Posted on 05/16/2005 1:18:49 PM PDT by Destro
The problem is that Vader never was a superior villain. He never tried to vanquish The Emperor (or this President guy John talks about) so he could be the undisputed heavyweight bad guy champion of the world, so to speak. That's what makes a great villain. He has to be fearless-- just like a great hero. It's all about sides of the mirror-- the same, but opposite.
Like the movie Podhertz did not...
CBS news strikes again, rottentomatoes has it getting a quite nice rating.
Makes look bad it does.
A fool and his money, soon parted they are
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The transformation of Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader is supposed to be truly dark and probably far deeper and violent. I'll go see it, buy the video or DVD and watch it a few times along with the other 5. I'll be disappointed, but oh well it's the missing piece to the ultimate epic film.
Just damn. I had hoped
the Jedi's constant mistakes
were a subtle plan
to mis-lead the Sith
and set up the victory
of Vader's son . . . But
I guess Jedi just
are incompetent losers
and the Sith should rule!
Naaah... Half of the reviews at rotten tomatoes were publixhed before anyone had seen the movie... and all but one of those were raves. Since then, only nine out of eighteen have been "fresh," and they don't seem so fresh. Among the "positive" reviews:
"Oh my, it's not nearly as good as you may have heard," -- John Venable
"Without a doubt the best of the three most recent films. That's not exactly high praise." -- Boston Herald
""The more casual fan may be left feeling like Revenge of the Sith scores a technical knockout rather than the real thing." -- Brent Simon
"John Williams' music is what sets this apart from other mundane films that survive on special effects." -- Tony Medley
"It’s still a tossup with Ewok Adventure," -- Fred Topel
"For every thrilling space battle or lightsaber dual you get, you get two scenes with embarrassingly bad dialogue and line delivery." -- Stefan Halley
"Revenge of the Sith was the film that should have salvaged the prequels. It doesn’t." -- Devin Faraci
And yes, those are the POSITIVE reviews.
have you notice how much of a schmuck vader is in all the commercial endorsements? fast food, mini marts,
Vader has gone from evil incarnate to Joe Izusu with asma.
Makes me look bad it does.
Makes me look bad it does.
Ping you, I must.
A review of star wars critiquing poor dialogue by lucas? Shocked. Shocked and awed I am </sarcasm>. Everybody knows Lucas can't write his way out of a paper sack. Judging this movie by this review alone is a bad move, I think.
2 days and 7 hours till it opens, for me, anyway. I picked up tickets to my local theatres midnight showing.
Lucas hires million dollar CG experts - why can't he hire a decent ghostwriter?
Return of the Jedi had some serious plot problems, but was enjoyable and one could watch it without projectile vomiting.
I still haven't recovered from the whole "The Force" is a bacterial infection that leads to virgin births thing.
As I recall, Lucas was sued by his ex for claims that she was the real creative force behind Star Wars. I think she needs to reopen that lawsuit...
That's part of it, but like I posted above, Vader never really was the superior villain he had the potential to be. Satan tried to overthrow God, because he was fearless (stupidly fearless, but fearless nonetheless). A great villain always wants to be the baddest bad guy on the block. Vader was always content to be second banana. He was redeemed (and redeemable) in Return of the Jedi because he never really committed himself to being the best villain he could be. He could have been a contender, but he was just a chump.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1404326/posts?page=21#21
Over/under on number of Yoda-speak posts is 18.
Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/ says 83% approval rating.
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