Star Wars Episode III is awesome

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

ITA - I think the "serious" actors slight comedy because they know they cannot -- or at least few can - why you ask - well because comedy requires timining and nuance which are talents IMO beyond drama - which is also difficult.

Agreed. It's a crime that Paul Giamatti was not nominated for Sideways this year.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Agreed. It's a crime that Paul Giamatti was not nominated for Sideways this year.

Well, I fell asleep in Sideways and in general thought is amateurist and not worthy of much - though the scene when they visited his mother was fab. But, many liked it - so what do I know

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Well, I fell asleep in Sideways and in general thought is amateurist and not worthy of much - though the scene when they visited his mother was fab. But, many liked it - so what do I know

Whatever will we do with you, Jason? It's moved into my top ten favorite movies.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Whatever will we do with you, Jason? It's moved into my top ten favorite movies.

I'm much more of a sweeping epic, rescue the girl while swinging on a vine kind of guy But, I really like all kinds of film, esp. film noir and things like John Waters who is just so out there for me

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

3) The biggest one: Having Padme die in childbirth, even though Leia talks about memories of her mother in ROTJ. “Beautiful but sad.” She didn’t get any more face time than Luke did, and I find it hard to believe she got those impressions in the milisecond where Padme named her.

I thought that too but was she just remembering her adopted mother? I need to go back and watch it again because I can't remember exactly what Luke asks her.

[Dark Angel]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

2) Why wasn’t R2D2’s memory wiped clean? If he knew so much, why didn’t he speak up at any time during the original trilogy? (I did appreciate the inclusion of Captain Antilles). And I know this is leftover from Ep. 2, but why does he have rocket blasters here? He didn't in Ep. 4-6. Not to mention that Obi-Wan claims never to have owned a droid, but we see him with an R-4 unit.

3) The biggest one: Having Padme die in childbirth, even though Leia talks about memories of her mother in ROTJ. “Beautiful but sad.” She didn’t get any more face time than Luke did, and I find it hard to believe she got those impressions in the milisecond where Padme named her.

Having Padme die in childbirth was a major screw-up, as when Luke asks Leia to tell him about her mom, "her real mom", she describes her as "beautiful, but sad".

I was told R2 wasn't bothered with a memory wipe because he wasn't a protocol droid. He can't technically 'speak' , so there was no need for a memory wipe.

No idea on Chewbacca, except, perhaps in the 20 years between , there may have been so much going on with the Empire and his home planet, that the memory of Yoda's use of the Force had faded.

Also, Obi-Wan never owned R-4, he was just a droid used on his fighter, much like the R2 and R4 units seen on the X-Wings in "Star Wars".

[ryan8472]

Well I finally saw Star Wars. Ho****. It is sooo good. But it's so sad at the same time. I actually thought they did a good job answering a lot of the questions the fans had.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by ryan8472

Well I finally saw Star Wars. Ho****. It is sooo good. But it's so sad at the same time. I actually thought they did a good job answering a lot of the questions the fans had.

Glad you liked it. It makes the other prequels look amateurish.

[macfanken]

I finally saw it yesterday, I thought it was good... there were only a few cringe-inducing moments. I like the way it sets up Episode IV... so, it takes 20 years to build a Death Star?! In "Return of the Jedi" it took, what, five years and the thing was operational!

[ryan8472]

Originally Posted by dissention

Glad you liked it. It makes the other prequels look amateurish.

Is that who I think it is in your new avatar? Cause I can't quite tell.

Hayden and Natalie are absolute knock-outs in this movie. Seriously.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by ryan8472

Is that who I think it is in your new avatar? Cause I can't quite tell.

Hayden and Natalie are absolute knock-outs in this movie. Seriously.

Of course it is, silly. Natalie Portman looks perfect in that movie. I'm convinced that the stars aligned when she was given that face of hers. Same with him. They don't exactly have the best onscreen chemistry around, but they're still gorgeous to look at.

[ryan8472]

Originally Posted by macfanken

I finally saw it yesterday, I thought it was good... there were only a few cringe-endusing moments. I like the way it sets up Episode IV... so, it takes 20 years to build a Death Star?! In "Return of the Jedi" it took, what, five years and the thing was operational!

I did giggle a little bit at that dialogue from the 1st half of the movie, but it got better.

As for the Death Star, maybe the 2nd time's a charm?

[dissention]

Originally Posted by ryan8472

I did giggle a little bit at that dialogue from the 1st half of the movie, but it got better.

C'mon! Nothing is worse than in Episode II when Obi Wan pulls that dart out of the changeling's neck, holds it up to the camera, and says "Toxic dart."

[ryan8472]

Originally Posted by dissention

Of course it is, silly. Natalie Portman looks perfect in that movie. I'm convinced that the stars aligned when she was given that face of hers. Same with him. They don't exactly have the best onscreen chemistry around, but they're still gorgeous to look at.

I even thought she looked hot dead.

And, call me shallow, but the only thing I could think about when they showed what happened to Anakin/Vader was "how could Hayden look so ugly? Is that even possible?" "

[ryan8472]

Originally Posted by dissention

C'mon! Nothing is worse than in Episode II when Obi Wan pulls that dart out of the changeling's neck, holds it up to the camera, and says "Toxic dart."

Aww, that's the best part of the movie!