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Re: off- topic - Finally saw it - some thoughts
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Tue, 15 Jun 1999 06:50:24 GMT
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Next time, say spoilers or something
David Simmons wrote:
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> Things I didn't like:
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> 1. Those who say that certain aliens within the film represent racist
> stereotypes have a LOT of material to work with.
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> 2. DIE, Jar-Jar, DIE!
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> 3. Han Solo's wisecracks sorely missed!
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> 4. WAY too many poop jokes. In the video store where I work, I'm going to
> place one copy of this film in the children's section as a semi-serious
> joke.
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> 5. Darth Maul looked neat, but his totally undeveloped character was
> boring. So he's evil, so what? Even evil needs some personality.
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> 6. Immaculate conception. Argh! Awful!
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> 7. A friend of mine told me the "mitochlorians" or whatever they're called,
> was a straight rip-off from japanese anime.
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> 8. Sloppy editing in the final battle. They shouldn't have cut away from
> the end duel between Kenobi and Maul. When Kenobi jumps up and slices Maul
> in half, it's too delayed from the previous scene and comes off
> anti-climactic (and a little too pat IMHO)>
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> Things I liked:
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> 1. The pod race was great! Best part of the film (even though it's just
> Ben-Hur on amphetamines!). Though I noticed every time the film slowed down
> for so-called "character" scenes, the audience became restless, waiting for
> more action.
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> 2. The underwater creature CG was very nice. Not so obvious.
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> 3. The final lightsaber duel was VERY nice. Beautiful choreography. It
> was nice to see a bad guy who could move around more than Vader could in his
> big, cumbersome suit.
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> 4. I LOVED the sequence of the droids being deployed out on the hull to fix
> the Queen's starship. At last we get see what they're designed to do! I
> also loved how they showed the R2 units being blasted off the ship before
> they could complete repairs.
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> 5. Coruscant was REALLY well done. All those lanes of ships moving to and
> fro was great. Loved all the mid-air landing platforms. The Senate chamber
> was boss.
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> 6. I liked how Qui-Gong Jinn used his saber to cut through the bulkhead
> door.
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> 7. I loved when they showed how both Jedi's used their sabers to repel fire
> back at and destroying the attacker.
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> 8. When Kenobi and Maul are going at it and they freeze for a second after
> a heated saber exchange. Nice flourish, classic!
>
> George's visions are wondrous and beautiful, I just wish he'd given us
> characters with more depth. That way I would have cared a bit when Qui-Gong
> Jinn got skewered. The movie only takes off emotionally when Kenobi goes
> after Maul.
>
> Dave
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Sjaacko
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