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To: Destro
Judging by what's at Rotten Tomatoes, John Podhoretz is one of very few voices crying out in the wilderneess. Or hollering outside the multiplex, at any rate.

I haven't seen it so I can't say. But I get the feeling that by and large, fantasy flicks are not his bag.

That's all right. I still like his writing.

6 posted on 05/16/2005 1:24:08 PM PDT by The Iguana
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To: The Iguana

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.


28 posted on 05/16/2005 1:34:32 PM PDT by dangus
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To: The Iguana
John Podhoretz is one of very few voices crying out in the wilderneess...

No, nearly all the reviews say the dialog stinks. Fortunately it is irrelevant.

64 posted on 05/16/2005 1:49:23 PM PDT by js1138 (e unum pluribus)
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