Star Wars Episode III

[StarLab]

Well, I am hoping to see "it" this weekend. I'm sure by now that others on UT have already seen "it," and must have enjoyed "it" greatly. I really can't wait to see "it." One interesting observation, though: the fact that the plotline was given away already in every shape and form necessary and possible just has made people want to see it more. At the ArcLight theaters near my house, people were camped out for a week, dueling with fake (thank God) lightsabers. Just shows how much popularity "it" has.

[Mr. Smartypants gamer guy]

:ph34r: for a couple weeks now ive had a few star wars phyco fans at my scool with the lightsabers 2, and there like all phyked up about it and man i cant wait to see "it" either!!! we got to have lukas dude re make the rest of the series so they fit better...

[bossman20081]

Originally posted by StarLab@May 20 2005, 12:23 PM
Well, I am hoping to see "it" this weekend. I'm sure by now that others on UT have already seen "it," and must have enjoyed "it" greatly. I really can't wait to see "it." One interesting observation, though: the fact that the plotline was given away already in every shape and form necessary and possible just has made people want to see it more. At the ArcLight theaters near my house, people were camped out for a week, dueling with fake (thank God) lightsabers. Just shows how much popularity "it" has.
I know, it was nuts at my local theatre, Regal. It wrapped around the buildings three times!!

And no, unfortunately, I don't have the money to go out and see it, I'll just wait for the DVD.



Here's a funny story I heard: there's this guy that spent 3 months in line waiting for Episode III, so natuarally he was the first in line. Right, so opening day comes and guess what, his theatre isn't even showing it!!

I don't how true it is, but that would really suck....

[Dave Mitsky]

The Rotten Tomatoes critics average rating for Episode III is 82%, which isn't bad. It's the third highest rated of the six Star Wars flicks.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/

Dave Mitsky

[aeolus]

badastronomy.com doesn't have too many quams about it either. I might venture out to the theatres next weekend.

[antoniseb]

I saw it. I am wondering now how the series of six movies would come across to someone unexposed to them if shown in the correct order. It would certainly take some of the sting out of the end of Episode five the Luke is told that DV is his father. There are a few other things that might make some odd impact on the story if told in the right order.

[StarLab]

Go ahead Anton, name them... :rolleyes:

[aeolus]

Originally posted by antoniseb@May 23 2005, 07:07 PM
I saw it. I am wondering now how the series of six movies would come across to someone unexposed to them if shown in the correct order.
No one would care to watch the other 5 if the first one they saw was The Phantom Menace; they would think the next 5 are as bad as the first :)

Whatever the case, you have to see episode 5 before 1,2, and 3. The movie is a great story, true, but it's also supposed to be entertaining. If you watched them in order, it would make a whole lot of sense, but without the suspense.

[Dave Mitsky]

See this blog you must. Acceptable no excuse is. Wise the master is. Funny also he can be.

A word of warning to you I give. His instructions heed you must. Use the Force on you do not make him.

http://masterjediyoda.blogspot.com/

Dave Mitsky

[michael_selway]

Originally posted by Dave Mitsky@May 23 2005, 02:17 PM
The Rotten Tomatoes critics average rating for Episode III is 82%, which isn't bad. It's the third highest rated of the six Star Wars flicks.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/

Dave Mitsky
u got to see thsi movie

its the best

[Goteki45]

So cool, truly marking for any SW fan....

I can still hear the breathing at night ("[DV breath].... Yes, Master."). I even recorded that brief moment on video on my cell phone and I just can't get enough of it... Quite astonishing to see Palpatine's transformation (sorry if this is a spoiler for anyone :P ).

I think Lucas did a great job. The only bad thing is his "showmanship". I can even picture him, like Seinfield's George Costanza: "That's it for me folks, I'm outta here", and he just leaves us wanting more, and now you get that feeling, like something is missing. No more waiting for another SW movie.

Though, can't wait to see it again...

Regards to all.

[ChromeStar]

Hi all

Well i DEFINITLY LIKED IT!! :D ;)

Episode III ROCKED!!! B)

[trevorsproston]

Very good. If only the other two had been as good.

Very glad to get rid of Sam L. Jones - he reminds me too much of that tiresome character on Deep Space Yawn.

Also - another cross fertilisation with Star Trek Regurgitation - all the Jedi talk like Data.

I'm with Darth!

By the way, after Palpatine transforms, is that his true appearance, or what he's turned into? If the latter, his features are surprisingly regular

[corkft]

the most beloved little lady and I were forced to sit in tne second row (this, could not I believe, fifth day of showing , it was). Now I must venture fourth and view it again from say the sixth or nineth row.. .This time with popcorn, NOT Twislers. :)

AND all the episodes were show in PROPER order!

[suntrack2]

starlab once upon a time what happened : when i dropped the video cassette in the playing cage of the video driver there was a little defect in the running system of that driver, when i on the tv to get the image of the movie star war(i don't remember which number episode was that but i started the play button, the cassette was moving with a great speed, when i saw title in few seconds and in few minutes there was a interval (say in 5 minutes) later in 7 minutes the movie was over, during that, i seen all motion very fast, it was a great grand circus to my eyes by wathing on the screen, it was happened really with a funny experience, you know that event i never forgets.

sunil, anyway i will look that episode iii, though i am not a screenplay analyst ! :D

[isferno]

After finally seeing the movie I can say two things about it:

1. It's grand
2. It's like looking at a dripping fauset.

Worth seeing again (anyway).

