Star Wars Episode 3

[[wcip]Angel]

I wonder at the coincidence, Obi Wan and Darth, what with the "if you are not with me, you are my enemy" and "That 's the way democracy ends, to thunderous applause" and a few hundred other allegedly coy references.  George, hit me with a sledge hammer, I don't get it yet.  Are you just pissed due to common first names?

Beyond that, Star Wars Episode 3 established, for all time, that

1.  Yoda knows how to make an entrance.

2.  Hayden Christensen is not an actor, but he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

3.  Natalie Portman should have been replaced by a CGI wench.  No acting required.  And, no Jar Jar if GL would have done his CGI on a wench.

4.  George Lucas needs to leave the country.  Charge?  Felonious negligence.  Evidence?  Jar Jar was not killed and horribly mangled for our entertainment, and to rub salt in the wound, Jar jar was still alive at the end of the film. 

5.  George Lucas doesn't "get" combat above a 3 v 3. 

6.  As soon as a Princess gives birth to twins, she loses the will to live.  Nice Post Portman Depression, George.  I'll have salza on my psycho babble.

7.  Obi Wan was finally able to kick a bit of arse.  Huzzah.

8.  Ewan McGregor needs a back brace, having carried three films on his back.

9.  I am glad it is over.

Occhi

Edited to cut out some nastiness.
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What Occhi said, but with more revulsion at the end...

The plot was good! The music was ok. (although I have no idea why they resurrected "Duel of the Fates" for the frisbee-match between Yoda and Palpy. It's a good song, don't get me wrong, but wasn't that the themesong for Darth Maul in SW1?) The CGI was great as ever. The rest was pretty much crap.

"Written by George Lucas". If you see this on any film, you know you ought to get paid to see it. The dialogue was so bloody awful, I rolled my eyes so much it started to hurt. There were times when Hayden opened his mouth, I just wanted to scream in agony.

Speaking of acting performances, perhaps it's just me, but I felt the only actor who actually gave a convincing performance was that Saruman-guy (Chrissy Lee), and he was in there for like 2 seconds before The World's Greatest Actor® went 'Edward Scissorhands' on him. Ewan McGregor did alright, but it's difficult to appreciate his performance, when his lines were so terribly written. For shame, Lucas!

Btw, what the hell happened with Princess Amidala? In episode 1 she was a gutsy gal with a brain on her. I seem to recall she was something more than the googly-eyed, 'oh hold me, you big man you' twat from SW3. Where did her character go? Out the window with Samuel L. Jackson (and his performance in this movie)?

No no no, this was all matters of wrong. The thing that irks me the most is that this piece of crap actually forced the film studio of Joss Whedon's "Serenity" to postpone the airing of that film by almost 6 frikkin' months! It was scheduled for April 22nd, but because of Lucas' ass of a movie, we have to wait till September 30th to enjoy Whedon's masterpiece.

The story was good. Couldn't we give this film to someone talented and ask them to rewrite and reshoot the whole damn thing? Arg!! I'm so annoyed. The writing and the performances throughout ruined the good parts of the film, of which there actually was several, surprisingly enough.

Oh and btw, the transition from good-Ani to bad-Ani was unbelievably retarded. I didn't buy that for a second! :blink: