This post has been edited by Lord Melkor: 13 May 2005 - 02:55 PM
ROTS REVIEW ROLLINGSTONE
#32
Posted 13 May 2005 - 02:59 PM
#33
Posted 13 May 2005 - 03:30 PM
That is dependent on whether the dark side can actually provide something the light side cannot.. In the OT the dark side temptation is not so much a want, but a corrupting influence - once you give into negative emotions of hate and anger the dark side takes over you - like something out of Jekyll & Hyde. It's not supposed to be as if the Jedi makes a rational conscious decision - Good gives me X, but Bad gives me X + Y, Hmmmmm.....
#34
Posted 13 May 2005 - 03:42 PM
I actually like Hayden`s acting, and McDiarmid is stunning!
The new spots are nice, but Padmes "your breaking my heart" stinks.
That said, I feel GL and the Star Wars production gang are behind the times. The new PT breaks no new ground, even Jurassic Park was more memorable. The new trailers and spots simply don't compare to waht was done for LOTR.
#35
Posted 13 May 2005 - 04:23 PM
#36
Posted 13 May 2005 - 07:47 PM
Got that one from another reviewer, I love that "fast there, not so".
#38
Posted 14 May 2005 - 04:06 AM
I've never seen a samurai make lame remarks during battle.
That was the best thing about PT, the final Maul fight, in fact, it was the only thing I've enjoyed in the whole trilogy thus far.
Good choreography, no talk, no flying, and no in your face CG. Just a couple Jedi fighting with light sabres. Simplistic and easy to follow.
Lucas is infamous for righting scripts which sound ok on paper but on the other hand sound like absolute shit on screen. And if he's not writing them, he's giving them the AOK, and that's just as bad.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 14 May 2005 - 04:08 AM
#39
Posted 14 May 2005 - 03:33 PM
Now all George Lucas has to do to make a moderately "good" movie is to simply not make an excruciatingly BAD one.
We no longer expect him to live up to his earlier films, we just pray he outshines the previous two.
And since the previous two were SO bad, again I say- there's no place to but up.
Still, I long for the day when high praise for a Star Wars movie doesn't consist of "well, it wasn't as bad as it could have been."
#40
Posted 14 May 2005 - 04:44 PM
#42
Posted 14 May 2005 - 06:41 PM
#43
Posted 14 May 2005 - 06:51 PM
I lost interest in Star Wars 2 years ago, after reading countless books!
And now Episode 3 has awaken me! And Kotor!
This is the first film I will see a midnight premiere of!
This post has been edited by Lord Melkor: 14 May 2005 - 06:52 PM
#44
Posted 15 May 2005 - 12:17 AM
#45
Posted 15 May 2005 - 01:26 AM
In other words, complaining about our complaining doesn't really help matters much.
Also if you want proof that ROTS is going to suck, go see the previous two films in the series.
Don't tell me the man who made those two steaming piles of dung could do anything that much better his third time out.