Overall, RotS was enjoyable and while not a classic by any stretch, it was worth the price of admission (but not refreshments).
Except for...
Anakin v. Obi-Wan. After I watched it in theaters, I obtained the infamous time-coded copy of the fight, edited out all the Yoda-Palpatine parts, and watched it as a continuous 6.5 minute sequence.
On that note, two things come to mind.
1) The fight works a LOT better that way. I mean, a LOT better. There's an overall flow and energy and it's much easier to actually see the story of that battle (Anakin's arrogance v. Obi-Wan's wisdom). After I first saw it, I had originally complained that the fight was basically 30 seconds of contact and 10 minutes of running around. With this constructed sequence, I can see that there's actually a good 4 minutes or so of action.
2) The one thing I HATE HATE HATE HATE about Lucas's directing style is his insistence on using close ups during hand-to-hand combat sequences. Whenever people are moving, shots should always be framed either wide or medium in order to capture the action. Saber locks are okay for closeups because there's no movement, but I really hate the way he flits from one face to other while they're clashing. A skilled director (re: anyone BUT Lucas) can capture emotion during hand-to-hand comabt sequences without resorting to over-over two shots, as if he were shooting a conversation.
I have to admit that it wasn't as bad in movie as it was in AotC, where the original Anakin/Dooku fight was ruined because 90% of shot up close.
Seriously, I don't think these guys get it. Anyone remember the latest Harry Potter book? Remember that part where Fred and George set off a multitude of fireworks in the school and Umbridge was forced to run around extingiushing them all? I believe what she tried to do at one time was stun one out of existence and it just ended up multiplying.
So, imagine. MPAA and RIAA executives, whose collective IQ is about half that of a kid with Down Syndrome. They're Umbridge.
Their goal: make torrent download sites obsolete.
Take the RIAA . They succeeded in shutting down Napster and they rejoiced that it was the end of music swapping... or not. Napster died, Morpheus, Kazaa, WinMX, Gnutella, and Bittorrent rose to prominence and actually made the problem worse.
So, the MPAA seems intent on killing Bittorrent. They managed to get to suprnova, Lokitorrents, and few other sites. The result? A plethora of suprnova clones that are alive and thriving.
Do these organizations remind you of a dog that chases his own tail?
It almost makes me want to stop teaching and go into business because if these executives have IQs of -4 and still manage to make millions, imagine what me with my IQ could accomplish.
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Overall, RotS was enjoyable and while not a classic by any stretch, it was worth the price of admission (but not refreshments). Except for... Anakin v. Obi-Wan. After I watched it in theaters, I obtained the infamous time-coded copy of the fight, edited out all the Yoda-Palpatine parts, and watched it as a continuous 6.5 minute sequence. On that note, two things come to mind. 1) The fight works a LOT better that way. I mean, a LOT better. There's an overall flow and energy and it's much easier to actually see the story of that battle (Anakin's arrogance v. Obi-Wan's wisdom). After I first saw it, I had originally complained that the fight was basically 30 seconds of contact and 10 minutes of running around. With this constructed sequence, I can see that there's actually a good 4 minutes or so of action. 2) The one thing I HATE HATE HATE HATE about Lucas's directing style is his insistence on using close ups during hand-to-hand combat sequences. Whenever people are moving, shots should always be framed either wide or medium in order to capture the action. Saber locks are okay for closeups because there's no movement, but I really hate the way he flits from one face to other while they're clashing. A skilled director (re: anyone BUT Lucas) can capture emotion during hand-to-hand comabt sequences without resorting to over-over two shots, as if he were shooting a conversation. I have to admit that it wasn't as bad in movie as it was in AotC, where the original Anakin/Dooku fight was ruined because 90% of shot up close.
Seriously, I don't think these guys get it. Anyone remember the latest Harry Potter book? Remember that part where Fred and George set off a multitude of fireworks in the school and Umbridge was forced to run around extingiushing them all? I believe what she tried to do at one time was stun one out of existence and it just ended up multiplying.
So, imagine. MPAA and RIAA executives, whose collective IQ is about half that of a kid with Down Syndrome. They're Umbridge.
Their goal: make torrent download sites obsolete.
Take the RIAA . They succeeded in shutting down Napster and they rejoiced that it was the end of music swapping... or not. Napster died, Morpheus, Kazaa, WinMX, Gnutella, and Bittorrent rose to prominence and actually made the problem worse.
So, the MPAA seems intent on killing Bittorrent. They managed to get to suprnova, Lokitorrents, and few other sites. The result? A plethora of suprnova clones that are alive and thriving.
Do these organizations remind you of a dog that chases his own tail?
It almost makes me want to stop teaching and go into business because if these executives have IQs of -4 and still manage to make millions, imagine what me with my IQ could accomplish.