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Star Wars 7 coming in 2015
Gladstone:
Entertainment Weekly has a new article and photo gallery full of exciting tidbits. There's also a new trailer from Korea with a very lovely shot:
Oooh yeah, that's the stuff.
Thrillho:
So my lass and I watched the prequels trilogy over the last few days, because why the fuck not? And I have to say... they're a lot better than I remember. Mostly.
The dialogue is still flat as fuck, but you can't really beat Star Wars for special effects extravaganzas.
Episode I is riddled with iconic shots and moments like the pod race and Darth Maul. Jake Lloyd is still terrible, but given that fame seems to have ruined his life, I don't want to be too harsh. An a duel lightsaber is still fucking awesome.
Attack Of The Clones is by far the worst film of the six. Nothing happens. For like two hours. By the time something does happen, you don't give a fuck.
But Revenge Of The Sith... is great. Like, fantastic. Acting is still iffy, but miles above what it was. It even has one or two good lines of dialogue ('So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.') It's dark, Anakin really does bring the noise (murdering kids! One kid gets killed by the clone army ONSCREEN!), Palpatine's transformation is something else... I just can't believe how good it was, and much better pacing than Clones too. Genuinely a really great surprise.
Masterpiece:
Honestly the worst part about RotS is, again, the Anakin-Padme relationship. Why are these two people together? The only thing he does is whine.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 10 Sep 2015, 23:03 ---Honestly the worst part about RotS is, again, the Anakin-Padme relationship. Why are these two people together? The only thing he does is whine.
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I get the impression that was partly Lucas's lost ability to write a romantic subplot. The rest of it was Hayden Christiensen's lack of acting ability. Another thing that the Prequel Trilogy taught us about the George Lucas of today is that he is not very good at casting decisions.
LeeC:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Sep 2015, 23:25 ---The rest of it was Hayden Christiensen's lack of acting ability. Another thing that the Prequel Trilogy taught us about the George Lucas of today is that he is not very good at casting decisions.
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I disagree. If you look at some of the behind the scenes things GL is the reason Hayden came off woody as he told him exactly how to say it without context. He's a terrible director when he is the sole decision maker. He's a tell the audience how the actor feels instead of let emotion and acting take over. The script was unsalvageable by any actor, including Ewan Mcgregor (I saw him killing younglings! Only a sith deals in absolutes!). I completely put the blame on GL.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzTXYTVWg44
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