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I saw it just a minute ago on TV. I hate admiting it but it looks really cool and I am actually starting to be excited about it's release in 2 months. I know I'm just setting my self up to be disapointed with it but this was the fun part for me for the last two. It's awesome when it's still a distant event that you can anticipate and trick yourself into believing will be good.
Sorry but I couldn't find a link wirth pasting. don't know if it's online yet or not. If any one finds I would appreciate a linky. thanks
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Or, as it works with all new Star Wars movies, I just want to watch the preview over and over, because I know the actual film can't live up to the hype.
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quote:Or, as it works with all new Star Wars movies, I just want to watch the preview over and over, because I know the actual film can't live up to the hype.
Seriously...the Episode I trailer was probably the coolest thing I had ever seen in my life.
But yeah, I'm still excited for Episode III no matter what. And this trailer has helped alot. I agree it actually looks like there's some character development here. About time.
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Lucas said the rating would be PG-13. Actually, Lucas admitted that this Episode was a tragedy. He also admitted that it went to Hell. Heh.
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I think Christneson plays the part well, considering what he's supposed to be conveying.
The first two didn't suck, though they were a bit questionable, I think on the whole they were very very good.
The third one looks fantastic. If people can find a way to remove the collective stick they have up their butts, they could actually enjoy it. Episode III could be the best of them all. Many felt that Empire Strikes Back was the best film because it was darker, and this film will be that way. It'll also be the only other film that ends with the dark side achieving a victory.
The trailer looks awesome, I think this movie is going to be great. And all the people who think it will be horrible despite the fact that they think it looks good shouldn't go then, I'd rather them not pollute the atmosphere of excitement that will be in the theater when I'm there.
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quote:No, he admitted that it WENT to hell. The Lava planet.
Yeah, I know. I was just trying to make a little funny
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I think a lot of the acting in it is pretty solid. Ewan McGregor was perfect for his part. Samuel L Jackson...Well, he's Samuel L Jackson. Yoda's dialogue is seems a little too forced in the last two episodes, which probably won't change in the third. But yeah, Christiansen SUCKS!!! I wanted to jump into the movie and beat the tar out of him. But I guess I just never considered the possibility of Pouting and whining as part of the path to a truly evil person. But hey. I've never been evil before.
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quote:Many felt that Empire Strikes Back was the best film because it was darker, and this film will be that way.
Umm... no. Many people felt that ESB was the best film because it was well-written and well-directed. Not coincidentally, George Lucas did neither for that film.
That said, this trailer gives me hope. Obi-wan's expression when he screams "But you were the Chosen One!" is wonderful, and further affirms the fact that Ewan MacGregor is far and away the best actor working on the prequels.
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You know, mack, I hated Luke too. When Lea kissed him in the first episode, i got so angry. She had hot, hot Han right in front of her, and she kissed the winy little bastard? Yugh! I didnt care that it was to make a point. i lost respect for Lea at that point.
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quote: Umm... no. Many people felt that ESB was the best film because it was well-written and well-directed. Not coincidentally, George Lucas did neither for that film.
Lucas still wrote all the movies, and had final say over all scripts. And yes, a lot of people felt that ESB was better because of the content, not because of who directed it. I doubt anyone watching the three all in a row would bust out with "Hmm, did they change directors?"
And I still feel that Christiansen did in fact act well. Honestly, I really wonder what people expect from the character of Anakin Skywalker. Put aside Christiansen's acting for a minute and tell me how you think he should have been. Happy? Joyous? Emotionless? The young anakin wasn't all that whiney, it seemed he barely spoke at all. Hadyn in Episode II had a lot of emotional issues, and I think they were all warranted.
People who say "He sucked!" just annoy me because they never really put any supporting evidence behind it. It seems everyone just randomly decided he was bad, agreed on it, shook hands and that was that. But I won't buy it until someone can reasonably tell me why they felt his performance was poor.
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Lyrhawn -- well, no, he didn't write all the movies. The first one was almost completely cribbed from other sources as to the substance (watch The Hidden Fortress sometime), and while Lucas has a writing credit for the "story" of the next two, those were actually written by other people.
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Interesting how when Lucas draws inspiration from Kurosawa it's "cribbing," but when Miyazaki does it's brilliant.
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Are you talking about the script or the actual story and idea?
And yeah Icarus I was going to say something similar to that too, good point.
Lucas openly admits that he draws from Campbell's monomyth, and actually met with Campbell at the Skywalker Ranch during the development of the story idea. But the idea of Star Wars and the first movie has been in the works since he was in college, how is that not him writing the story? I think you would be hard pressed to find a director/writer in Hollywood that hasn't been influenced by or borrowed SOME idea.
But the actual story of Luke and the others, and Star Wars, that's all written by him, regardless of influences and what not.
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Have you watched the Hidden Fortress? Huge swathes of the plot in Star Wars are cut practically straight from it. That's cribbed, whether or not it's brilliant.
Now, Star Wars (the original trilogy) is still brilliant, as are Kurosawa's movies, but in the first three Lucas allowed himself to be guided greatly by larger themes, but left much of the writing to other people (particularly in the last two episodes, where he didn't have another work to pretty much rely on the dramatic pacing of), and now his rather bad hand at writing plot detail tramples all over those larger themes in the latest star wars movies.
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Personal Pet Peeve #1: People who are so uptight and critical, they'd rather critique something rather than enjoy it.
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Chewbacca! Does this mean we will see how Chewy and Han got together?
And I agree - Ewan Mcgregor was amazing as he yelled "But you were the chosen one!" I still miss Muppet Yoda, though. Couldn't they restrict the CGI to when it is actually *necessary*?
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Doubtful, Chewie and Han didn't get together until after the Empire took over and Han was out of the Imperial Academy.
About the time of the movie, Han is like an 8 year old kicking around Corellia picking people's pockets, if that. I'm guessing Chewbacca's involvement comes when the pseudo Empire tries to enslave Kashyyk.
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Oh, these are old, well hashed out critiques well backed up by fact. And I do enjoy Star Wars, even the new ones, they're just much worse than the first three.
I was critiquing your allegation that Lucas wrote the first three, which is, at best, ignoring all the other sources of input, and is definitely not true in the same way that he has written the latest ones.
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There are a lot of nice people out there that haven't sued Lucas for stealing all those ideas then, and for slapping his name over all things Star Wars.
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Saw the trailer today when we went to see Robots. If I weren't so eagerly awaiting this movie, the trailer honestly wouldn't be enough to influence me.
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