie, go see it.
Best line in the movie: "Not if anything to say about it, do I."
1.) My friend didn't go to get tickets until 6pm the evening before, no waiting required. Even after the news reported all theatres in the area being sold out for the next three days.
2.) Didn't see any people dressed up, but someone did bring one of those "uber"-expensive lightsaber replicas. It was bright.
3.) No lines getting in, decent seats.
4.) We saw it in one of the best THX surround-sound theatres in the state.
As for the movie itself, I must say, <b><i>"Most impressive."</b></i>
Very funny, and great fight scenes. Some of R2-D2's best scenes yet.
Did anyone else notice the transition of how the sophistication of the technology from episode I to the 4-6 trilogy gradually decreased?
Anyways, great movie, go see it.
Best line in the movie: "Not if anything to say about it, do I."
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Fixed. Because I have no life.Spazz wrote:
Best line in the movie: "Not if anything to say about it, I HAVE"
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Real best line in the movie:
Darth Vader: *clunk**clunk* "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
(random spoilers throughout) I saw it last night. It was good. Not as good as any of the movies in the original trilogy, obviously, but it wasn't the disaster it could've been. Chewbacca's cameo seemed like pointless fan service, they should've just left him out of it entirely. He's supposed to be a sidekick, not some hero from the Clone Wars. Mace Windu and Gen. Grievous were cool, but both of them died like bitches. Anakin was alright, if you could get past his wooden acting, and I didn't think Natalie Portman was <i>that</i> bad, and I didn't expect her to die, especially since Leia said she remembered her mother in Return of the Jedi . The Sidious and Yoda fight was awesome, especially when Sidious was flinging all that shit around in the Senate chamber and Yoda deflected his lightning back at him. It was also really cool when Obi-Wan and Anakin fought on Mustafar and Obi-Wan fuckin' cuts off Anakin's legs and arm with a single strike. Before I thought Obi-Wan wasn't all that interesting, but now I see he's fucking awesome and I'd <i>so</i> bone him.
Oh, and the part when all the jedi die was pretty cool. I felt bad, cause I let out a chuckle when Anakin killed all those little kids.
I expected alot of nerds like me to be there, but strangely, my theatre was filled with cute women. So maybe that's why I have such positive feelings about this movie.
Darth Vader: *clunk**clunk* "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
(random spoilers throughout) I saw it last night. It was good. Not as good as any of the movies in the original trilogy, obviously, but it wasn't the disaster it could've been. Chewbacca's cameo seemed like pointless fan service, they should've just left him out of it entirely. He's supposed to be a sidekick, not some hero from the Clone Wars. Mace Windu and Gen. Grievous were cool, but both of them died like bitches. Anakin was alright, if you could get past his wooden acting, and I didn't think Natalie Portman was <i>that</i> bad, and I didn't expect her to die, especially since Leia said she remembered her mother in Return of the Jedi . The Sidious and Yoda fight was awesome, especially when Sidious was flinging all that shit around in the Senate chamber and Yoda deflected his lightning back at him. It was also really cool when Obi-Wan and Anakin fought on Mustafar and Obi-Wan fuckin' cuts off Anakin's legs and arm with a single strike. Before I thought Obi-Wan wasn't all that interesting, but now I see he's fucking awesome and I'd <i>so</i> bone him.
Oh, and the part when all the jedi die was pretty cool. I felt bad, cause I let out a chuckle when Anakin killed all those little kids.
I expected alot of nerds like me to be there, but strangely, my theatre was filled with cute women. So maybe that's why I have such positive feelings about this movie.