Episode III

[dr_tectonic]

Saw Episode III tonight. We had a dozen people show up, yay! I liked the movie. There was some clunky acting and awful dialogue (mostly near the beginning, mostly centering on Anakin & Padme), but the pretty pretty effects and settings were all over the movie, and all the fight scenes were action-riffic and fun to watch, and it was a Star Wars movie.

The last chunk of the movie was all about symmetry and echoes and reflections of other bits elsewhere, which I thought was pretty neat (if cheesy in spots). The movie sort of felt a little bit compressed -- like there were reactions and developments that would have felt more natural if they could have unfolded over a minute or two of screentime, rather than 20 seconds, but that would have made the movie far, far too long.

Oh, and Ewan MacGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi is freakin' HAWT. (My boyfriends are gonna hassle me for saying it, but he is.)

Comments

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't really understand why people are going on and on about Anakin and/or Padme being so hot. They are ok. Certainly I will agree with you that Obi-Wan Kenobi was the hotter one.

The movie was strange to me -- more special effects than plot, and maybe I'm too old and misremember the original start of the series... I do think that the original Star Wars certainly used all the special effects it could at that time, but I think it had more plot to use the FX. Episode III was not a bad movie in my view, but the story is just "yeah, whatever". If it was described as "boy gets girl pregnant, joins the bad gang and then makes her die of disgust, leaving the twins to almost total strangers to raise while he wrecks the neighborhood" it wouldn't get so much attention or money. *Granted*, that might not be a nice/fair description, even if it's very close to "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she meets and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again." (which was the description for The Wizard of Oz in a Marin County newspaper). ;-)

[goobermunch.livejournal.com]

If the OT was a space opera, then the NT is a space novel. Unfortunately, Lucas isn't a really good novelist.

--G

[zalena.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Episode III yet, but with you on Ewan MacGregor. My brother has been teasing me about it and cut out a picture of him from a cereal box in the shape of a heart and write: "Obi Wan, you're my only hope!" on it and taped it to the refrigerator.

[ng-nighthawk.livejournal.com]

Ian McDiarmid stole the show in my opinion. OK, not hot. But his acting was actually interesting. I attribute this to one of two things:

1. Lucas directed him to be interesting, sort of for the same reason Milton made Satan the best character in Paradise Lost--evil has to be charismatic to be seductive.

2. McDiarmid is just a really good or very confident actor and ignored the direction to play everything flat and lifeless.

[goobermunch.livejournal.com]

3. They made the scenery out of chocolate, and Ian's a well-known chocoholic.

--G

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Haven't you commented on Ewan McGregor before?

Sheesh...a foolish consistency and all...

Revenge of Sith and hawtness

[castleclear.livejournal.com]

Dr. Tectonic:

Greetings! I'm glad you enjoyed the eye candy. I'm looking forward to seeing it myself, though a commentator from the Ottowa Sun had something interesting to say (and now the link from Google News is gone. Figures.)

Congrats, Felicities and Best Wishes to you, Kung Fu Monkey and Saint Pookie.

After you've achieved your Gaadi-awful goal(s), perhaps there will be place for Hugo, assuming I don't hide him safely in the Clouds somewhere...

Re: Revenge of Sith and hawtness

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Fret not, there's plenty of room for Hugo and company in my plans. =)

Re: Revenge of Sith and hawtness

[castleclear.livejournal.com]

Very kind of you to include me in your plans. Dare I inquire, sir, as to what those plans might be... ?

Re: Revenge of Sith and hawtness

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

To make the world a better place, of course. =)
As for the details, well, they're far too tedious and complicated to bother discussing -- I wouldn't dream of boring you with them.

Re: details

[castleclear.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine Dr. Tectonic's plans to make the world a better place ever being boring--though if your grand designs and current plans are limited to sweeping and mopping the floor, as important as housework is, I'd concur, hearing about it would be tedious. Complicated? Well, you're right. It's probably beyond me. Oh well... ;-)