Newest Star Wars Reviews Suprisingly Positive

Patchw0rk F0g writes "CBC is reporting on the suprising results of pre-screenings of Lucas' latest (and final) installment of his sci-fi epic. From TFA, "The advance reviews of Revenge of the Sith, the sixth - and final - Star Wars film, have been mostly positive - and in some cases outright effusive." Go figure... maybe Georgie got it right finally."

Comments

I see

[hotbutteredhtml]

"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

True in so many ways.

Re:Surprising?

[LiquidCoooled]

So why get surprised?

Because this is Lucas.
The man who changes his mind about his grand vision more often than a typical person (not a slashdotter) changes their underwear.

Star Wars reviews

[totallygeek]

Everything should be positive about this last film. The film got a bump on the MPAA ratings for violence, which means there will be plenty of action. It shows Natalie Portman preggers, which has been a male fantasy for some time (but men wouldn't watch her in that Wal-Mart movie). And, Jar Jar has very little screen time.

Re:Star Wars reviews

[thrillseeker]

What does "pregnant" have to do with "petrified and covered in hot grits?"

Around here, one frequently leads to the other.

Torrent?

[Saxton]

Well, where's the torrent?

Yeah, It's a real shocker...

[Anonymous Coward]

Harry Knowles gave it a good review... that means it MUST be AMAZING!

How the begining of the Saga Ending begins:

[slapout]

---Spoiler Warning---

Obi-Wan walks into a room full of toys and video games. Anakin is playing Super Mario Brothers.

Obi: "Where did you get all this stuff!"

Ana: "I've been using the force like you taught me."

Obi: "You stole all this stuff?!"

Ana: "Of course not."

Obi: "Then what did you do?"

Ana: "I used the force to see into the future..."

Obi: "And....?"

Ana: (Looking down at the floor. Knowing he's in trouble) "...and....and...I used it to find the winning numbers in the Naboo Lottery...."

Obi: "Anakin!"

Re:Am I the only one that liked the first two?

[Anonymous Coward]

Am I the only one that liked the first two?

Yes.

Previews

[BigNumber]

The previews for this movie look very good. Unfortunately, they'll probably let Hayden Christiansen actually speak and that will ruin the movie. The action was fine in both of the prequels so far, it was the god-awful script and acting that made me want to repeatedly stab my brain with an ice-pick.

Re:final?

[AndroidCat]

Later he might go back and re-edit those comments with enhanced digital effects...

Re:final?

[Golias]

tHere wAs always supposed to be oNly Six... He said "nine" back in the eighties, because the technOlogy To make only six Films dId not Really exiSt at The time.

now the series is completed the way he originally intended.

Probably not

[paranode]

But there will be a lot of Slashdotters who will get on the soap box and get modded up telling you how they boycotted Episodes I and II yet at the same time those movies raped their childhood. Oh and they won't see Episode III out of principle, even though they have tickets to the midnight showing and plan to see it again the next day.

Also they cry themselves to sleep at night holding their pillows moaning "Han shoots first!"

Optimistic Crackpot Theory

[Apreche]

I have an optimistic crackpot theory. I'll write it in PHP because that's what I'm using mostly as of late.

if( in_array( 'Darth Vader', $movie ) ){
return awesome;
}else{
return poop;
}

Re:Optimistic Crackpot Theory

[eatmywake]

Dude, i think you might have a bug there. You should be more vigilent with your error checking - I would suggest adding the following to prevent injection of tainted variables;

if ( in_array ( 'JarJar', $movie )) {
if ( implode ( $movie ) ){
unset ( $movie );
return destroyed;
}
die();
}

You just have to realize...

[paranode]

The naysayers are always the most vocal. The Lucas-haters never really understand the sad irony of their situation, because while they thrash the new movies as a betrayal of their lovely childhood memories they forget themselves in an inconspicuous and pitiful devotion to concerning themselves with every move Lucas makes.

Their sad devotion to that ancient trilogy has not helped them conjure up DVDs of the original films, or given them clairvoyance enough to find something better to do with their time.

My easy to digest review

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

Acting by the guy (whose name I refuse to learn) who plays Annakin: 0/10
Acting by by the grits woman: 1/10
Acting by Ewan MacGregor: 2/10
Overall story: 6/10
Nostalgia value as we see the things we recognise from Episode IV: 8/10
Effects: 8/10
Pleasure from hearing Princess Leia's theme again: 8/10
Enjoyment value for those with a fetish for hand amputation: 9/10
Intelligence of characters who don't notice how Padme became pregnant: 0/10
Entertainment value of Yoda's big fight: 6/10
Entertainment value Yoda's big fight would have had if we hadn't seen it before: 10/10
General Grievous's homage to Harryhausen's Kali: 9/10
Amount of sense General Grievous subplot made after editors removed vital explanations from movie: 3/10
Did I mention Annakin's acting?: 0/10
Quality compared to Episodes I and II: 10/10
Quality compared to Episodes IV and V: 5/10
Overall: 7/10

Re:A few minor inconsistencies...

[eutychus_awakes]

Q: . . .when Luke takes Vaders mask off at the end of Jedi, no scar.

A: Bacta. Lots of Bacta.

Q: . . .Luke and Leia also discuss their mother in Jedi

A: More Bacta.

Re:final?

[utexaspunk]

HANS HOT FIRST? I don't get it -Is that german gay porn?

(for the humor impaired, yes, I DO get it...)

Re:Surprising?

[soft_guy]

His ex-wife did the editing on it, though. (And the first three StarWars movies.) She had some talent, and she kept it in the divorce.

Re:Generally Speaking

[LurkerXXX]

If anyone suggests you see any sequels to the original Higlander movie, please do the same.

"It all began 500 years ago on the planet Zeist..."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo