Natalie Portman has really nice lips. I don't how I haven't really made note of this before now, but they struck me as very kissable.
That's because even when she is sleeping, she's got twelve tubes of lipgloss on. In reality, her lips would have been glued to her damn pillow. Jeesh. TONE IT DOWN, Lucas.
And I don't think the Sith want peace. They want order and power and control. They want everyone to act and think like they think they should. Kind of like another government I can think of who confuses all of that with the concept of peace. Ahem.
Interesting observations, though. I totally didn't notice the light saber colors. I might need to see it again to see what else I missed.
That's because even when she is sleeping, she's got twelve tubes of lipgloss on. In reality, her lips would have been glued to her damn pillow. Jeesh. TONE IT DOWN, Lucas.
The only reason I can deal with the super-shiny lips of glossy doom? Because it was one of the things that bothered the hell out of me in ANH. I don't know how many times I watched Leia on the Death Star and thought "Even when she's slated for execution, at least she has her Bonne Bell." So yeah, I saw the SSLOGD on Padme and went "It's genetic!!!"
Yes, every scene led directly to the next; but at least that kept the plot under control, and there weren't loose ends flying off in all directions.
Obi-Wan falling apart is perhaps the most effective scene of the movie. I suspect that that scene is going to be one of the iconic moments which defines the Star Wars franchise.
I'm sure that there will be a 'pants' version of this episode coming soon to an internet near you, to remedy that disturbing lack of pants. Anakin: "But you owe me . . . and not for saving your pants for the tenth time . . ."
I also suspect that you're right about the lightsaber battles. Maul vs. Qui-Gon, Maul vs. Obi-Wan, Yoda vs. Dooku, Vader vs. Obi-Wan, Vader vs. Luke-- red vs. green, blue, green, blue, blue... I feel sure we've seen Mace fight somebody, but obviously never a purple vs. purple (*briefly pictures an alternative universe Mace for Mace to fight, but decides not to go there*)... because it's usually Light Side vs. Dark Side, and the Sith go for red. Although-- General Grivious had blue and green, yes? And Obi-Wan fought him. That might be the closest other case.
Ooh, right. But he still had three other colors on him, so it's certainly not the same effect. And damn, now I want to go back and see which one he loses first.
The copy of the transcript which I saved to my harddrive this morning only notes that "OBI-WAN mounts a ferocious counterattack and cuts off one of GRIEVOUS's hands." Damn, now I want to watch again too, and I simply don't have the time.
I love that the Sith are only trying to bring about peace
The Sith were trying to do a little bit more than that. Whether or not anyone is happy with that "peace" is irrelevant to Palpatine - what he wanted was the power, which was why he orchestrated the wars and rebellions in the first two movies. Mostly, the Sith want to rule the universe, so there's peace inasmuch as everyone is subjugated to them.
This is pretty much why there's only two Sith - the Master and the Apprentice. Because otherwise, they'd all kill each other trying to be King of the Mountain. Vader seems relatively loyal enough to the Emperor, and yet he's quick enough to say "join me so we can rule the universe together".
John Williams is one of those composers who really likes to hear himself, huh? Does the score run throughout the entire movie?
This has always bothered me about the prequels. And in recent viewings of the OT, it seems like most of it has music running through the movie, too, but it's like for the PT they had to turn the music up to 11. As many times as I've seen the originals, it took me this long to hear the background. (Though after the PT, it's weird to watch any of the Luke and Vader duels and go "...Is there no music?" So I tend to hum Duel of the Fates now. *nods*)
As for Anakin turning quickly... I'm okay with it. He's kind of flip-flopping for a while and then Mace Windu's dead and Anakin knows he's screwed. He's gotta make a choice and stick with it because he's lost all flip-flopping room.
Also, I love the OT more after the prequels. It makes for fun character analysis. And it made me like Luke!
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That's because even when she is sleeping, she's got twelve tubes of lipgloss on. In reality, her lips would have been glued to her damn pillow. Jeesh. TONE IT DOWN, Lucas.
And I don't think the Sith want peace. They want order and power and control. They want everyone to act and think like they think they should. Kind of like another government I can think of who confuses all of that with the concept of peace. Ahem.
Interesting observations, though. I totally didn't notice the light saber colors. I might need to see it again to see what else I missed.
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The only reason I can deal with the super-shiny lips of glossy doom? Because it was one of the things that bothered the hell out of me in ANH. I don't know how many times I watched Leia on the Death Star and thought "Even when she's slated for execution, at least she has her Bonne Bell." So yeah, I saw the SSLOGD on Padme and went "It's genetic!!!"
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Obi-Wan falling apart is perhaps the most effective scene of the movie. I suspect that that scene is going to be one of the iconic moments which defines the Star Wars franchise.
I'm sure that there will be a 'pants' version of this episode coming soon to an internet near you, to remedy that disturbing lack of pants. Anakin: "But you owe me . . . and not for saving your pants for the tenth time . . ."
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The Sith were trying to do a little bit more than that. Whether or not anyone is happy with that "peace" is irrelevant to Palpatine - what he wanted was the power, which was why he orchestrated the wars and rebellions in the first two movies. Mostly, the Sith want to rule the universe, so there's peace inasmuch as everyone is subjugated to them.
This is pretty much why there's only two Sith - the Master and the Apprentice. Because otherwise, they'd all kill each other trying to be King of the Mountain. Vader seems relatively loyal enough to the Emperor, and yet he's quick enough to say "join me so we can rule the universe together".
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This has always bothered me about the prequels. And in recent viewings of the OT, it seems like most of it has music running through the movie, too, but it's like for the PT they had to turn the music up to 11. As many times as I've seen the originals, it took me this long to hear the background. (Though after the PT, it's weird to watch any of the Luke and Vader duels and go "...Is there no music?" So I tend to hum Duel of the Fates now. *nods*)
As for Anakin turning quickly... I'm okay with it. He's kind of flip-flopping for a while and then Mace Windu's dead and Anakin knows he's screwed. He's gotta make a choice and stick with it because he's lost all flip-flopping room.
Also, I love the OT more after the prequels. It makes for fun character analysis. And it made me like Luke!
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