So I went to see a midnight showing of Star Wars: Episode III tonight. Instead of an incredible, redeeming, climactic ending to the prequel trilogy, I sat through two hours of this:
(thanks xchel)
George Lucas can just suck my balls. Seriously, the man blows like a cheap whore. He can’t write his way out of a cardboard box and he has far too much money and interest in moviemaking for his or anyone’s good. He proved this pretty well with the first two prequels, but still I came back for more. What a sucker I was. Now, everywhere I look, I see Lucas taunting me, humiliating me. For the third time. I don’t know how anyone in their right mind and not on Lucasfilm’s payroll could possibly give any credit to this movie. I mean, the two plus hours were bad enough, but did they really need those cardboard “pwnd” cutouts in the lobby afterwards? I’ve been pwnd by George Lucas x3.
That bad, huh? Well, I’m still gonna see it… I’m with you :P
While it was no Empire Strikes Back, I think you give the movie less credit than it deserves. I walked into this movie with the expectation of finding out how “This junkyard slave who isn’t even old enough to shave” becomes the dark lord of the sith responsible for choking so many imperial officers. Given the first two, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enthralled in the plot, waiting to see what happens next. The acting was still mediocre, though still well above the first two movies. Same for the dialogue- some lines came off as downright cheesy, but others had that nastolgic Emperor vs. Luke vs. Vader feel from Return of the Jedi. It was interesting to see how Anakin was turned to the dark side, twisting his intention to save Padme into a thirst for more power.
I’ll be posting a more complete ranting in my blog later tonight, assuming I don’t die of sleep depervation first. But over all, while Sith wasn’t up to the same quality of the original trilogy, it wasn’t a terribly bad movie, compared to the first two. There was enough substance to successfully take the train wreck of the first two and set the stage for the original three.
Did I like this one more than you? Wow… check out my full review on my site.
Hey Joey. Marc, where the hell have you been?
Sup Frank. I hope your summer is going well so far. Oh, and by the way, “sup” is the new “holla.” FYI, ya know.
“Sup” is so much more low-key than holla. I approve.