Has he ever done a non-period movie?
Just call me the computer whisperer.
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Betsy HP - May 15, 2005 4:28:09 pm PDT #2763 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - May 15, 2005 4:30:22 pm PDT #2764 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not that's gotten wide release in the US, no. IIRC, he has Calcium Kid, Haven, and Elizabethtown done. Still, to deflect Ned Kelly, Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers, Return Of The King, Pirates Of The Caribbean 1-3 -- that'll take some doing. Seeing as people have seen some of those.
§ ita § - May 15, 2005 4:33:30 pm PDT #2765 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, and if Liam Neeson trains Bruce Wayne and then dies, [KoH spoiler] that'd make at least three mentor/corpse thingies he's got going.
Mr. Broom - May 15, 2005 7:07:44 pm PDT #2766 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Has he ever done a non-period movie?Does "Blackhawk Down" count as a period movie?
tommyrot - May 16, 2005 4:18:35 am PDT #2767 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.
Does "Blackhawk Down" count as a period movie?
Given enough time, it will.
Sorry, haven't had my coffee yet....
Fred Pete - May 16, 2005 4:26:52 am PDT #2768 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Does "Blackhawk Down" count as a period movie?
I wouldn't call it one, but Troy is a period movie.
Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 6:34:10 am PDT #2769 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
A.O. Scott, The New York Times:
This is by far the best film in the more recent trilogy, and also the best of the four episodes Mr. Lucas has directed. That's right (and my inner 11-year-old shudders as I type this): it's better than "Star Wars."
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker:
The general opinion of “Revenge of the Sith” seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones.” True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion.
erikaj - May 16, 2005 6:39:33 am PDT #2770 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Hee. Love Anthony Lane for the excellent burn. I've not seen it yet, so can't comment, but that kind of bitchery is funny to me. (Until it's my script.) "Empire Strikes Back" is the best one, anyway.
Jessica - May 16, 2005 6:44:55 am PDT #2771 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Empire Strikes Back" is the best one, anyway.
And the one with the least amount of Lucas involvement. Coincidence?
Personally, I don't think Anthony Lane's set foot in a movie theatre since he fell asleep watching RotK (which is the only explanation I can think of for the utter moronic incoherence of that "review"). He needs to stop trying to prove to everyone how clever he is and get back to reviewing movies, which he used to be rather good at.
tommyrot - May 16, 2005 6:46:32 am PDT #2772 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.
From the NY Times review: (whitefonted, although it's just two lines of dialog so I'm not sure if I need to...)
Darth Vader, already deep in the thrall of the dark side and echoing the words of George W. Bush, hisses at Obi-Wan, "If you're not with me, you're my enemy." Obi-Wan's response is likely to surface as a bumper sticker during the next election campaign: "Only a Sith thinks in absolutes."
Over the top? Maybe. But I like it (at least until I see the actual scene).