Even Better! Repeat Viewers
#1
Posted 25 May 2005 - 12:13 AM
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So how many times have YOU seen it? (It's been out a week.)
-There's one moviehouse in town that features some special digital projection. Of course it was sold out last thursday night, so I missed it the first go.
Has anyone seen the digital screening? How does it match up?
#3
Posted 25 May 2005 - 01:04 AM
Why waste the digital technology to have something that looks like a faded book ilustration?
#4
Posted 25 May 2005 - 04:02 AM
#5
Posted 25 May 2005 - 08:40 AM
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#6
Posted 25 May 2005 - 08:49 AM
Why waste the digital technology to have something that looks like a faded book ilustration?
Did you see Pay Back? That was almost black and white, really dark tones of blue in the film. I like to see films like that, I don't like the happy-joy colours of ep1 and ep2.
#7
Posted 27 May 2005 - 09:20 AM
I have seen the film twice, and as Madam Corvax said, I can't bear to see it three times. In a nutshell, there were things I wholeheartedly disliked, but there were some things I mildly enjoyed, so it wasn't a total loss.
Richard, I'm glad you brought this up because after seeing "Sith" the 2nd time and then watching the dvd that's included with the Soundtrack (has anyone talked about this in a thread?) I realized that the "color palette" of the PT is a big part of what doesn't "fit" for me.
When I view the OT, I see a palette that is very silver & black for the space exterior scenes, as well as the Death Star interiors, the interiors of the Star Detroyers, etc. And the planets we visit in the OT are, for the most part, monochromatic in palette, e.g. desert sand on Tatooine, snow white on Hoth, forest green on the moon of Endor, etc. For me, the OT had a stark color palette that gave it a certain feel.
And as I watched "Sith", I was finally able to articulate this feeling: it's too colorful in the prequels. This is just my opinion, but I agree with you that visually, I don't like all the color of the prequels. For me, that is a large part of "what doesn't feel right".
Nice to see I'm not alone.
#8
Posted 27 May 2005 - 09:42 AM
At one point in the film, a character tells Annakin something that makes it clear this other character knows about Annakin's sand-people massacre. Something like "much as you did with the sand people after your mother died". I'm about 90% sure the character is Palpatine, but could someone confirm this for me?
Thanks in advance.
#9
Posted 27 May 2005 - 10:30 AM
At one point in the film, a character tells Annakin something that makes it clear this other character knows about Annakin's sand-people massacre. Something like "much as you did with the sand people after your mother died". I'm about 90% sure the character is Palpatine, but could someone confirm this for me?
Thanks in advance.
Yes, it was Palpatine.
#10
Posted 27 May 2005 - 01:12 PM
This was were Lucas tried to show us howclose Palps was to Ani. He also told Anakin something like: "remember back to your earlier teachings..." I dunno if he meant his Jedi teaching or something he taught him. I'm guessing the latter.
#11
Posted 27 May 2005 - 03:08 PM
Yeah, I'd guess the same, Dartholomew.
I guess now's as good a time as any to say that I liked the chilling "verbal seduction" that Palpy was laying on Anakin. I wish other things had carried that same "chill". Oh well...
#12
Posted 27 May 2005 - 04:52 PM
I guess now's as good a time as any to say that I liked the chilling "verbal seduction" that Palpy was laying on Anakin. I wish other things had carried that same "chill". Oh well...
I guess that was what the movie was lacking. It had such great potential to be a total mind blowing experience but the questions that I have had for some 20 years regarding the story were addressed very mechanically as if Lucas was going down a checklist of things while forgetting other details. But I digress, yes, Mcdiarmid I thought delivered a stellar performance, Christensen was much improved and the interaction between Anakin and Palpy was great but the rest of the movie just couldn't hit it out of the park.
#13
Posted 28 May 2005 - 05:25 PM
I have seen the film twice, and as Madam Corvax said, I can't bear to see it three times. In a nutshell, there were things I wholeheartedly disliked, but there were some things I mildly enjoyed, so it wasn't a total loss.
Richard, I'm glad you brought this up because after seeing "Sith" the 2nd time and then watching the dvd that's included with the Soundtrack (has anyone talked about this in a thread?) I realized that the "color palette" of the PT is a big part of what doesn't "fit" for me.
When I view the OT, I see a palette that is very silver & black for the space exterior scenes, as well as the Death Star interiors, the interiors of the Star Detroyers, etc. And the planets we visit in the OT are, for the most part, monochromatic in palette, e.g. desert sand on Tatooine, snow white on Hoth, forest green on the moon of Endor, etc. For me, the OT had a stark color palette that gave it a certain feel.
And as I watched "Sith", I was finally able to articulate this feeling: it's too colorful in the prequels. This is just my opinion, but I agree with you that visually, I don't like all the color of the prequels. For me, that is a large part of "what doesn't feel right".
Nice to see I'm not alone.
Yea, I'd even go as far to say that most of the sets, vehicles and characters also looked too 'nice'. It removed the kind of sinister vibe, and they seemed more like children's movies because of it. I found that the characters look ridiculous rather than intersting or frightening / threatening, and the sets are all sparkly and nice. I don't think it's right, given that Anakin was a slave in ep.1, and you'd think they'd want to make it seem a miserable place for him to be.
#14
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:21 PM
#15
Posted 29 May 2005 - 11:12 AM