http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 22 May 2005 04:06:37 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/19/154442.php#comment-156532 An awful film, i left after the babies were born, i couldn't stomach the rest. the worst is when the sith walks up to darth vader who is scorched lying on the ground, very clumbsy sceen. and when darth vader comes out from the operating table, cheesy 1950's horror, think frankinstien B movie. i thought that ed wood was the worst director of all time, i guess i was wrong... 156532@blogcritics.org Sun, 22 May 2005 04:06:37 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/19/154442.php#comment-155699 :) i know episodes 4-6 were stiff and everything as well, but to put those in perspective for the time, they were pretty impressive. i think we fell in love with the impressive space opera epic idea which was novel at the time -- not to mention ambitious. as for the cheesy dialogue that came along with it, it was, i feel, *forgiven*, rather than loved for itself, along with the entire series. i guess as time goes by, as more is expected of special effects and film making strategies, we come to expect more of actors and directors, too. i like that he stayed faithful to the original series with the screen wipeouts and so forth, but i didn't think the acting and dialogue needed to be... well, *that* faithful. 155699@blogcritics.org Fri, 20 May 2005 13:07:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/19/154442.php#comment-155625 I'm sorry, but did you actually watch episodes 4-6. I mean really, really watch them... They are full of whiny acting and dreadful dialougue, yet we fell in love with them anyway. Granted George tested the faith of fans everywhere with some parts of Episodes I and II however I feel as if he delivered in a big way on this one. Try to put it in to perspective. He had a lot of loose ends to tie up, and why was that? His audience already knew the ending. Not an easy task and he made it look very easy. 155625@blogcritics.org Fri, 20 May 2005 07:35:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/19/154442.php#comment-155544 Wow. You guys are rough. Sure, I agree that the Anakin/Padme scenes were the weakest thing in the movie, but there was SO much more going on. As far as Jackson's character killing Sidious, he was struggling with the decision. He knew it needed to be done but it went against everything he stands for. If you recall that sort of decision was one more nail in the "Anakin goes to the Dark Side" coffin. Vic 155544@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 May 2005 22:22:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/19/154442.php#comment-155517 You are right on the money. This was the WORST Star Wars film of all time. I love Star Wars and I was SO disappointed with the dreadful dialog and acting. The movie I admit started off slow, then got slower and slower and dumber and dumber until it finally ground to a halt and you left the theatre feeling neutral about the whole film. What version did all these national critics see that has them all atwitter? A private showing at George Lucas' ranch with women, drugs and bags of cash? Whew! Pretty scary seeing this dog get such high ratings. By comparison Episodes I and II were cinema classics. This movie actually will make you long for Jar Jar Binks to return to the screen for more than the 3 second shot he had in this film. 155517@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 May 2005 21:10:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/19/154442.php#comment-155392 Funniest... review... of SWEIIIROTS... ever! 155392@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 May 2005 17:36:34 EDT