It's a disaster, Skywalker what after.
May. 24th, 2005 04:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elwenWent to see Star Wars Episode III last night with a large part of campus. I think it was good that I saw it with a group because it probably made some things funny that would otherwise have been terrible. Like, "He's the father, isn't he? ... I'm so sorry." And people made fun of it, from the moment it began, to long after we'd gotten back to campus.
I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars, so I guess I'm mostly "eh whatever" about it all. There were some pretty things, like that glowy flowery planet where the female Jedi was killed, and the animals on the planet where Obi Wan went. Other than that, I can't say there was much to redeem it. The lightsaber fights were boring and not nearly as well-choreographed as the duel with Darth Maul in Episode I. [Double-ended lightsabers I can believe. Four-armed spinning lightsabers of DOOM are on the other side of ridiculous.] The opening fight was horribly showing-off, but it just made me confused and airsick. I did like that rainbow thing Obi Wan rode, though. It made the coolest sounds ever.
I mean, we all know the plot kinda sucked. After the movie one person was saying how everytime Anakin opened his mouth, you knew you were in for suckiness. I still can't figure out how the cute little boy in Episode I became this angry teenager with bad hair and ADD. (Such as the fact that he completely forgot about saving Padmé the moment he became a Sith Lord, and suddenly remembered at the end. No wonder Darth Sidious' expresion was like, "oh shit.") I mean, I know it's supposed to happen, but they could have made it more convincing.
Of course, I still blame the Jedi Council. Anakin would never have strayed if he'd stuck with Qui-Gon, and it's the Council's fault Qui-Gon died. But I'm just bitter because he was my favorite character. And that's why I like Episode I and disagree with the people who think this one was better than the previous two. (Not really. I just think Episode I was better.)
At least Jar Jar only said two words, I suppose.
But, to steal James' comment, you could have told from the way the opening scroll sounded like a childrens' book that the movie was going to suck.
Incidentally, are Jedi Masters supposed to be so wimpy? Sidious took out 3 in, like, 20 secnds. Mace Windu was the only one who could give him a run for his money. And someone else I was talking to thought it was strange how easily they all got gunned down. I guess in a lot of cases they weren't really in positions to resist, like while flying a ship, but still. It was like the most skillful Jedi was that kid who helped the Senator escape.
I dunno. I guess I'm just talking about things I know nothing about.
At least this means I don't have to re-watch Episode II, which I might have done if III had been any good. I'll just stick with I. And rewatch the original trilogy someday. I'm not sure why, but I think I watched Return of the Jedi a lot as a kid, but was never very familiar with the stories in the first two. I remember the beginning stuff on Tatooine really well, but I never stopped to wonder why Han Solo was frozen and all. ^^;;
I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars, so I guess I'm mostly "eh whatever" about it all. There were some pretty things, like that glowy flowery planet where the female Jedi was killed, and the animals on the planet where Obi Wan went. Other than that, I can't say there was much to redeem it. The lightsaber fights were boring and not nearly as well-choreographed as the duel with Darth Maul in Episode I. [Double-ended lightsabers I can believe. Four-armed spinning lightsabers of DOOM are on the other side of ridiculous.] The opening fight was horribly showing-off, but it just made me confused and airsick. I did like that rainbow thing Obi Wan rode, though. It made the coolest sounds ever.
I mean, we all know the plot kinda sucked. After the movie one person was saying how everytime Anakin opened his mouth, you knew you were in for suckiness. I still can't figure out how the cute little boy in Episode I became this angry teenager with bad hair and ADD. (Such as the fact that he completely forgot about saving Padmé the moment he became a Sith Lord, and suddenly remembered at the end. No wonder Darth Sidious' expresion was like, "oh shit.") I mean, I know it's supposed to happen, but they could have made it more convincing.
Of course, I still blame the Jedi Council. Anakin would never have strayed if he'd stuck with Qui-Gon, and it's the Council's fault Qui-Gon died. But I'm just bitter because he was my favorite character. And that's why I like Episode I and disagree with the people who think this one was better than the previous two. (Not really. I just think Episode I was better.)
At least Jar Jar only said two words, I suppose.
But, to steal James' comment, you could have told from the way the opening scroll sounded like a childrens' book that the movie was going to suck.
Incidentally, are Jedi Masters supposed to be so wimpy? Sidious took out 3 in, like, 20 secnds. Mace Windu was the only one who could give him a run for his money. And someone else I was talking to thought it was strange how easily they all got gunned down. I guess in a lot of cases they weren't really in positions to resist, like while flying a ship, but still. It was like the most skillful Jedi was that kid who helped the Senator escape.
I dunno. I guess I'm just talking about things I know nothing about.
At least this means I don't have to re-watch Episode II, which I might have done if III had been any good. I'll just stick with I. And rewatch the original trilogy someday. I'm not sure why, but I think I watched Return of the Jedi a lot as a kid, but was never very familiar with the stories in the first two. I remember the beginning stuff on Tatooine really well, but I never stopped to wonder why Han Solo was frozen and all. ^^;;
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Date: 2005-05-24 06:52 pm (UTC)Oh, and Empire Strikes Back is the best of the classic trilogy (it's also, by sheer coincidence I'm sure, the film with which Lucas had the least to do), so if you haven't seen it, please do so at your earliest convenience.