Kevin T. wrote: >Perfect description of what I thought. I can't type what I'm >thinking...well >I can: it's called STAR wars, not LAND battles. I can see the point of the >ground assult in the beginning of TESB and the moon battle at the end of >RotJ, but what's the point of having all these massive armies duke it out >on >some planet? (To better show off the toys?) It was just so draining.
You didn't like the big land battle? I thought it *rocked*! And it made sense within the context of the plot. And did I mention that it rocked? :-) >The >skycar chase at the beginning was good (Fifth Element anyone?), the one on >one asteroid chase (um, ring system?), the Obi-wan - bounty hunter in the >rain fight, the Indiana Jones style scenes on the conveyor belts, >(obviously >a plant. All of these were good sequences. >People know going in Anni is going to lose his arm, and this adds >to the suspense. When he does lose his arm it's anti-climatic). I had always assumed that he lost his arm at the same time the rest of his body was damaged, causing him to need the life-support provided by the Vader suit. It was interesting to see him lose his arm in the middle movie of his trilogy, to a Sith, just like his son. >So right up >until all the extra troops come into the arena, it's a so so movie; what >follows blows. Suddenly Yoda is a blade master? Yeah right. The CP3O >dialog? >Now I know where the Rosanne writers went. Um, Joss Whedon was one of the Rosanne writers, and he went on to Buffy and Angel (which are both great), and the upcoming sci-fi series Firefly (which I hope turns out great). Just for the record. :-) I have to agree that I would have been just as happy if C-3PO was not in this movie at all. The whole "head thing" was more groan-inducing than anything else, and felt tacked on, and really didn't add anything to the movie other than showing once again that R2 and 3PO can be in the middle of any battle, anywhere, with blasters blazing all around them, and not get hit. That's an A+ for continuity, and a D- for fitting it smoothly and logically into the plot. But I have to disagree with you after that. I thought the extra troops showing up was very cool and very well done. And I have to *strongly* disgree with you about the whole Yoda thing. Sure, the Christopher Lee line suggesting that they finish their force duel with lightsabers got the biggest groan of the whole movie (someone *PLEASE* teach Lucas how to write dialog -- the dialog I've seen so far on the skiff crew fanfic is better written than most of Lucas's), but in the theater where I saw it, when Yoda pulled back his cloak to reveal his lightsaber, the entire audience cheered. I personally thought there was no way they could do justice to what I had envisioned in my mind concerning Yoda and a lightsaber (or Yoda and other force-powers, for that matter). I was wrong. At the risk of sounding repetitive, that whole scene *rocked*. >I really thought 'Clone Wars' meant something. So they breed a bunch of >super soldiers, BFD. They still have slavery, but people are upset over >clones? Really no one was upset about the clones, just that they didn't >know >about them. > Exactly, "no one was upset about the clones," they were upset about creating a standing army, which was apparently a big taboo for the Old Republic. (Maybe the Republic is formulated along the lines of the UN?) The bad thing is not the clones, it's the army and the fact that it's under Palpatine's control, and that Palpatine has now been given sweeping war powers. And the fact that the clone army was ordered without the approval of the Jedi Council by a Jedi who is now conveniently not around anymore... >So to sum: visually it was a great movie, the plot started great but >fizzled >by the middle, the all-thru-all-movies thread picked up well from there, >but >never got to a point. The writing was bad throughout. Some imagination in >the locals, but not much. The final 1/3 of the movie was fast paced, but >draining. > I've heard a lot of people say they thought the pacing was off in the middle. I thought there were a couple of minor slow spots, but overall I thought the pacing was ok. Slower parts were interspersed with things like the Tatooine incident. As I said above, there were definitely some groan-inspiring lines here and there, but the plot was very cool, so on the writing I'd give a 9 out of 10 for plot and maybe a 6 out of 10 for dialog. This may be the adrenaline of having just seen it yesterday in a digital theater and being blown away, but right now Episode II is tied for my favorite Star Wars movie with The Empire Strikes Back (followed by The Original, then Return of the Jedi, and then, quite some distance below the rest, Episode I bringing up the rear). YMMV, obviously. However, I reserve the right to alter my opinion based on future viewings and the passing of time... Reggie Bautista _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
