Your review is exactly what I'm afraid of. I'm glad to hear it's better than Eps 1 and 2, but it doesn't sound enough better. I'm determined to not see it.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Gris - May 05, 2005 10:02:41 pm PDT #2500 of 10002
Hey. New board.
tommyrot - May 05, 2005 10:16:20 pm PDT #2501 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm gonna see it. I'll be rooting for the Dark Side.
Gris - May 06, 2005 12:53:14 am PDT #2502 of 10002
Hey. New board.
See, I find myself rooting for whatever side Anakin's not. Because Hayden Christenson or however-the-hell-you-spell-it? Makes my teeth grate. Also Jake Lloyd. Shoulda died in that stupid machine thing.
Frankenbuddha - May 06, 2005 3:01:32 am PDT #2503 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
See, I find myself rooting for whatever side Anakin's not. Because Hayden Christenson or however-the-hell-you-spell-it? Makes my teeth grate.
The latest spin from the Ranch is that Anakin was SUPPOSED to be petulantly annoying. Given what I've heard about HC in other movies (from Jessica, among others), I'm almost willing to believe it was deliberate. Almost.
I am glad to hear it's the best of the three, though. I seem to have a mental block with the Star Wars prequels - when I was actually watching them, I rather enjoyed them a lot, and even the annoying parts just rolled off me. In both cases, though, once I got out of the theater the disgust and WTFs set in like a heavy cloud burst, and turned into an active loathing. I saw each once, which is fine.
Jim - May 06, 2005 3:12:22 am PDT #2504 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
He's fantastic (although again v annoying) in shattered glass
Connie Neil - May 06, 2005 4:26:59 am PDT #2505 of 10002
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t happy in her dreamland of "Little Ani was cute as a button" and "Jar-Jar didn't bother me all that much"
Time Magazine has Darth Vader on the cover. After Ann Coulter, it seems almost wholesome. And the fanboy squeeing in the article was wonderful. "We've Seen It!" is the taunting headline on the cover. I think it's neat.
juliana - May 06, 2005 4:40:52 am PDT #2506 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I really enjoyed the Premiere article on Star Wars, although Lucas continues to creep me out with his Newspeak-vibe. And yeah, I'm excited about Episode III, as much as my cynical heart would like not to be.
Jessica - May 06, 2005 5:23:55 am PDT #2507 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The latest spin from the Ranch is that Anakin was SUPPOSED to be petulantly annoying. Given what I've heard about HC in other movies (from Jessica, among others), I'm almost willing to believe it was deliberate. Almost.
I don't believe it was deliberate, but I do believe it was Lucas' fault and not Hayden's.
And he is better in this one. Not 100%, but he's better. There's less whining.
§ ita § - May 06, 2005 7:19:28 am PDT #2508 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My heart bleeds for the chick:
Sexy actress Eva Green has slammed director Ridley Scott for removing most of the raunchy sex scene she had with screen hunk Orlando Bloom from new movie Kingdom of Heaven. Green enjoyed playing Bloom's lover Princess Sybilla in the film, but was devastated to discover Scott had deleted "the best bits" because he deemed them too shocking. She says, "It is a pity because we spent so long getting it just right."
Jessica - May 06, 2005 7:20:35 am PDT #2509 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"It is a pity because we spent so long getting it just right."
Oh, that poor poor girl, to have spent all that time making out with Orlando Bloom for nothing.