Episode 3 is absorbing my brain!

bobaprime85 · Post by **bobaprime85** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:21 pm

This weekend, I spent a rather obscene amount of cash on related Star Wars material. The Lego sets, the action figures, the soundtrack, I've got a little bit of everything. And in a show of supreme masochism, I've bought both the comic and the book adaptations of the movie, but have decided to not read either of them until after the 19th, thereby ensuring that I have roughly five days of resisting temptation. The thing is, after my dissappointment with the previous two installments, I swore that I wouldn't get excited about Episdode III.

Boy was that a failure. I'm now eagerly counting the hours until its release like a hyper geekboy. My advance ticket seems to be burning a hole in my pocket and I'm fairly sure I should feel ashamed of myself right about now. But then I console myself with the new Chewbacca figure. Graaaw!

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:01 am

I did similar...managed to stay relatively spoiler free until my work got in 50 squillion making of books, art books, novelisations, comic adaptations.....which sat there taunting me for about a week until I caved.

And now every couple of minutes a random thought comes outta nowhere and sets my pulse rate higher, like....an army of wookies! Yeah!
The walk into the cinema will be horrific as I can predict I will be terrified of some random unlikely catastrophe stopping my tickets being ready to pick up.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:20 am

I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not hysterical or anything. The last 2 taught me the error of that way of thinking. Basically, it'll have to be pretty amazing for me to think doing a whole new trilogy was worthwhile.

That said, I caved in today and bought Phantom Menace on DVD. What can I say... I'm a completist.

Here's the Empire magazine RotS review. Wouldn't take their word for it though, they gave AOTC 5 stars... (the below review being completely inconsistent with that, as it says RotS is better than AOTC yet gives it 4 stars!)

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/inci ... p?FID=9758

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:19 am

And for the real die hards...

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=sear ... age=search

*shudder*

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:20 pm

Empire reviews suck

they gave Pearl harbour 4 stars. Evry retrospective of the Phantom Menance says that the critics were wrong and its an excellenb film. They rate just abput every Spielberg film 4 stars or more dispite the fact almost all his recent films are s### by saying "Speilberg is an intelgent director and everybody will appreciate this film in a few yeas. I think getting a brown nose is mandatory for working on the Empire revbiw board.

I still buy the amg becasue their information and most of the retrospectivies are brilliant. Just hate their reviews.

generally they are completly afriad from really destroying any film from a A list director or movie star.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:24 pm

They also gave The Pianist 2 stars.

By the time it came to video and had won all those Oscars it had mysteriously been bumped up to 4 stars.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:05 pm

I'm expecting Ep3 to be an enjoyable action flick, but I'm also expecting the now mainstays of the prequels- rotten acting and attrocious dialogue which also tend to make for characters whom I find it very hard to care about.

Lots of people have been trying to pin down exactly what the originals have that the newer movies seem to have lost. Partly I think its something to do with the crass commercialisation, also something to do with a lack of charismatic actors to bring the awful script to life. Also it feels like a complete overreliance on special effects to make the movie work rather then a strong story. I suppose you could lump all that together and say something like 'the newer movies just don't have the soul that the older ones do'.

Tho to truly nail my colours to the mast, I never thought the originals were that great anyway. Fun, optimistic movies that while away an afternoon quite enjoyably is about it really. I always preferred Indiana Jones as a child

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:57 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:They also gave The Pianist 2 stars.

By the time it came to video and had won all those Oscars it had mysteriously been bumped up to 4 stars.

Thay have done that loads of times. The Hurrican and Girl interupted spring to mind.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:04 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:And for the real die hards...

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=sear ... age=search

*shudder*

Cindel: I *love* you, Wicket.
Wicket: Beecha Waa-Waa! You're, like, Five! And I'm and unspecified age, considering this could take place at any point along the Star Wars timeline, and all Ewoks are short! I ain't getting no kiddie-fiddlin' charges brought against me!
Cindel: I'm glad you *love* me too, Wicket.
Wicket: Oh, Kvark!

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:13 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:I always preferred Indiana Jones as a child

I thought he was rubbish as a child. He was too short to get on rollercoasters.

What do you think of him now then? I can certainly see the appeal, and I'm not gay.
Hmm... can blokes appreciate the looks of another man even if they're hetero?

bobaprime85 · Post by **bobaprime85** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:21 pm

Karl Lynch wrote: I always preferred Indiana Jones as a child

BURN HIM! BUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNN HHHHIIIIIIIIMMMMMM!!!!!

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:19 pm

Burn him.

Crikey, you wanted to stab me on another topic. Perhaps you need to go naked into the woods with a load of blokes and hug and scream until you feel better.
Actually, I've always fancied doing one of those courses.
(pulls down pants and yells at people in shopping centre. Kept my hoodie on though).

