here's my insight, you know... i always wanted to be a reviewer, i mean, it looks like the easiest job in the world:
THERE ARE A HEAP OF SPOILERS IN THIS POST!
yep, this movie was
WAY BETTER! than the phantom menace, hmm... its not the 2nd worst either, but it needs to stand the test of time to tell
anyway there were plusses and negatives, everyone's a movie critic, and starwars is big part of a lot of people's lives, to the point its more than a movie, more like a
RELIGION, that and i have the right to cut and pick away at this film, george is making his billions (if not millions) off me
Plusses
the bad guy is cool, way better than darth maul in the first episode, he looks impossible to kill, angry and full of ATTITUDE
didnt get to see much of jar jar binks
the movie was not aimed at 12 year olds anymore
the movie didnt suffer from blind unoriginality like the first one did, there were a heap of things which wouldnt have made us say: been there, done that this time around
ewan mcgregor is always giving a good honest job, despite the fact he hasnt got the greatest lines.
samuel l jackson (thankfully) has a firmer role in this film, but we still await his moment in the trilogy yet, one suspects, someone make him TALK!
it was nice to see 3PO and r2d2 take the comic relief spotlight after failing so miserably with jar jar binks
Negatives
Sloppy storytelling- george is either losing his touching, but he fails to highlight important moments like he used to: when anakin wreaked out his vengeance on all the tatooine slave-dealers, it was treated as a sideshow, rather than something of significance, the pace of the movie was a problem with insignificant events moving very slowly, whereas significant ones such as the one i brought up, is washed away like markings on the sands of a beach
theres still a bit of work needed on the dialogue, hayden christenssen cant hold together 2 lines, and his flabby yank accent makes him goofy sounding, for someone who is spoken to be a great warrior, he sure isnt majestic
hmm it seems rather unfortunate starwars has become more reknown for its special effects, creative looking creatures and action sequences rather than a drama film
and that was what was truly underrated in the first trilogy, the tacky dialogue
one key of the first trilogy was
DEFINITELY Harrison Ford and his space pirate act, that is sadly missing in this 2nd trilogy, i mean i was SO waiting for a tacky punchline to come out
a few things which have happened more than once for the trilogy, eg: young anakin skywalker flying a plane and blowing up an enemy base, and in the 2nd part, him getting his hand sliced off
anyway ive written enough, i hope i havent bored you
cant wait til 2005/6
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Drive boy dog boy
Dirty numb angel boy
In the doorway boy
She was a lipstick boy
She was a beautiful boy
And tears boy
And all in your innerspace boy
You had
hands girl boy
and steel boy
You had chemicals boy
I've grown so close to you
Boy and you just groan boy
She said comeover comeover
She smiled at you boy.
