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*Post contains no spoilers* (even though we all knew what was going to happen anyway)
Went to an early morning showing which started at 1am this morning (which made me feel exceptionally geeky not to mention tired this morning) and speaking in the style of master Yoda, "like it you will".
George Lucas has nearly, very nearly, redeemed himself for the monumental balls-up that is EP1. The battle scenes (of which there are probably too many if you want to be overly critical, but I guess it is set during a war) are just stunning, the lightsaber fights are fantastic, and the Star Wars atmosphere is overall a bit more like the original series of films. The way the film ties all the ends together to set it up for A New Hope is also done brilliantly, and it left me with quite a satsified feeling to finally see the kind of closure we all knew was coming.
I'll leave the long-winded reviews which break down every aspect of the film in microscopic detail to others, and simply say it was a darn enjoyable film, not quite sure if you'd ever say it was better than EPs 4, 5 or 6, but it certainly dumps over EPs 1 & 2 from a very great height.
Went to an early morning showing which started at 1am this morning (which made me feel exceptionally geeky not to mention tired this morning) and speaking in the style of master Yoda, "like it you will".
George Lucas has nearly, very nearly, redeemed himself for the monumental balls-up that is EP1. The battle scenes (of which there are probably too many if you want to be overly critical, but I guess it is set during a war) are just stunning, the lightsaber fights are fantastic, and the Star Wars atmosphere is overall a bit more like the original series of films. The way the film ties all the ends together to set it up for A New Hope is also done brilliantly, and it left me with quite a satsified feeling to finally see the kind of closure we all knew was coming.
I'll leave the long-winded reviews which break down every aspect of the film in microscopic detail to others, and simply say it was a darn enjoyable film, not quite sure if you'd ever say it was better than EPs 4, 5 or 6, but it certainly dumps over EPs 1 & 2 from a very great height.
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I would have thought there would be lots of jedi students of different ages.
Vader looked very much like Frankenstiens monster when he broke free and shouted "Noooooooo!"
Vader looked very much like Frankenstiens monster when he broke free and shouted "Noooooooo!"
My dad tells me that he heard on the radio that they are thinking of making another Star Wars film. Don't know much about it to be honest...anyone know any details?
RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Fine, but what the hell was a youngling doing still alive? Anakin
> slayed them all. And where did he suddenly appear from?
Somehow I doubt there were only about 10 younglings in the entire temple. Besides, he looked more like a padawan.
> Fine, but what the hell was a youngling doing still alive? Anakin
> slayed them all. And where did he suddenly appear from?
Somehow I doubt there were only about 10 younglings in the entire temple. Besides, he looked more like a padawan.
I heard Darth Vader was largely inspired by Marvel's Dr. Doom (not from the movie, but the original comics)
down wrote:
> When Bail Organa got out of his speeder thing, who was that little
> kid with the lightsaber?
>
> I thought all the younglings had died?
Explained in the book, there are still a few jedi alive in the temple and they pick of groups of clones all sneaky like.
> When Bail Organa got out of his speeder thing, who was that little
> kid with the lightsaber?
>
> I thought all the younglings had died?
Explained in the book, there are still a few jedi alive in the temple and they pick of groups of clones all sneaky like.
Perhaps he was one that got away from Anakin, nearly made it out and got shot?
Anysway, we did a Starwars Marathon (including the Animatrix-esque cartoon network episodes - did kind of fill the gap between the film before and brought you to the beginning of this one) so we got a reminder of how cheesy plenty of the lines in the originals were too.
I think the main problem is that people expected too much from them, as in to impress the way the originals did, when that couldn't happen as the first ones broke new ground.
Anysway, it finally bridged the two "series" together.
I'd say the main difference is that the old trilogy was the big fight between good and evil where evil was overthrown, but the new ones gave it a lot more meaning, like how the empire managed to form (reminded both of us of Hitler's rise to power), why the Jedi code was as it was and more about the force, how Darth Vader came to be (I'm betting that Lucas was very inspired by Shaolin Monks and Zen Buddhism).
Notice how there was only one evil character in the series who used everyone's self-interest to play them off against each other, all into his hands?
It also gave me a great line for next time a Christian tells me that I've either to accept Jesus into my life or I'm rejecting him - heaven or hell.
"Only Sith talk in absolutes!"
Anysway, we did a Starwars Marathon (including the Animatrix-esque cartoon network episodes - did kind of fill the gap between the film before and brought you to the beginning of this one) so we got a reminder of how cheesy plenty of the lines in the originals were too.
I think the main problem is that people expected too much from them, as in to impress the way the originals did, when that couldn't happen as the first ones broke new ground.
Anysway, it finally bridged the two "series" together.
I'd say the main difference is that the old trilogy was the big fight between good and evil where evil was overthrown, but the new ones gave it a lot more meaning, like how the empire managed to form (reminded both of us of Hitler's rise to power), why the Jedi code was as it was and more about the force, how Darth Vader came to be (I'm betting that Lucas was very inspired by Shaolin Monks and Zen Buddhism).
Notice how there was only one evil character in the series who used everyone's self-interest to play them off against each other, all into his hands?
It also gave me a great line for next time a Christian tells me that I've either to accept Jesus into my life or I'm rejecting him - heaven or hell.
"Only Sith talk in absolutes!"
"George Lucas' three children play cameos. Jet is a young Jedi called Zett Jukassa, Amanda plays a character called Terr Taneel, and Katie plays a blue-skinned alien called Chi Eekway, visible when Palpatine arrives at the senate after being saved by the Jedi."
From moviemistakes.com, trivia section (only good section)
From moviemistakes.com, trivia section (only good section)
Yeah it did seem a bit odd..he died in the end though I think.
sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> Apparently it was Mr Lucas's son as a cameo role.
Fine, but what the hell was a youngling doing still alive? Anakin slayed them all. And where did he suddenly appear from?
> Apparently it was Mr Lucas's son as a cameo role.
Fine, but what the hell was a youngling doing still alive? Anakin slayed them all. And where did he suddenly appear from?
Apparently it was Mr Lucas's son as a cameo role.
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