[thechat] the new Star Wars :-)

[Joel Canfield]

> >I mean, the line from Anakin about not liking sand, but liking Padme
> >was trash. It wasn't cute Star Wars cheesy. Just downright bad.
>
> Made me gag, too. There were a few like that, though, that I
> thought could have been done differently, written
> differently. I was disappointed about that aspect of the film.

I almost laughed out loud when he said, "Why did she have to die?" It
sounded like a high school play, trying to imitate a high school play. My
son the lumberjack was sitting next to me, and I don't like his elbows in my
ribs, so I kept my mouth shut.

> >And some absolutely appalling acting too. How could Lucas not have
> >looked back and thought "shit, that's bad. gotta shoot that again."?!
>
> That's what I thought, too. Some of it just didn't having the
> feeling it needed, some was too monotone.

I used to think Samuel L. Jackson would even be interesting reading the
phone book. I was wrong. He's pretty boring as a Jedi. Maybe I expected too
much.

At one point, I honestly believe Christopher Lee wandered into some dialog
from Lord of the Rings - really; I think he did. Nearly the same lines,
exactly the same inflection and tone. It was odd *not* to see Ian McKellan
hanging there instead of Ewan McGregor.

> Yoda more than made up for the lines that were lacking,
> though, IMO. Seeing certain scenes again tonight really made
> me adore him even more. Tremendously done.
>
> And the special effects were amazing. I enjoyed all of that very much.

Yeah, Yoda's big scene was worth the wait - especially how he continues
*after* his big scene.

I'll wait for the DVD.

joel