[SpockJim]

I saw the 1st one, but after that I never saw the second, And I don't plan to see the 3rd. Here is is a funny clip-

"Return of the Dorks"
http://www.milkandcookies.com/stuff/triumphvsw.asx

[suntrack2]

since i am a fan of star war movie i have seen this movie for 3 times, brilliant movie,brilliant characters,brilliant shots thereon. [ Ep.3 interesting ] thanks for your query "chat on that". we are so lucky that no one has said "discussion-war on that".

[isferno]

I miss only two things now.
Games as good as X-Wing and Dark Trooper, even if it would only be a graphical makeover and made compatible with current OS's.

[TwAgIssmuDe]

I'm a fan of starwars, I was kind of dissappointed in the first two episodes. But seeing episode III changed all that.
It delivers what it promises, and wraps up things very nice.

It's worth seeing over and over again( can't wait to get it on DVD)

[suntrack2]

it is learnt that the star war chocolates are coming in the market in different shape of the planets. have a big chocolate. [] (twisting half part for you, half i will keep with me, okey).

[lswinford]

antoniseb, I wouldn't worry about the right order. Lucas seems to be reinventing his own history. He's got some more 'PC' pieces, like when Han Solo gets cornered in the cantina, Gredo gets to shoot first in order to legitimize Han blowing him away. Then there was the wonderful addition of Jabba visiting the Falcon before they leave (and Han steps on Jabba's tail). Then there was the addition of celebration's beyond the Endor 'moon' in Episode VI, and a bunch of stuff in between. Lucas has been and will be changing stuff all over. :lol:

[John L]

I was not happy with III. I thought the effects were excellent, but the story fell a little flat, and Hayden's and Natalie's acting was abismal. I thought the battle scenes they did have were too short, and although they covered the Emperor's influence on Annaken and his issue with death in the previous two films, I felt they didn't touch on that enough in III to fuly explain his turn to the Dark Side. Lastly, the last bits with Yoda, Obi Wan, and Ambassador Organa were unnecessary and help kill the ending. Had it ended with Darth Vader rising from the operating table and hearing that his wife was dead at his hand, that would have been a perfect ending. After all, since IV, V, and VI have already been made, we didn't need an explanation of the break-up of the twins, or the totally left field fact the Kwigon found the way to come back even though he never showed up in the next three movies.

[StarLab]

Actually John L, I think you are totally incorrect except for the Qui-Gon part.

[suntrack2]

script writing, the stage, the movie seens, the view, the location, the technique, the imagination flow in the story all are the difficult and more hard subjects to keep the movie in motion, and this difficult work done by lucas, hence there is no problem about story/views/ etc, but the problem is vary with every individual watcher, how does he like the movie? and its corners. screening of such sort of topics are quite diffcult, some time the producer expend huge amount to shoot the movie, but he is worried about the movie-running, because the producer wants earnings through it, otherwise, who is running such big budget movies? in star war 3, there is a virtual imagination to understand for the odience to make it live and true. question does not occur that such and such director producer unsuccessful. lucas is correct at his place.


sunil

[bossman20081]

Here's a funny picture for all of you Star Wars nerds:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/bossman20081/starwars.jpg

[9ringwraiths]

I loved it! Good stuff.

I really liked that one line - "It was said that you would destroy the Sith not join them!"

[Jakenorrish]

Further to your post about the acting JohnL, let's just ponder this. A Star Wars film would not be a Star Wars film if the acting was any good. In all of the first three films, its awful. Remember the bit where Luke finds out that Darth is his father? Painful!! Mark Hamill's performance is enough to make Keanu Reeves look like Lawrence Olivier!!

The point of this film is that it is every bit as entertaining as any of the first three films, if not even more so, and I think that the bad acting is an intergral part of this. After all, that is where the humour in the Star Wars films stems from. If I was an extra in any of them, I'd be worried about touching any of the main cast for fear of getting splinters!

[suntrack2]

heart throbbing music, loud music, politics and all other masala was there in the star war episode 3, we know that to make the film length it is necessary, but some time people got a chance to say something, if they do not have any query about the movie then there is no problem but later people says that few minute the film is bore, there is not ample light in the movie as they said, and the question also rest in the people's mind that what happened with all that army of sith and jadai? when they were lacs in the numbers, ... but the screening of the shots are very fine, in my opinion the film is the best in the technique and presentation.


sunil

[Karen M.]

First, Bossman, loved the picture! Thanks for posting it!

Second, I loved Episode 3. I know that Mr. Lucas started with a story at point "D" (episode 4), and then coming up with an "A, B, and C" that makes the whole thing come together with continuity would have been a challenge.

