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minervasoloI feel like I ought to express my opinions on RotS. Watched it on wednesday, and the OT last night. The majority of the OT is still infinitely superior, though compared with the other prequels RotS is pretty good.
I tend to rate films starting with a 100% perfect rating and then cutting it down with the bits I don't like. So, starting with the assumption that RotS is the best movie ever, I list Lucas's mistakes:
1 - Naming the twins. Worst thing Lucas could have done on screen. Ruins the twist of TESB, makes TESB and ANH look rather incestuous (and a portion of RotJ too). If you watch the films in order the OT is going to look terrible, because all of the suspense and surprise has been ripped away.
2 - 'Younglings'. Eh? Way to make potential dramatic announcements stupidly funny. It worked when Yoda said it. Using it as a euphemism for 'children' throughout the films? Nu-uh. Say Children. Say Padawans. Say bad actors. Just lose 'younglings'
3 - Pinball Yoda. I never liked CGI Yoda, and AotC really bugged me with the Yoda fight. There was no point to the fight with Palpatine. Neither was allowed to win. It made both look pretty weak, and leaves you wondering why on earth Yoda didn't come back and do it again. Why just one shot at it? Originally, I'd have liked to just see him leave. When they moved up into the council chamber, I had high hopes for a second. They could have emerged into the middle of the government, and had Palpatine denounce Yoda as a traitor with proof. Then Yoda's exile would have made sense; after all, he's got a death warrant on him for attempts to assassinate the emperor. The extermination of the Jedi could be justified. People would be much more supportive of the whole 'empire' idea out of guilt at doubting Palpatine (the 'declaring himself empoeror' thing bugged me, just because there's no reason why anyone else would buy it that quickly. Do the Augustian thing: declare Palpatine Galactic guardian for life, or something, and then eventually admit he's mperor later), Anyway, yes. Yoda. Give me grumpy old zen puppet yoda any day.
4 - Padme's pregnancy. WTF? So many things wrong with it. My immediate thought, when she announced it immediately after Anakin's "I've been away in the outer Rim for so long" line was "heh, it's not his". Did no one spot that in editting? No one said "coincidentally, George, this kinda makes it sound like she's been playing around"? And then we have the tiny belly, that didn't look large enough to hold even one of those kids, and the complete absnese of pregnant breasts (to quote![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mice "Apparently, when you are very pregnant in a galaxy far, far away, your breasts expect your children to be lactose intolerent and grow no more than a b-cup."). And the fact she makes no attempt to hide that she's pregnant, or living with Anakin, or making out with Anakin behind pillars... She's lost all of her personality (just as well Leia remembers an entirely different mother, really) and has become deeply deeply wet. Almost as wet as Luke, in fact. I can't for the life of me fathom why she died of a broken heart, when there was no chemistry whatsoever between her and Anakin. The dialogue was terrible. Oh, and her nightie looked like the most ucomfortable thing to sleep in ever.
That's about it, part from the 'nooooo'. I enjoyed the battle scenes, and the extermintion of the jedi was brilliant. R2D2 rules the day again, shortly followed by Palpatine, for being the best actor and hence making me far more sympathetic to the dark side. Most of continuity was left intact, if at the great expense of the OT. Having rewatched the originals, I can't complain too much about the dialogue (except Padme and Anakin's scenes), and as always I loved the scope with the planets and the aliens and so on. I especially like the attempts at moral grey in this one. Palpatine almost never uses the force. it's all politics, and perfectly legal politics for the most part.
Pity about the absence of common sense, but that's plagued all of the films, really. Le Sigh.
If you were hoping for a funny review, I can offer you a few of other peoples.
Biggest pet peeve right now is The Builder Who Spits. Every day. Often several times, just below my window. That hacking up lungs kinda spitting. That really really gross to listen to kind. Argh!
I spent far too much money yesterday. And completely failed to buy food. And I don't think I can be arsed to go shopping today, and Saturday will be too crowded as will Sunday. By which point I will be living off dry pasta, dry rice, and frozen peas. Oh, and possibly mayonnaise. On the other hand, I have new jeans, and many comics, and a CD play and a Happy Songs CD (which impressed me with its cheerfulness) and new shoes for work that rub, but I'm ignoring that last fact.
