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Post by hearing_aide on May 17, 2002 12:39:31 GMT -5
You guy's realy liked it?
I thought the dialogue was horrable, and really felt like this movie didn't need to be made.
Maybe it is because we already know what is going to happen, that it lost some of it's punch. It was much better than episode 1 though.
I loved the special effects, but the first hour of the movie was painfully slow. I almost felt like I was watching a toy commerical.
Just to make a point...I have always refered to episode 4,5,6 as the "Holy Trilogy"...but I felt that 1 & 2 weren't up to the standards of the originals. Maybe it's that I'm older, and more jaded. Of course 1 & 2 are better then 95% of all the other sci-fi movies made...
H8
ps: I'm going to wait a couple of weeks and go back and see it again and see if that changes my opinion.
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Post by King_Aj05 on May 17, 2002 19:16:35 GMT -5
hmmm I just found this thread! Yes I'm looking forward to it and I'm going next Wednesday!
...at this stage most seem like it, so I'm still keen!
I just love a ripping sci-fi yarn, so hopefully this is one of them!
Aj
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Post by glenn_kingx@yahoo.com on May 18, 2002 3:36:49 GMT -5
i know have 40% of the movie on dodgy video tape. my friends took a vid cam into the cinema and taped the movie. i am going to tape the end half, and then we will have a dodgy video for the house... beats waiting 2 years for the DVD to come out
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Post by hearing_aide on May 18, 2002 20:09:43 GMT -5
i found these to be funny...
Top Ten Sexually Tilted Lines in "Star Wars (A New Hope)"
1. "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." 2. "Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough!" 3. "Look at the size of that thing!" 4. "Sorry about the mess..." 5. "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought." 6. "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" 7. "You've got something jammed in here real good." 8. "Put that thing away before you get us all killed!" 9. "Luke, at that speed do you think you'll be able to pull out in time?" 10. "Get in there you big furry oaf, I don't care *what* you smell!"
Top Ten Sexually Tilted Lines in "The Empire Strikes Back"
1. "And I thought they smelled bad...on the *outside*!" 2. "Possible he came in through the south entrance." 3. "I must've hit it pretty close to the mark to get her all riled up like that, huh kid?" 4. "Hurry up, golden-rod..." 5. "That's okay, I'd like to keep it on manual control for a while." 6. "But now we must eat. Cum, good food, cummm..." 7. "Control, control! You must learn control!" 8. "There's an awful lot of moisture in here." 9. "Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?" 10. "I thought that hairy beast would be the end of me!"
Top Ten Sexually Tilted Lines in "Return of the Jedi"
1. "Rise, my friend." 2. "Open the back door!" 3. "Hey, point that thing somewhere else!" 4. "It's just a dead animal..." 5. "Not bad for a little furball." 6. "How can they be jamming us if they don't know we're coming?" 7. "Come here, I won't hurt you. You want something to eat?" 8. "Keep on that one, I'll take these two" 9. "I want you to take her. I mean it, take her!" 10. "I don't think the Empire had wookies in mind when they designed her, Chewie."
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Post by JWK on May 18, 2002 21:18:29 GMT -5
LOL!
the movie was allright, i diddn't mind the terrible love story, but it was ruined when ol' C-3PO threw in a Bloody Pun!!! something aboutt dragging... man, that killed the whole thing in my mind.
oh yeah- when ob1 visits jango fett, and the little kid(bobba) opens the door, the whole theatre burst out laughing, and we were all in tears of laughter by the time Temuera Morrison(jango) showed. That scene could well have been a b-grade NZ film! did anyone else notice that, or is it just me... and the rest of Aotearoa>?
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Post by da_silva on May 20, 2002 19:24:41 GMT -5
Well,
I'm not a huge fan of the series but with nothing to do this weekend I went to see the movie...........I was very impressed with the story and was thoroughly entertained.
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Post by Wycco on May 21, 2002 11:02:29 GMT -5
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Post by beefburger on May 21, 2002 17:59:14 GMT -5
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Post by beefburger on May 21, 2002 17:59:55 GMT -5
why didnt that work?
oh well, anyway
that article explains it all
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Post by ozcar on May 22, 2002 0:09:55 GMT -5
having seen it three times there are still some questions, some continuity issues and of course - those PG love scenes keep getting worse...
granted poor anakin is a little wooden but he is given the corniest bacth of lines in the flick - I think in terms of portraying a seething, arrogant, bitter and slowly metemorphosing baddie - he was sensational. we have to remember that this is star wars movie and if the characters rolled out with linguistic butterflies and benevolent dialogue then it simply wouldnt work...the original trilogy had corny chatter regardless of it being staged in the 70's, 80's or whenever..
