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Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review
emerald demon writes "The world's authority on reviewing movies, Roger Ebert, has released his review of "Star Wars--Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." I noticed that Ebert & Roeper gave it a two thumbs up, but I assumed that Ebert was going to go for the minimum for giving his thumb up--two and a half stars. I was delighted to read his three and a half starred review. It seemed like he let a few things slip, but it's obvious that he enjoyed it. '"Episode III" has more action per square minute, I'd guess, than any of the previous five movies, and it is spectacular.' Bad dialogue as usual: 'To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.'"
...or the Jabba the Hut scene.
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How long is a minute squared? I guess it would still be 60 seconds. Or maybe by square they mean dull, as in the ol' "L7" In that case, Ebert is saying that Episode III has more action in its dull scenes than the previous 5 movies combined. Wow!
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"Bad dialogue as usual: 'To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.'"
Hello? He's a GEEK! Before he got rich the closest he ever came to a love scene was
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I forgot where I read the review but I remember something they said, "Revenge of the Sith is better than it's two previous counterparts, but only in a way that dying in your sleep is preferrable to death by crucifiction."
I don't know about that. The last card I got from Hallmark wasn't all that romantic at all.*
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Ebert should give a positive review. I would find his lack of faith disturbing.
actually i would think that the lightsaber would melt the bullet but not slow its velocity, causing a fast-moving molten lead bullet to pierce his head.
Any plans for a episode IV?
As most users of this website must be aware, the original Star Wars was an influential worldwide film whose impact still resonates now, almost 30 years later. Unfortunately, some of the themes in the original Star Wars series have, in my opinion, contributed to the mindset of International terrorism, the cancer we see worldwide today.
That's a controversial statement, so here's some proof. First of all, the side we are supposed to sympathise with were the rebels. Yes, a group of paramilitaries and other non-combatants who were fighting against a classical army structure providing order throughout the galaxy, the Empire. Here's the crux: the rebels never fought the empire in a conventional sense - they knew they would lose. So they went for "soft targets". Does any of this sound familiar??
Let's look at this. The Terrorists/Rebels were repressed by a powerful enemy. Deprived of the means to fight back conventionallly, the Terrorists/Rebels were forced into guerilla tactics - concealment, ambush, and brainwashing (of the innocent small bears). It is the latter action I find most repugnant, morally. The rebels bribed the small bears first with food, then by masquerading as a deity figure encouraged them to attack a local outpost of the Empire. Now, there was no evidence the Empire had been anything other than a benevolent overlord to those bears. They were used shamelessly by the so-called good guys, and no-one raised an eyebrow.
It was the movie "Clerks" which first brought this to my attention. In it, a character made the remark that the partially constructed so called "Death-star" must have been full of innocent tradesmen who had been contracted to work on the military project, their wives, their children, their favorite grandparents. The deaths of these innocent civilians was papered over in the film as nothing more than an impressive explosion. The butcher himself, Skywalker, was portrayed as some sort of hero.
I have heard some argue that the rebels actions were justified by the Empires act in blowing up Aldebaran, Leia's home planet. Firstly I would beg you to remember that history is written by the victors. Did this peace loving planet Aldebaran even exist, or was it mere PsyOps? Did the "Deathstar" (actual name: FreedomLoveMoon) destroy anything larger than an asteroid? We can't tell - the filmmaker takes a biased treatment of the story from the outset, and the rebels conveniently destroyed the evidence. No attempt is made to give the Empire the right to reply to the allegations.
My final point (I have many more but space is limited) is to look at Skywalkers conversion to the rebel cause. Does anyone else see something disturbing in the following description?: He goes out to the DESERT where he meets a religious extremist leader (Kenobi) who fills his head with ridiculous tales, ARMS and TRAINS him and then sets him on a veritable SUICIDE MISSION??? Who can honestly justify this?? PULL THIS FILTH OFF THE SHELVES.
You may never have seen the original movies in this light. But it has been present in your subconscious, and the cultural subconsciousness of your elected leaders. Every time they had an opportunity to make a serious impact into terrorism, it was there, whispering treacherous thoughts of platitude. The dangerous mindset is so subtle it eluded notice, but influenced every decision. George Lucas should be hauled in front of Congress, and then executed. The current global terrorism emergency can be traced back to the moral relativism championed by the Star Wars franchise. He made a quick buck, we got global insecurity. Bastard.
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Then there are all of the Special Editions that have to come out, and so on...
The Star Wars franchise becomes bigger than Microsoft and IBM combined!
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Nah, I think it was funnier that Watto (the gigantic ugly blue flying rat with the huge, hooked nose) spoke with a bit of a Yiddish accent.
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Why? So we could have 3 hours of non-stop dialog while they walk from one room to the room next door?
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no, it began absolutely with some random guy whose head exploded I think...
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>> Quentin Tarantino could direct one also.
May 18, 2005 - Sunnyvale, CA. Following the direction of Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2, Quentin Tarantino has announced he will be producting the next move in the Star Wars franchise titled 'Kill JarJar'.
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I just have to ask: Is there any way that the editor/webmaster could have been blind to the inuendo on this one? This has gotta be intentional.
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Have you SEEN Gigli?
Trust me, you want to go to "The Postman Special Edition DVD Release Party and All-Nite Marathon" AND volunteer to be in the test audience for the sequel (Postman 2, Electric Boogoloo) before you sit through Gigli.
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You also seem to be the one who has a hilariously overinflated sense of how much other people pay attention to him.
Mel Gibson.
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I want to see Mark Hamill getting the crap kicked out of him for 2 hours!
I've got nothing against the Hamill, it's just that Star Wars 7: The Passion of the Jedi would be too cool to pass up.
It's been a long time.
The characters have bad breath and they're fat? Here's a spoiler: Darth Vader is Luke's father.