On this thread we have seen Episode III

[upsidedownwalrus]

I think Lucas asked McGregor to be more Guinness than previously to link it in...

Imagine a Renton-wan Kenobi...

"..it's fuckin shit being a jedi!..."

This was a funny email doing the rounds about six months before The Phantom Menace purporting to be a speech by McGregor:

Choose the force. Choose a side, Choose a jedi knight, Choose a teacher, choose a fucking big death star, choose star destroyers, blasters, tie-fighters and a light sabre. Choose a black suit, black helmet and boots.

Choose a loan from Jabba the Hut. Choose a philosophy. Choose an Emperor. Choose a planet with matching moon. Choose a three planet system in the Dromoda system and fucking enslave them. Choose the Rebels and wondering why the fuck you are kneeling by the Emperor on a Sunday morning.

Choose sitting next to that Emperor watching whole planets being enslaved in mind-controlling, force-crushing battles, stuffing fucking replacement parts into your body. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable death star, nothing more than a dictator to the selfish, evil fucked up brats who fight for you.

Choose a future. Choose the Force.

I chose not to choose the Force. I chose something else - I chose the Dark Side.

 

[the B]

Grevious...wtf?

See, Clone Wars the animated series was very important in explaining Grievious and a lot of people won't have seen it...

It explains lots of stuff really...

 

[DarthSydodyas]

They screwed up on Grevious. Very difficult to appreciate him. Perhaps this was inevitable given the amount they were attempting to cover.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I havne't seen it yet (don't know where its on in English and as yet the pirate DVd of it hasn't transpired). But not too fussed about spoilers.

My overwhelming impression is that they tried to fit too much into too short a time. Which is ironic when you consider that in the first two Lucas stretched what was basically 1 film of material over 2 films. Goes to show he has no sense of pacing WHATSOEVER.

 

[silentNate]

I disagree RenegadeDog- the film runs at a fair old pace which doesn't leave you time to draw breath... and that works for me. In fact I'd say that the pace is similar to Attack of the Clones so I really can't see what people are complaining about

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I disagree RenegadeDog- the film runs at a fair old pace which doesn't leave you time to draw breath... and that works for me. In fact I'd say that the pace is similar to Attack of the Clones so I really can't see what people are complaining about

Fair enough, I'll wait until I've seen it before properly commenting, but i thought the pace in the first two was all wrong, they wasted far ttoo long on the pod race in the 1st and the romance in the 2nd

 

[silentNate]

Agree about the podracing though I enjoyed that the most. The problem with the romance in AotC was that it was badly done (Hayden can't act- fact!).
With RotS the film races past fast enough for there not be enough time to spare, I would have liked the conversation between Padme and Anakin on politics to have go on longer but I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority on this

 

[the B]

There should be a lot more on the politics in a DVD release if they incorporate any deleted scenes, mostly to do with the foundation of the Rebel Alliance Organa, Padme and others having secret chit chat mostly but at the pace RotS was going - just 10 minutes could mean an awful lot...

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

just finished watching it overall not a bad film, much better than the previous 2 there are some terrible bit's in it and the old can write but can't say is so very ture infact it let's the overall film down (might have preffered no dialogue at all rather than the wooden shit lucas wrote...) but the story and pace are about right and at the end of it i did nearly go and watch ep 4 so i think it does lead right into it nicely...

the one thing that struck me is, and i'll admit is not the first thing is how does lando stay soooo young....

 

[Balbi]

Garf, im not sure if you're taking the pish here...?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Anakin kills the Emperor in the final episode- the prophesy is true and it is he and not Luke who, 'brings balance to the force' and renounces the dark side

eh? I never asked that question did I?!?

 

[DarthSydodyas]

There should be a lot more on the politics in a DVD release if they incorporate any deleted scenes, mostly to do with the foundation of the Rebel Alliance Organa, Padme and others having secret chit chat mostly but at the pace RotS was going - just 10 minutes could mean an awful lot...

iirc, all the deleted scenes will be included on the DVD.

