Yea. I think Yoda shouldn't have even had a lightsabre. When people go to attack him, he should just stand still and their lightsabre should fly out of their hand and they fall over. He shouldn't have been jumping around and shit. And neither should Sidious. I think he should have been using lightning and chokes on people, not jumping around.
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#16
Posted 24 May 2005 - 11:56 AM
Yea. I think Yoda shouldn't have even had a lightsabre. When people go to attack him, he should just stand still and their lightsabre should fly out of their hand and they fall over. He shouldn't have been jumping around and shit. And neither should Sidious. I think he should have been using lightning and chokes on people, not jumping around.
#17
Posted 24 May 2005 - 12:01 PM
This is true, I can't really argue with that. The only defense I could offer was how outnumbered they were...but I recognize that it's a weak defense.
Incidentally, I love your sig.
#18
Posted 24 May 2005 - 12:18 PM
Most notably, the things that really sucked about episodes I & II sucked mostly in smaller doses and for shorter periods of time, so that generally I was swept away by the movie (bear in mind, I went alone, wife and child at home, and sat about 20 feet away from a ginormous screen, so as to encourage the 'swept away' feeling).
I liked Obi-Wan and Anikin partnering up in the beginning.
I liked having another space adventure.
I liked the epic plot.
I liked when the Clone Troopers activated secret order 66. (I knew we should never have trusted those guys!)
I liked the birth of Luke & Leia spliced in with the birth of Darth Vader.
I loved the closeup of Darth Vader's mask.
I liked the closeups of Yoda.
I liked Kenobi kicking a lot of ass.
I liked the slicing and burning of Aniken.
I generally liked Ewan's portrayal of Obi-Wan.
There were a few seconds where I liked Portman.
#21
Posted 24 May 2005 - 02:33 PM
Personally, for me, it was when Padme realizes that Obi-Wan had hitched a ride with her to Mustafar and she just starts looking back and forth between the two Jedi as she knows what is about to happen.
Upon seeing the movie an additional two times it looks like she may actually be distressed because Anakni is walking towards her about to choke her but the first time I saw it it appeared that she had this realization that they were about to duel and that one would live and the other would die. It looked like that inevitability was destroying her and that she wouldn't be able to live with the outcome, no matter what it was.
To me that was the best moment, even if I misinterpreted her reaction.
Wow when i saw the topic i was thinking and was gonna put this exact part. I thought that entire lil sequence when he goes LIARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR is pretty good and prolly the only sequence acted well between the two lol..
#22
Posted 24 May 2005 - 02:48 PM
I hate it when the hot characters die.
Finally, I loved the funeral. It was dark... sad... etc. Well, it wasn't really, but compared to the rest of the movie it had depth.
#23
Posted 24 May 2005 - 04:33 PM
- The Clone Troopers doing their rounds on Kashyyyk. I liked the walkers, which looked like proper predecessors to the OT two-leggers. Nevermind that the whole Kashyyyk sequence was completely unnecessary.
- Obi-Wan's little speech to Anakin before their duel was right in line with the OT. It was as though Ewan McGregor were channeling Alec Guinness and not just doing a mediocre impression. Didn't care for Hayden Christensen's end of the conversation, though; he was trying way too hard to seem "dark" and "angry."
- The scene where a charred Anakin is crawling along the ground, after Kenobi has abandoned him, is pretty much exactly how I imagined the scene, even way before the PT. Couldn't have asked for much better there. And Palpatine kneeling beside him was a nice touch, as well.
But alas, for me, the best moments were just that...moments. Inevitably something distracting broke up those scenes, every time.
#24
Posted 24 May 2005 - 04:59 PM
The battle of Coruscant at the beginning of the movie was an example of how CGI can be used to great effect. Thousands of ships battling in the skies above Coruscant... epic. I loved the opening, with the camera flying through the battle for at least a minute before we even saw a character. It would have even worked on Star Tours. Lastly, some may disagree, but I loved the idea of the cannons on the Invisible Hand (Grievous' starship) firing shells. Really weird, but cool.
The decent through the atmosphere of Coruscant was a pleasent surprise, seeing real Earth-physics applying for once. As you know, descending through the Earth's atmosphere causes spacecraft to reach incredibly high temperatures, and begin burning up after a while. Seeing this happening to the Invisible Hand was great, after seeing ships easily leaving and arriving at planets in the past without any burning up.
Another scene that excited me was seeing Alderaan. It's been covered in the Expanded Universe, but seeing it close-up on film was great. It looks like an interesting location - I hope it plays some sort of role in the TV series!
#25
Posted 24 May 2005 - 11:11 PM
So glad to hear it Jimmy! So glad not to impose in this time of dire galactic need!
#26
Posted 25 May 2005 - 02:54 AM
I geeked out big time there, I admit it. Goosebumps on the arm.
But then came..........
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#27
Posted 25 May 2005 - 03:44 AM
#28
Posted 25 May 2005 - 05:46 AM
I liked when Palpatine asks, "They asked you to spy on me, didn't they?"
I also liked how Palpatine reveals he's a Sith and that Anakin ignites his lightsaber, circles him, then runs and tells Mace about it. I liked that Palpatine took that risk, and that Anakin reacted the way he did. In general, the scenes where Palpatine talks about the force were good.
I liked how all the pilots were played by Temeura and not a collection of politically correct faces ala' Phantom Menace (a woman, a black guy, etc) who can't utter lines worth a shit.
And I liked seeing all the Biker Scouts
#29
Posted 25 May 2005 - 06:14 AM
#30
Posted 25 May 2005 - 07:53 AM
She gave one of the worst performances in one of the worst scenes of the film. She literally fluttered her eyes and did a 'stage-dive' death fall. It was awful, she only needed to curl her forearm up over her brow before biting it to make the scene worse. Where do they get these drama school drop outs? Worse, who yell. "cut, it's a wrap" after that take?
But she's hot- there are very simple standards that need be met to appease most SW fans.