What a horrible disappointment.

[chaotic_nipple]

I got to see the final Star Wars movie. Didn't even have to watch a pirateed version, Lucasfilms sent us an official VHS. I am truly grateful to Lucas, for without that act of kindness, I'd have to put off savaging this movie until I got home. I'll rant at greater length later, but my main complaint is that Lucas has completely lost his ear for dialogue; Scenes that _should_ have been heartwrenching came off as contrived and ridiculous. This movie could have been spectacular, but Lucas managed to turn it into a movie that was merely "ok". And what the HELL was with the ending? This is the 21st century, heroines don't die of broken hearts anymore, could he possibly have written a more demeaning ending for Padme? The movie wasn't all bad, and I suspect I'll enjoy it greatly when I'm back in the states and able to drink and Myst it. Until then, here's a quick spoof I found:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mistful/68456.html

Also, Orson Scott Card writes a real review here: http://www.hatrack.com/revengeofthesith.shtml . The irnoy is, in his latest books, Orson himself has started 'believing his own press' about his genius, to the detriment of good storytelling.

Comments

[dracphelan.livejournal.com]

I agree on the dialog. However, overall I think the movie is better than most of the drek put out by Hollyweird today. I still want to see Kingdom of Heaven in the theaters. But, these are the only 2 movies so far this year that I am willing to shell out the money for.
It's gotten to the point that I do not go to the movies unless I think the film would be better experienced in a theater. Since I'm married, it's often cheaper to buy the dvd than it is to go to the movies.

[(Anonymous)]

What kind of marriage do you have that you don't take turns paying for everything? I thought that's what most people do. And it's even cheaper if you have netflix or a 'best buster' movie pass-- it's free.

[dracphelan.livejournal.com]

1. We pool all of our money together, so we are both paying for it.
2. As to Netflix. After 4 months in a row with over 90% of the movies we received being so scratched up that they were nearly unplayable, we decided that it just wasn't worth the money. Rental fees still make buying the movie as attractive as renting it. It's ~$4+tax to rent or $10+tax to buy. And, I can take the movies I don't like to Movie Trading Company, sell them and use the money to buy more movies.

NetFlix

[(Anonymous)]

That's weird about Netflix. I have only maybe had 1 disc out of hundreds that would not play.

netflix

[(Anonymous)]

about 1 in 10 of our movies are broken on arrival. netflix also has starting waiting a business day after receivng a movie back before sending the next one on the list.

i'm sure netflix will soon ask us AGAIN to upgrade to more than 3 at a time.

i'm glad to know we're not alone with this.

[(Anonymous)]

Heh. Do you realize that when you go the comments section, the header for the entire page reads in bright red, "Mike Crichton-- What a horrible disappointment." Heh!

-Z

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

I'll get you someday, Zack. I'll get you!

[bratling.livejournal.com]

Lucas has completely lost his ear for dialogue

he ever had one? the original (episode 4) had terrible dialogue, and Empire and Jedi were directed by others.

i don't think i've seen anything he's directed but Star Wars... is there something i can watch that might lead me to conclude that he actually can direct well, when not directing space opera?

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

American Graffiti had brilliant dialogue. And... come to think of it, he didn't actually write any of the other films he directed, did he?

Your new layout

[(Anonymous)]

Crichton, I must say that I not only like the new layout, but I am honored that you have my blog listed on your site! Would you like me to link yours to my blog too?

-Holly

Re: Your new layout

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

If you like. :-)