 

[madzone]

Don't want to start a separate thread but I noticed in the paper that EIII is a certificate 12a. What does that mean?

edit* just googled it

 

[internetstalker]

i was quite impressed, much better then i expected!!

pretty good actually!!

but.

that was not Darth Vader at the end!!

Hayden Christian shoulders were too low!!

should of brought back david prowse!!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

iirc, all the deleted scenes will be included on the DVD.

What deleted scenes?

 

[DarthSydodyas]

What deleted scenes?

Qui-Gon (I think) and some political scenes which setup the rebellion for the original triology.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Qui-Gon (I think) and some political scenes which setup the rebellion for the original triology.

Qui-Gon? What does he come back like Obi One in Empire to Luke?

 

[DarthSydodyas]

Qui-Gon? What does he come back like Obi One in Empire to Luke?

Not sure. Some conflicting reports suggesting Liam Neeson was not interested in voice-over stuff. I think it was some cosmic-conversation between Qui-Gon and Yoda.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I see. God watching the Phantom Penis now; its still an utterly shite film imo...Lucas should be shot!

 

[silentNate]

should of brought back david prowse!!

Word- I share his anger and not being allowed his twenty minutes of cash
The deleted scenes seem to add up to political commentary and slightly longer Wookie battle from the info I've seen, I'm sure we'll return to this

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Word- I share his anger and not being allowed his twenty minutes of cash
The deleted scenes seem to add up to political commentary and slightly longer Wookie battle from the info I've seen, I'm sure we'll return to this

Got any links to that info Nate?

 

[fubert]

i thought dave prowse had really bad arthitis now and couldn't play it even if he wanted to ?

"arise lord vader" <ccrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaacckkkkkkkkk>

 

[silentNate]

Got any links to that info Nate?

Some bloke wearing a Blue Harvest t-shirt
Not spoken to anyone who has seen it and wasn't impressed by RotS yet

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

Garf, im not sure if you're taking the pish here...?

no for once

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Saw it last night, most of what I thought has been said on here...that bit when Obi One freaks out at Anakin while on the lava mountain side really worked for me. It actually felt quite real, like two friends ripped apart...the "Nooooooo" was bloody stupid (why Lucas why!?). Up until that bit the whole transformation scene was quite disturbing and done very well, especially liked it when he breaks free Frankenstiens monster like and the place rattle with his anger and he can't walk properly yet! But then he shouts nooooo and I was like what!? The effects were fantastic in this one particulary the ships and R2. All looked very solid and quite convincing in how they moved.

It was good they finally explained a few things most notably the thing about why some Jedis die and other can come back...I really hope there is a Qui Gon scene that gets added later because that would be excellent.

It had something more substantial too, even the bad acting and utterly, at times, shite dialogue was forgivable given the pacing and the events unfolding (just like with the original three); I really like that they offed Dooku so early becuase it set the right tone for the rest of the film.

I really didn't like how short the Wookie scenes were, they were almost pointless but hopefully a directors cut will come along and sort that out. It does link the two trilogys very very well too, at the end with the two suns setting I wanted to go straight home and watch A New Hope onwards!

 

[Allan]

These are the final few hours or even minutes that I shall spend not having seen it. At the moment I have no memory of it, I don't know much about it, the images I've seen from it have no context and I still have the pleasure of seeing it for the first time to come.

This will be the last new Star Wars movie I shall ever see.

 

[mwgdrwg]

There's lots of people slagging off the "Nooooooooooo!". Isn't it similar to when Luke says "No No Noooo" in ESB? I think it's cool link between Episode III and V.

The reason people probably hate it is because that scene from ESB was so good it's been parodied many many times over the years and has lost something of it's seriousness.

Anyway, great film.

 

[Allan]

Okay. Seen it now!

 

[akirajoel]

i've seen it.

i've got but one word:



meh.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

i've seen it.

i've got but one word:



meh.

Argh! The dreaded 'meh'word

My housemates have just obtained a good quality copy. I am going to purchase one from the same establishment tomorrow and watch AOTC and then ROTS in a row.

(watched phantom menace this evening, a film I reckon could be good if you were a very skilled editor and cut roughly one third of it out)