Well,
I saw "Attack of the Clones" the night before I saw "Sith", and it's definitely
better. But no way--NO WAY!--will I *ever* watch "The Phantom Menace" again!
It's just too painfully bad. "Baby Vader" is irritating, the Trade Federation
starting what becomes the Separatist movement is confusing and unengaging, Liam
Niesen is wasted in his role, the Pod Race sucks! I posted a long reply to Astro
about this, where I stated I felt Ep 1 should have introduced Baby Vader and
then aged him to a teen in the first 45 minutes or so. Then that'd give Lucas
more time to start building Anakin's journey to the Dark Side, and would have
allowed Ep 2 to actuall *be* the Clone Wars.
As for
your observations about "Sith", you're dead on. Obi Wan couldn't handle Anakin.
I'm still amazed at how the Jedi let him get away with so much. And you are
*dead on* about Mace: he'd have put a hurting on Anakin! Buddy would have been
too damn *scared* to get with Palpatine if he knew he'd have to face Mace
later!
-----Original Message-----Perspective is everything and I had the misfortune of being ace boon
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Wright
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:21
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Caught "Revenge of the Sith"
coon to someone who has watched episode three EVERY DAY since he
copped a copy of the bootleg last Saturday. He has been through the
roof and over the moon enthusiastic about "Revenge of the Sith,"
recounting key scenes and epic battles over and over and repeating
"Yoda is a baaaaad man!" like a mantra. I have heard so much about
"Revenge of the Sith," that frankly, there was no way the actual movie
could stand up to the hype.
The movie my friend recounted is WAAAAAY better (and funnier) than the
movie I paid to see yesterday. (Even before I saw it we had started
doing riffs: When Obi Wan lands on General Grievous'landing dock he
shouts "Surrender!" Grievous, who is surrounded by thousands of battle
droids, looks around and then back at General Kenobi standing there by
his lonesome, "You must be crazy with the heat!" Grievous raises his
four arms, each holding a light-saber, "You 'bout to get broke off,
son!").
That said, "Revenge of the Sith" is clearly the class of this trilogy.
It is no "The Empire Strikes Back" but it is far better than the still
disappointing "Return of the Jedi." And, interestingly, it makes the
two movies that preceeded it rise in my estimation. I am actually
juiced to see Episode one and two again, something you would never
have heard me say after originally viewing them.
"Revenge of the Sith" put me in mind of the scene in "The Godfather"
where Marlon Brando as the old don tells Robert Duvall as the callow
consigliere "You were not a bad consigliere; Sonny was a bad don."
Yoda could have sat down with Obi Wan and told him the same thing:
"You bad master, were not; Anakin bad padawan, was."
Except, Obi Wan WAS a bad master. He remained too much of a "gee wiz,
wiz-bang, hale fellow, well met" kinda guy (a prototypical Luke
Skywalker if you will) and never exhibited the firm hand Anakin
needed. Qui-Gon would have done a much better job, (heck Mace Windu
would have done a better job: Mace:"You reckless eyeballin' me, boy?"
Anakin:"Stop yelling at me!" Mace: "I ain't yellin' at you! This is
how I talk!") which is why Darth Sidious sent Darth Maul to
assassinate Qui-Gon in the first place. Frankly, Obi Wan hasn't been
the same since he saw his master Qui-Gon get broke off by Darth Maul
in Episode One.
~rave!
> Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Saw this today at a 10 am showing. (There were over 60 people in the
theatre, so good crowd). Really enjoyed it. The overall tone was the
most mature and realized since "The Empire Strikes Back". A few scenes
of Anakin's fall from grace were shocking. I don't want to say more
until others have seen it. If you're a Star Wars fan, go. If you love
scifi, go. I plan to see it at least two more times.
>
>
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