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:43 pm

I still think IJ's the best ^_^ Lovely silly action movies with no pretentions, a human main character who actually makes mistakes (Lara Croft, take notes you soulless Mary Sue) and those squishy feel-good endings where life, the universe, children, puppies and Christmas are all saved

bobaprime85 wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote: I always preferred Indiana Jones as a child
BURN HIM! BUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNN HHHHIIIIIIIIMMMMMM!!!!!

{vanishes in a puff of smoke, reappearing a few hundred yards away grinning and waving like a schoolgirl}

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:52 pm

Sean Connery. He was brilliant in IJ3. He kicks ass in whatever film he does. Or did he ever make a stinker?

bobaprime85 · Post by **bobaprime85** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:53 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:
bobaprime85 wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote: I always preferred Indiana Jones as a child
BURN HIM! BUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNN HHHHIIIIIIIIMMMMMM!!!!!
{vanishes in a puff of smoke, reappearing a few hundred yards away grinning and waving like a schoolgirl}

Why you.....

*Raises fist angrily before deciding 'screw it' and going to watch ESB again*

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:39 pm

Autobloke wrote:Sean Connery. He was brilliant in IJ3. He kicks ass in whatever film he does. Or did he ever make a stinker?

Never Say Never Again, Highlander 2, Medicine Man, South Pacific...

The list goes on, but it starts to turn into films he was in that I don't like, rather than ones that were actually bad.

Redstreak · Post by **Redstreak** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:58 pm

Well for the Americans, it gets even moreso...it got the two thumbs up from Ebert & Roeper. Only thing they hedged on was the dialogue. Not too surprising, it is the weakest point of all 3 new ones, if not the entire series(like Alec Guinness once suggested).

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:18 pm

Rebis wrote:
Autobloke wrote:Sean Connery. He was brilliant in IJ3. He kicks ass in whatever film he does. Or did he ever make a stinker?
Never Say Never Again, Highlander 2, Medicine Man, South Pacific...

The list goes on, but it starts to turn into films he was in that I don't like, rather than ones that were actually bad.

Most of the time it's Sean that saves a dire film. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? It was sh*te, but Connery was watchable - even if he hated the movie himself.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:18 am

Hmmm... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is my favourite film of all time. Star Wars (A New Hope) is second.

Got my Episode 3 tickets for Thursday (10pm!)

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:32 am

spiderfrommars wrote:Hmmm... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is my favourite film of all time. Star Wars (A New Hope) is second.

Got my Episode 3 tickets for Thursday (10pm!)

Godfather? Alien? Terminator 2? Predator? Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Once Upon A Time in America? Nosferatu? Lord of the Rings?

Personally I'd have to put all of those above IJ and SW.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:56 am

Karl Lynch wrote:
Godfather? Alien? Terminator 2? Predator? Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Once Upon A Time in America? Nosferatu? Lord of the Rings?

Personally I'd have to put all of those above IJ and SW.

Godfather's ****ing brilliant, but is nowhere near as emotional for me. More than anything I admire the acting. Godfather 2's in my Top 10.

LOTR comes closest to recapturing the awe that IJ and SW gave me as a kid admittedly.

Predator, no way. Fun, but not terribly consequential.

Terminator 2... great, but preferred the first one. Again, up their with my faves. Along with Alien (faultless, apart from the gratutious leering shots of Weaver in her underwear)/Aliens (faultless).

Once Upon A Time In America left a bad taste in my mouth. And it wasn't just young Noodles' acting (which I thought was rubbish). The violence/sexual violence seemed OTT. Liked the ambigious ending though.

I have yet to see Nosferatu or the Dollars trilogy properly.

All IMO!

Snowcat · Post by **Snowcat** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:34 am

"Well I didn`t think Phantom Menace was that bad."

And I still don`t. True, it`s not great, but it`s still better than most of the ***** out there. And Star Trek.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:26 am

Rebis wrote:
spiderfrommars wrote:And for the real die hards...

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=sear ... age=search

*shudder*
Cindel: I *love* you, Wicket.
Wicket: Beecha Waa-Waa! You're, like, Five! And I'm and unspecified age, considering this could take place at any point along the Star Wars timeline, and all Ewoks are short! I ain't getting no kiddie-fiddlin' charges brought against me!
Cindel: I'm glad you *love* me too, Wicket.
Wicket: Oh, Kvark!

Ewoks deserve to die... oh hang on a sec:
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/holocaust.html
maybe they did!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu May 19, 2005 9:20 am

Watched episodes 1 & 2 back to back yesterday (fell asleep during the latter) and something struck me. Threepio works on Owen Lars' farm in Ep 2, but in Episode 4 he acts like he's never met him before. Is he forgetful, or just bloody stupid?

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Thu May 19, 2005 9:26 am

spiderfrommars wrote:Watched episodes 1 & 2 back to back yesterday (fell asleep during the latter) and something struck me. Threepio works on Owen Lars' farm in Ep 2, but in Episode 4 he acts like he's never met him before. Is he forgetful, or just bloody stupid?

Here's the answer.