No, I didn't like it.

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Went to see Star Wars this weekend, finally..

Nope..didn't like it. AGAIN, there were bits and pieces I thought were ok...but, you can take a shit sandwich, wrap it in tinfoil, make it all pretty, and it is STILL shit.

Was I as let down as I have been over the last two movies? Hell no..but then again, I didn't let my expectations rise this time. The writing was just as horrid as you've been led to think it would be, Plot Holes that you could sail a Death Star through, and yeah, about the only really good thing was the lightsaber battles, again.

CG Creatures, robots, and people even (I'm sorry, Commander Cody looked so obviously fake at several points that I wondered if the actor was even on set, or if they just scanned him during Attack of the Clones, and put him in again). And the god damned Lizard that Obi is riding..the hell is up with that? Couldn't we have him ride something, anything that may have looked more realistic? Like perhaps a giant chicken??

And Vader's line at the end...CRINGE worthy...trust me, you'll know when you hear it, and laugh your ass off...GOD.

As far as the rest of the weekend, it was good...Marcon was a lot of fun...I missed a few things I'd have loved to see...the Buffy Musical re-creation would have been fun...I did enjoy meeting Filkertom, and actually talking to LukeSki for a bit...hanging out with Echo amidst her duties for SJG...seeing the Chaos Machine was ok...getting to talk to Colin of Hex Games, and Rachel (one of their Knomes), and talking to Kovalic again...he was kind enough to sign a comic for a buddy of mine, ate at BD's, and marvelled that I only got two bowls...I seem to remember a time when I would have gotten 4, and gone through them quickly....I played no games this weekend, which was a surprise...got my friend Rob (Who let me stay at his place this weekend) to pick up the first trade for Planetary...and got to schmooze with the Starship guys...attendance at Marcon seemed VERY lite this year...and there were fewer dealers...let's hope that doesnt' translate across the board to all conventions.

Ah, and caught up with several episodes of Scrubs first season. :-P And that is my weekend in a nutshell...

Comments

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Wow. You're the first friend who has posted and said he didn't like it. And I value your opinion. I'm torn.

Then again, I could just go see it myself, and I'm in no hurry.

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:-) Yeah...a lot of people will probably be surprised...I know *I* was, because I went in with low expectations...and I know several people who DID like it...but again, you can wrap something bad up in good things, but it doesn't change what it is. :-)

I think the majority of people who are saying they are HAPPY with this one are just too burned out from the previous two...of course, I could also be going off of the "But the Zahn Books were great" feeling...

I'll still get it when it comes out on DVD...the moments that were good, WERE good, but I don't feel they outweighed the horrors...

Perhaps I feel that you don't have to deal with inferior sequels anymore...or prequels. :-P Matrix...perfect example, IMHO..and yet there are people who loved the sequels...Harry Potter has gotten to that point, as well imho...the most recent one REALLY wasn't that good...

Then again, maybe Lord of the Rings set the standard amazingly and unattainably high.

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'll have to fight you on Potter, b/c I'm in the camp of people who thought that Prizoner from Azkabahn was the first good one. The other two, IMHO, tried to be too faithful to the book, and ended up being plodding and heavy-handed instead of adventurous and lighthearted.

I agree with the rest of your points. I don't see why you intend to buy a DVD you don't like, since that just means that fans ARE supporting bad sequels.

[per_solo]

I can see your point on Potter...I felt that Azkaban re-arranged the plot, and made it more muddled...I do feel the first two movies relied TOO closely, but I think that helped them in some cases.

As far as buying the DVD, mainly because of the few parts I DID like..and I'm a completist. Kinda sucks at times. :-)

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Well, food for thought -- I was chatting with Mike Resnick at Marcon this past weekend, and he felt strongly that science fiction fans are the reason we get so many bad science fiction movies. We read the bad reviews, then we go see it 8 times anyway. Where's the financial incentive to do better?

The Potter movies thing seems to be a real religious difference, b/c I've encountered people who feel passionately both ways. I'm willing to put up with a lot of plot rearrangement to preserve the feel of the originals. Mike Resnick said something I really liked on this subject too. He remarked that he figured he'd made it when he wrote a screenplay for one of his works where not a single scene from the original survived, but he managed to tell the story anyway. Books, he says, are about dialogue and ideas. Movies hate dialogue; they want action. Movies hate ideas; they deal in emotion. A good movie rendition requires that you rewrite your story from the ground up.

[savidya.livejournal.com]

Cookout, don't forget that part of the weekend, I mean heck, you managed to fall asleep in a crowd! And make a *real* Smore. :)

I completely agree the movie sucked, I find it sad that Dorktower used *actual* dialog to make fun of the movie!!

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Yeah, the cook out was fun...and man, I've not got a Smore craving.

Ah, yes..the other strip to check out..

http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050523.html

:-)

[confusedjew.livejournal.com]

gonna talk to roy today about the fliers. figured i'd comment and let you know.

btw read my review of star wars, not as angry as you but still wasn't all that impressed.

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*nod* Saw that....and, let me know, I have PLENTY of Flyers...and, on the webpage, we are getting a nice "item" to auction for our charities, given by our Author...a name in her next book. Woo-hoo. :-)

S'far as Star Wars...I'm just really bummed with all the people going "Oh, it was great", or "It made up for the previous two"...were their expectations REALLY so low?? I mean, my expectations were low, but man...

[confusedjew.livejournal.com]

roy said it was cool. so g'head and give 'em to me saturday at the meeting.


i think their expectations actually were that low. after the last two i'm not surprised.