The only things I did not like about Episode 3 is that some of the action sequences moved a little "too fast" for me to get all of the information. On pupose so that we would have to see it again? Probably. Also, it seemed the ending was a little rushed to tie up all the ends to lead seamlessly into Episode 4. You have Yoda and Obi-Wan going into hiding, Padme's twins being born and adopted, her death, the droids going into service for the Republic, Darth Vader donning his sinister suit... all in the last 20 minutes of the film.

After I saw Episode 3, within two days, I was watching Episode 4.

All in all, I did love it, I was not dissapointed, and I can't wait to sit down and watch all 6 films in order. Hurry to DVD!

Karen M.

[lswinford]

Actually, I liked Episode I possibly the best. Maybe it was because I like Naboo.

There were parts of Episode III that I really enjoyed. Like when a political boss places an unqualified person (Aniken) to the Jedi bored [which is how they appear] of directors. The snitch, double-snich requirements put on him. Where Aniken stops whats-his-name from killing the emperor with a "that's not how we do it!", appeal to due process*. (It was a sad shame when Aniken carried out the order to kill the youngsters, the Jedi in training, though--executions without due process.) I kept thinking some of this would appear in a Dilbert cartoon someday, the latter example * has already been standard fare for most cop shows on TV.

One of the things I did not like was how the Jedi could be so easily double-crossed when the 'order' 60-somthing was communicated. Just how many other 'orders' were snuck around those Jedi superintendents directing the battles?

It was a hoot, though, when Yoda walked in to see the emperor and knocked over the guards with a simple shrug.

[haute]

OK, I’m sorry, but this movie stank worse than a ten year old Roquefort. In the 90’s Lucas did his best to destroy his great legacy. Starting with the remakes of the original classic three, and then coupling that disaster to three more movies horrible from the get go, Lucas has both ruined something that I once really enjoyed and guaranteed that I will never watch anything by him again. I feel so dirty and cheap that this guy suckered me back into the theater time and again to watch these (what should I call them - Wagnerian Soap Operas? Poorly thought out ten year old’s fantasy?). Between the acting, the story line, the Sierra Leonian aquatic reptile, the PC nonsense…. AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUCAS IS THE SITH!

[Fraser]

I was actually pretty disappointed. I was sitting in the theatre, watching the grand space battles, and I just couldn't get into it. It was too much, too many details to wrap my head about - and that's sad because I love those kind of big space battles. I was really tired of watching vehicles arrive and depart from destinations. Obviously the love story dialog was absolutely terrible, and I didn't really see the character transition of Darth Vader going very smoothly. I feel bad, because I really wanted to like this movie more, and I was even going into it with a very open mind after the previous two movies.

[imported_jdmack]

I enjoyed Episode III, really, but I found myself laughng at things that I don't think were intended to be funny. This movie is ripe for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment.

And while I realize that this movie is a live-action comic book, and not a science fiction movie, there is plenty to quibble over if once feels the desire. Here is one thing that occured to me. After Anninken is nearly burned to death, he is rushed to the emergency room. The doctors save his life, and outfit him with the Darth Vader prosthetics that will allow him to continue living. This operation must be done quickly, or Anniken will not made it. Therefore, it follows that the prosthetics are off-the-shelf items from the store room, and that the doctors have done this sort of operation before. So does this mean that there lots of beings that look like Darth Vader walking around the empire?

[StarLab]

Yeah, the plotline was quite rushed. Things would have been better maybe if Episode II wasn't so horrible. For example, I would have liked to see Dooku die in EII, and it would have been better if that "Order 66" came earlier, because it took so long for Anakin to "transition," and that saved the last half-hour for all the connections to EIV. Overall, it started too slow, and had to rush itself to get the point across, albeit with slim success in some ways, what with all the extra shots not needed and the mismatching of the battle sequences.

[rambo07]

I enjoyed it better the second time around, though an extra half hour at the beginning where prehaps we see Aniken develop his relationship with the emperior and the attack and kidnap attemp by the rebels before going into the space battle would have for me made for a better film and in the middle perhaps a few more minutes of seeing the torment and confusion of Aniken and the beginning of the breakdown of trust between Aniken and the princess would have been better than the typical rush of the star war movie.

[flashgordon1952]

I have yet to see it !But looking forward to it... Yes okay everyone knows who darth vader is . And everyone knows the plot and the outcome ofthe film is! The big question is will there be another Star wars film ? Lucas says he wont make another one but if the bucks are right i think he will make a further film. That goes back in time before Part one. Time will tell if i am right.
chris

[John L]

If there is a third series of films they will be Episodes 7, 8, and 9; after the defeat of the emperor when Luke, Leia, and their children will rebuild the Jedi order.

[lswinford]

Chris and John, originally, he had a story line for 12 episodes and only two characters would survive through them all, R2D2 and C3PO. I've heard from others that around episode 7 or 8 the wookie's goose is cooked. From what I glean here and there, if you thought II and III stunk, get the gas masks out for VII-XII. But that's about right, consider Roddenberry's success with the Star Trek flicks, II and IV were good but the others were nothing special.

[suntrack2]

I am awaiting the star war episode no :4 with a different kind of story, I hope that Jorge Lukas knows the nerves of the spectetors and he will defenetely make it more perfect.
*lab what do you think? :D


sunil