Episode III: Attack of the Sith

[Ramius]

Want to hear the great News?

George Lucas is re-releasing ALL the movies again at the theatre starting with a New Hope in 2007 to coincide with the 30th anniversary. One per year, and you want to know what makes them super uber duper, the fact that he is making them into 3D!

[Coyote]

The fights are just so well choreographed and there are lots of them

I think Episode 2 suffered for not being so well choreographed in a few of the lightsaber battles. Yoda was pretty cool but Anikan and that old dude, forgotten his name, most of that fight was watching their faces lit up by their sabers flying past, seemed pretty piss poor

Hitchhikers was brilliant

[James Deuce]

Hitchiker's sucked. Though knowing DA and the fact that he HATED his "fans" with a passion, it didn't surprise me to find out that the screenplay, which he apparently put a great deal of effort into, bore little relationship to anything written in or about the Hitchiker's Milieu.

Episode III otoh was awesome. Though Hayden's method acting could probably have benefitted from not standing in a Forest for three months pretending to be a tree. It's kind of hard to think of Darth Vader as a whiney crybaby. Who reminds me of the "Log" adverts from Ren & Stimpy.

Oh yeah. Rule #86, Evil Overlord's handbook. Do NOT under any circumstances engage a hero in a fight that involves any kind of sword near lava.

[Pixie]

Why,exactly, is he called Chewy?
Groany would be more apropriate,or whiny,or growly
Maybe he's the eighth dwarf,the tall one

[Zed]

And then there is Princess Lea in the skimpy slaves outfit.

You're a sick puppy Waylander! Lea is only a baby in this 3rd Episode.

[Zed]

...the only problem I had was with DV doing a primal scream....didn't suit his new character...

I thought the "scream" was a positive move to remind the audience that he was still part human amidst all those metal add-on limbs...ouch, they looked like they hurt on that operating table huh?

but seeing a lotta New Zealanders throughout the movie was a little funny too. But over all...I think this is the better of the three new ones.

I thought old Tem Morrison's character & script was rudely weak in comparison to his previous Star Wars roll of the Bounty Hunter. (rep points for the first to name that Bounty Hunter character?)

Did I mention that I think R2D2 rocks

I thought one of the funniest scenes in the movie was where R2 gave that droid a shock and he lept back like a little gurl and screamed! Hehe...yes R2 rocks in this one. C3PO played a minor role but...wimp!!

[Zed]

To summarise:

The movie was W I C K E D !!!!! The special effects were aaaamaaaazing!

Who has two thumbs and thinks R2D2 rocks?
This chick

Went and saw it 2nite and really enjoyed myself. One of those flicks that holds your attention for the entire 120 minutes...wasn't long-winded either. Other than the obvious excellence in special effects and great directing/acting, etc, I greatly appreciated how they blended this episode in with the original story, very well done!

Best scene IMHO was the starship battle scene near the beginning and eventual crash landing of the front half of the spaceship to the planet! "Typical days landing".

I'm a fairly harsh critic on movies so for me to give "Attack of the Sith" a 10/10 is something quite rare! 10/10

[erik]

Hitchiker's sucked. Though knowing DA and the fact that he HATED his "fans" with a passion, it didn't surprise me to find out that the screenplay, which he apparently put a great deal of effort into, bore little relationship to anything written in or about the Hitchiker's Milieu.

You thought it sucked?
I liked it.
Where did you hear/read that DA hated his fans?
It seems that you are inferring he tried to annoy his fans by writing something with a different storyline to the Hitchhiker books?

I prefer to think he took some of the good ideas from the books and combined them into a new storyline that was more suitable for being made into a 2 hour movie. I reckon he did a good job of it.

[Yarg]

Its got to be better than episodes 1 & 2.

[James Deuce]

You thought it sucked?
I liked it.
Where did you hear/read that DA hated his fans?
It seems that you are inferring he tried to annoy his fans by writing something with a different storyline to the Hitchhiker books?

I prefer to think he took some of the good ideas from the books and combined them into a new storyline that was more suitable for being made into a 2 hour movie. I reckon he did a good job of it.

Yes I 've met him. I've posted about his attitude before.

He doesn't like his "fans" and it would be in keeping with a great deal of the press he has released and with comments that he made that yes he would deliberately go out of his way to piss people off.

The main reason I think HHGTTG sucked was because there was VERY little effort to make it bear anything like a relationship to the plot of the 3 core books.

[Ramius]

I thought the "scream" was a positive move to remind the audience that he was still part human amidst all those metal add-on limbs...ouch, they looked like they hurt on that operating table huh?

I thought old Tem Morrison's character & script was rudely weak in comparison to his previous Star Wars roll of the Bounty Hunter. (rep points for the first to name that Bounty Hunter character?)

Jango Fett.

Bring on the points

[Ramius]

As for THGTTG, I thought it was exceptionally funny, however, it appeared that I was the only one in the audience laughing. This could be partly to blame for the fact I saw it in Gisborne, and most people just do not get the humour of it. Of all the people I asked, nobody noticed where the 'old' Marvin made an appearance in a nod to the original. I thought it was a little light on story, but heavy on laughs.

[Zed]

Jango Fett.

Bring on the points

Correct. What points?

[Groins_NZ]

People who haven’t seen it already, I hope I don’t give too much away here. In fact, best you don’t read on…

Saw it last night at the Embassy - still don't know what to think of it so I guess I didn't think it was very good, although it wasn’t a BAD movie.

In the first half hour I thought that they were trying to fit a whole lot of story-line into this movie - too much I thought. Story was all over the 'show' and hence I never really got engrossed.

I did like how they entwined the story into the beginnings of the original, episode IV. Bringing Princess Leia's Tantive IV starship in at the end was cool (seen in the first scene of episode IV). Darth Vader being reborn was funny, obviously no anesthetic/valium around then!?

Thought the lava fight went ON a bit and quite… blasé, especially when you compare the saber duals in the older films which didn’t rely too heavily on special affects and jumping round like circus acrobats.

Think I’ll definitely have to watch it again though – might be even better the second time around?

Today I’m asking myself… how did ole-ben defeat Anakin, when Anakin kicked Count Duku’s butt. Bearing in mind too, that obi-1 stated earlier in the film that Anakin was a far better Jedi than himself and that he’d taught him everything he knew; obviously not the back flip-cut of your legs scenario me thinks., kept that one to himself, aye!

[Ramius]

Today I’m asking myself… how did ole-ben defeat Anakin, when Anakin kicked Count Duku’s butt. Bearing in mind too, that obi-1 stated earlier in the film that Anakin was a far better Jedi than himself and that he’d taught him everything he knew; obviously not the back flip-cut of your legs scenario me thinks., kept that one to himself, aye!

Remember that good ol Obi had the 'high' ground as he did warn good ol' Anakin.

"You were my brother!" Thats when everyone should have had a