Might be going to see Team America tonight, if the tickets don't run out. Woo. In hte meantime I will remain addicted to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
metaquotes and watch this (Fredy versus the ghostbuster).
I tend to rate films starting with a 100% perfect rating and then cutting it down with the bits I don't like. So, starting with the assumption that RotS is the best movie ever, I list Lucas's mistakes:
1 - Naming the twins. Worst thing Lucas could have done on screen. Ruins the twist of TESB, makes TESB and ANH look rather incestuous (and a portion of RotJ too). If you watch the films in order the OT is going to look terrible, because all of the suspense and surprise has been ripped away.
2 - 'Younglings'. Eh? Way to make potential dramatic announcements stupidly funny. It worked when Yoda said it. Using it as a euphemism for 'children' throughout the films? Nu-uh. Say Children. Say Padawans. Say bad actors. Just lose 'younglings'
3 - Pinball Yoda. I never liked CGI Yoda, and AotC really bugged me with the Yoda fight. There was no point to the fight with Palpatine. Neither was allowed to win. It made both look pretty weak, and leaves you wondering why on earth Yoda didn't come back and do it again. Why just one shot at it? Originally, I'd have liked to just see him leave. When they moved up into the council chamber, I had high hopes for a second. They could have emerged into the middle of the government, and had Palpatine denounce Yoda as a traitor with proof. Then Yoda's exile would have made sense; after all, he's got a death warrant on him for attempts to assassinate the emperor. The extermination of the Jedi could be justified. People would be much more supportive of the whole 'empire' idea out of guilt at doubting Palpatine (the 'declaring himself empoeror' thing bugged me, just because there's no reason why anyone else would buy it that quickly. Do the Augustian thing: declare Palpatine Galactic guardian for life, or something, and then eventually admit he's mperor later), Anyway, yes. Yoda. Give me grumpy old zen puppet yoda any day.
4 - Padme's pregnancy. WTF? So many things wrong with it. My immediate thought, when she announced it immediately after Anakin's "I've been away in the outer Rim for so long" line was "heh, it's not his". Did no one spot that in editting? No one said "coincidentally, George, this kinda makes it sound like she's been playing around"? And then we have the tiny belly, that didn't look large enough to hold even one of those kids, and the complete absnese of pregnant breasts (to quote
mice "Apparently, when you are very pregnant in a galaxy far, far away, your breasts expect your children to be lactose intolerent and grow no more than a b-cup."). And the fact she makes no attempt to hide that she's pregnant, or living with Anakin, or making out with Anakin behind pillars... She's lost all of her personality (just as well Leia remembers an entirely different mother, really) and has become deeply deeply wet. Almost as wet as Luke, in fact. I can't for the life of me fathom why she died of a broken heart, when there was no chemistry whatsoever between her and Anakin. The dialogue was terrible. Oh, and her nightie looked like the most ucomfortable thing to sleep in ever.That's about it, part from the 'nooooo'. I enjoyed the battle scenes, and the extermintion of the jedi was brilliant. R2D2 rules the day again, shortly followed by Palpatine, for being the best actor and hence making me far more sympathetic to the dark side. Most of continuity was left intact, if at the great expense of the OT. Having rewatched the originals, I can't complain too much about the dialogue (except Padme and Anakin's scenes), and as always I loved the scope with the planets and the aliens and so on. I especially like the attempts at moral grey in this one. Palpatine almost never uses the force. it's all politics, and perfectly legal politics for the most part.
Pity about the absence of common sense, but that's plagued all of the films, really. Le Sigh.
If you were hoping for a funny review, I can offer you a few of other peoples.
Biggest pet peeve right now is The Builder Who Spits. Every day. Often several times, just below my window. That hacking up lungs kinda spitting. That really really gross to listen to kind. Argh!
I spent far too much money yesterday. And completely failed to buy food. And I don't think I can be arsed to go shopping today, and Saturday will be too crowded as will Sunday. By which point I will be living off dry pasta, dry rice, and frozen peas. Oh, and possibly mayonnaise. On the other hand, I have new jeans, and many comics, and a CD play and a Happy Songs CD (which impressed me with its cheerfulness) and new shoes for work that rub, but I'm ignoring that last fact.
Might be going to see Team America tonight, if the tickets don't run out. Woo. In hte meantime I will remain addicted to
metaquotes and watch this (Fredy versus the ghostbuster).