yoda's detailing was fantastic - thanks to the computer age - same thanks to those computers that deleted most of jar jar...
we can see anakins bitterness, his mother's demise no doubt a pretty hefty spark on the road to darksideville - would have been nice to see him slaughter all those raiders...but his arrogance and frustration for obi-jaun (sorry..couldnt resist) is not explained and i wonder how that could possibly have transpired...
if the jedi can move ships and kick some serious droid ass they can sure as hell work out who is thinking naughty thoughts...
palpatines' ascension is perfect - except the mystifying lack of foresight on behalf of the jedi council...
jenga was easily the most dissapointing element...I thought this movie was about Boba and his role in the ol trilogy....no mention of his mandalorian background, his subsequent ties with Jabba and other lords and the fact his daddies head and blood should have caked young bobbas' lap when he picks up his helmet...
also - this was clearly a set up for bobbas future disdain for the rebels - but the ol trilogy paints him as a simple bountry hunter trying to make a buck in the galaxy - not someone who has the same vindictive vendetta against his parents(s) killer as anakin did.....
me thinks a grown bobba will be the one to dispatch with master mace in the 3rd episode, whilst vader will obviously account for the others as the all conqering sith lord he will be int he last one....
this was a great movie - granted the middle sector does drag but that is the hallmark of a lucas film....he prefers an hour long finale...and it works.
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Post by JWK on May 22, 2002 2:01:00 GMT -5
hey, sorry if im spoiling any story lines here, but didn't someone in the film say that Jango fett had an exact clone made of himself? surely that is the one that died, and the real jango is still alive?
Also, when luke gets his hand cut off in the original trilogy, there is no blood- maybe the light sabres are so hot that they seal the wound as well?
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Post by ozcar on May 22, 2002 4:13:47 GMT -5
good point JWK
forgot about the blood factor - maybe Lucas decided his young audience couldnt handle a few burst arteries...
oh and i was taking the piss.
incidently i did notice a jedi amidst the gladiator style battle with his hand quite clearly overlapping the rays of his saber...cant be too hot...
plus when obi-jauns' leg and arm were cut they showed red and burnt....so I guess the saber pretty much seals the deal so to speak...
regarding Pappa Fett - I thought his clone was Boba...
ahhh....just good to see so many kiwis and aussies invading the big screen...
(cant resist petty stabs at parochialism...)
;D
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Post by thajavaman on May 22, 2002 9:58:56 GMT -5
Well, didn't the cloner tell him that hed demmanded the unusual petitio of having a clone made of himself without the accelerated growth feature, I gathered he himself had died, but his young (thought of as son) clone didn't. right?
Well, I saw it this past weekend, and though I'm too young to be a hardcore fan, I am. je je, no point of comparison between I and II. I was very much entretained with the movie, perhaps cause I wasn't expecting much from it. It seems as though the main critic lies on the 'PG love scenes' but all I was thinking was of getting in touch with her wardrobe manager so that for the next movie we get a lil more (or a lil less for all that I care) jejeje.
The only thing I feel discusted with, is the fact that I'm gonna have to wait so long for III...
btw Wycco, so cool the lil fight... I'm sure you can manage to get our beloved senator in there too jejej j/k there... and yes yes , I know, but it was't me who started talking about porn!
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Post by da_silva on May 22, 2002 10:36:19 GMT -5
Yeah,
I too was under the understanding that Bobba was the clone.
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Post by King_Aj05 on May 22, 2002 19:41:52 GMT -5
Yes I really enjoyed it! I saw it last night and would rate it as one of the best sci-fi flicks I've seen! Amazing detail, battles...a bit corney and painful with the love interest (why do we need this in all films???), but the rest of the movie was great!
Don't read on unless you've seen it...
Anakin Interesting choice of actor. QueenAj05 found him unattractive and initially I thought he was terrible...but as the movie developed, I thought he was a good choice as he really did show the dark side starting to come through really well.
Love story Gee I hated that! It was so corney...but I guess it had to happen as otherwise there would be no Luke or Lea! LOL I would have liked to have seen it be a little less cliquiched(spell?).
RE Fett, Boba was the unmodified clone of Jenga Fett. I agree with ozcar who said that Boba should have had a lot more anomisity towards the jedi in 4,5 and six after seeing his father killed like that. But I did like the actor and how he portrayed Jenga.
Samuel L Jackson Man I just love this guy, he was great!
Battles, Were just unbelieveable! the detail was amazing. Loved the "stadium" and how good was the driod factory!
Sound loved the different sounds all the ships made, fantastic!
I thought there was alot to like. The love story dragged as beef said, but overall it was really good!
Aj
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