Thursday, May 19, 2005

Episode III Thoughts

Just got back from the midnight screening of Episode III (although when you add in the obligatory 20+ minutes of advertisements before the screening, it was more like a 12:30am screening).

Jar Jar Binks word count = 2. (Still two words too many)

Natalie Portman was nothing more than a walking uterus in this movie.

George, you don't need to make CGI babies. Humans can actually produce quite realistic versions without the aid of special effects or computers.

Ewan McGregor looked like he was finally having fun in the role.

Is there some law I am unaware of that forces all major blockbusters filmed in Australiasia to cast Bruce Spence in some role.

Hayden Christensen still can't act (although based on his output elsewhere I'm starting to think his performance isn't entirely his fault...)

The cowboy and indian chase scene was fun.

I've just witnessed the worse attempt at a dramatic moment in a film that involved audience laughter since the son with the gun scene in Unbreakable.

Just because you can throw 400+ moving animated objects on a screen at once doesn't mean you should. IT just confuses the audience.

R2 gets all the good bits.

I wonder if Temuera Morrison gets a residual per appearance of his face.

I'll bet Ian McDiarmid never though a small role he played 20 years ago would still be giving him so much fun (and work) today.

If only George hadn't wasted the entire first movie on the tale of Mannequin Skywalker. I understand why he started that way, but it left him with far too much to much ground to cover with the last two films.

I never knew a plot device could be so deadly.

Christopher Lee classes up any movie he's in.

At least Sam went out with a bang.

With the number of times Jedi manage to drop their lightsabers, you think they'd tie a string to the end of them.

I think that no matter what kind of film George had delivered here, there would still be people left disappointed. Maybe he should just stick to making trailers. He kicks ass with them.

That said - I'd go see it again.

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