Without wishing to rain on anyone's parade, I must confide that I have never been a sucker for the Star Wars films. I can understand why they have their fans (although not why some of them are obsessive) and I can admire the skills that George Lucas has brought to film-making technique, but I just can't bring myself to view the series as anything other than glorious hokum. Maybe that is enough.
Now that they have finally shown the third prequel on Sky, I have at last seen all six movies, since I never cared enough to view the above film at the cinema or on DVD. The film is undoubtedly spectacular with its non-stop visual effects, but since one is never in doubt where the story is going (one knows all this from the original three movies), there is not much in the way of plot to involve the viewer, forcing one to focus on some very wooden acting and some very duff dialogue. I guess I should be grateful that Lucas scrapped his original plan to do nine films in total -- although who knows what the future will bring. In short, a feast for the eyes, if not for the brain.
3 comments:
Seems strange you mention the word 'film' here. Film? What do you mean - this stuff is real life.... don't you feel the force?
To get the clunky-ness a SF mindset to be in one must.
Besides, Hayden's quite delicious... as long as you have the mute button on. The Darth voice box is a definite improvement.
star wars has helped many people in different ways .... there would seem to be many who now sign religous declarations as Jedi ...
i have tried to use "the force" in both cricket and golf but with very limited success ... Have you seen the star wars spoof .... spaceballs .... some funny scenes !
regards
Shaun
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The whole series are enjoyable in many ways but the standard of acting seems to
have declined overall as the series progressed - from the sublime Alec Guinness
to the abysmal Hayden Christensen and anodyne Natalie Portman.
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