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[sartorias]

Must leave soon--I have books, laptop, music. Camera. And all that lovely, lovely scenery awaits me--that and no clocks. What a birthday gift, a trip to New York. (Though it was not intended as a birthday gift, just for a book signing.)

We went to see Revenge of the Sith. I will join those who feel it unfortunate, not to say the least, that

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Sith...

[lostsilmaril]

The dialogue could definitely have used some major work--I think half the theatre cracked up at "you're breaking my heart." But the core of the story here, when you look past the strange or questionable or amateurish parts, take off the critic's hat and look at it, is the story of a man's fall from grace, or descent into darkness. (I don't know if I'd necessarily call Anakin graceful

Re: Sith...

[sartorias]

It would have been so easy to fix a lot of the story problems--for example, its well established that Jedi can hear and influence thoughts, so if Palpatine had been messing with Annikin and Padme in order to separate them and secure Annikin's allegiance to himself--how easy to show it! A couple of added scenes, and it all falls together. Esp. since they had such a dysfunctional relationship in the first place--based entirely on sex, apparently no communication whatsoever.

[jackiejj]

I really liked your review, because I agreed so much with it.

I've now seen it four times, and it cries out for a parody...

[sartorias]

See my comments to Lostsilmaril above...

[rachelmanija]

"Hold me like you did at the lake on Naboo!"

[sartorias]

Rachel--I couldnt find your cell #! I mailed mine to Mely, tho, in hopes we can get together today or tomorrow...

[emshort]

The strange thing was that Palpatine managed to convince me most of the time. Really, really good acting, perhaps? Or maybe it was that, because he has a secret agenda, he got some double-edged dialogue, unlike all the other characters, who always say exactly what they mean, sans nuance?

[sartorias]

Well, he was an excellent actor, but also he underlay all the problems. Not just his political stuff, but it seems to me, as I said above in the thread, that if he was messing with Annikin's mind (and Padme's) in order to separate them and gain A.'s allegiance, he could do those double-edged comments...

I wish Lucas had been aware of what he all but set up, and showed it!

[handworn]

Computer animation is the glory and curse of moviemaking in our time; all of Hollywood's storytellers have Sorcerer's-Apprentice Syndrome with it. They think CA makes their job easier, and fail to see their resulting failures, past the dazzle.

[sartorias]

Lucas has always had problems with writing and so forth--it's such a shame he's surrounded himself with yes men who won't tell him he can't write a script worth a damn...this movie could have been brilliant.

[handworn]

His original three were great; the first two were, at the very least. But that was probably exactly because, as you say, he wasn't surrounded with yes-men, and he didn't have his own myth yet to believe in.

There was a sarcastic and extremely funny riff about "Episode III" in the Philadelphia Inquirer recently, here, which you might enjoy.