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Friday, June 23, 2006

Revenge of the Star Nerds

I finally saw Revenge of the Sith on cable. It bounced between campy, hokey, choppy, cool, and satisfying. There is a lot to hate:

  • Yoda's lame-ass acting and repulsively stupid lines like "Time is over, yours is."
  • Whirly twirly Brazillian dance saber fights (in some cases, it's so slow and bad that you can actually see the actors thinking about their choreography)
  • Stupid hand-pushing-hand-with-invisible-force and flying-away-and-bouncing-off-a-wall-or-railing.


There is a very satisfying few minutes toward the end where Vader's helmet is sealed shut and he begins his "darth breath noises".

I obviously wouldn't say it is worse than Episode 1 or 2, for heaven's sake. A two-hour film of any pile of dog shit on the sidewalk would be better than those two. But it's certainly not very good compared to the original series and it's only mediocre in a general "sci-fi film" category.

1 Comments:

Blogger Sea Change said...

I don't believe any of the latest Star Wars movies remotely compare with the original trilogy.

George Lucas should've stayed with the original trilogy; then again, he wouldn't have nearly as much money as he does now, after the failed prequels were released. A flop pays more than a hit! :P

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