Post #208,261
5/23/05 3:47:25 PM
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Suck Wars: Revenge of the Suck.
Saw it on Sunday. Grapically pleasing, but Lucas forgot that you need a story to go along with the film. Sad to see otherwise good actors not being able to work their way out of a wet paper bag - they should have brought Quentin Tarantino in for a script rewrite and guest directing AT LEAST Anakin's scenes. This is not the creation of a great tyrant, but the fall of the whiniest brat yet. That, and I just can't bring myself to care about that soulless bunch of pathetic losers known as the Jedi council.
Eye candy YAAAY! Dialog BOOO!
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Post #208,263
5/23/05 4:10:34 PM
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Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher could pull off lame dialog..
...and you knew no they weren't taking matters too seriously. Alec Guiness's voice could make even the worst script sound regal with that voice of his, and he knew it was best to die early on.
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Post #208,266
5/23/05 4:28:35 PM
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"The Science of Star Wars" is showing on some cable station
I wonder if they pull a dubya looking for WMDs?
Nope, not under here. Nope, not over here.
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Post #208,268
5/23/05 4:30:31 PM
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How's it compare to Episode 1?
After the idiotic characterization in Episode 1, I decided to give 2 a miss. I don't care about visual effects. I was hoping Episode 3 would be an improvement. How does 3 compare to 1? Characters clueless or cunning? Equipment and tactics high tech fighting force or something out of the Iron Age? Does Jar Jar Binks get eviscerated?
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Post #208,364
5/24/05 12:01:48 PM
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Worlds better.
That doesn't mean it is actually any good. It feels like some incredible epic sets with no real actors in front of them. My jaw dropped for about 10 seconds at the beginning, then stayed shut for the rest of it.
You can probably have a good time if you turn off your brain for most of it; I was not able to.
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Post #208,403
5/24/05 2:00:47 PM
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Re: How's it compare to Episode 1?
I think it is a lot better than The Phantom Menace. It didn't beat Attack Of The Clones for me though, that's still my favorite movie.
But it is a huge improvement over TPM, and it's also better in some ways than AOTC. I just still like AOTC better. I think you won't be disappointed.
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Post #208,407
5/24/05 2:11:56 PM
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I know I'll be disappointed (spoiler)
Because Jar-Jar doesn't die a painful agonizing death.
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Post #208,418
5/24/05 2:49:30 PM
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You'll enjoy...
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Post #208,271
5/23/05 4:35:45 PM
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star wars one line review
wide visual futuristic views Yay!! Dialogue, plot, closups,acting, fighting sucked, spaceballs was better.
thanx,
bill
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Post #208,282
5/23/05 5:10:27 PM
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Prediction
I expect the visuals (and the acting, story, etc etc etc) will be much better in Willie Wonka, opening on my birthday ... IN FREAKING IMAX! WOO WOO!
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Post #208,329
5/23/05 10:38:01 PM
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You mean: Charley and the Chocolate Factory?
Remember Charley was the kind the won.
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Post #208,383
5/24/05 1:24:56 PM
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That's a movie I'm looking forward to seeing
We also have plans to see it at the IMAX. It was genious to cast Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. I think it's going to be a winner.
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Post #208,386
5/24/05 1:34:39 PM
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Same thing we thought
The original is my wife's favorite movie, and one of my favorites. When we heard they were remaiking we both thought they'd ruin it. Then we heard Tim Burton and Johnny Depp and thought, well maybe this won't suck.
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Post #208,389
5/24/05 1:38:31 PM
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The preview didn't answer any questions
I still don't know whether it is gonna suck or if those 2 can pull this one off.
It is also one of my favorites..top 5 all time.
Gene Wilder was BRILLIANT. He struck the perfect balance between eccentric and psycho.
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Post #208,392
5/24/05 1:41:15 PM
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A few years ago I drove out to NJ
with the kids and they watched Willy Wonka the entire time- there and back. It never grows old! Gene Wilder was good in a creepy/psychotic way. I think Johnny Depp will bring some style and flamboyance to the role, a la Captain Jack Swann. What day is it opening?
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Post #208,409
5/24/05 2:19:10 PM
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July 15
Gotta check how far in advance the local IMAX will sell tickets.
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Post #208,398
5/24/05 1:54:13 PM
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Not Willy!!! Charley!
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Post #208,401
5/24/05 1:56:26 PM
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Johnny's gonna be Charley?
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Post #208,500
5/25/05 8:36:06 AM
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It is the continuation of the Story... from what I am told.
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Post #208,504
5/25/05 8:42:03 AM
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Ooh, good call ... a simple remake would have been tricky
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Post #208,510
5/25/05 8:51:59 AM
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We should've looked it up in the first place
It is a remake-
[link|http://chocolatefactorymovie.warnerbros.com/about.html|http://chocolatefact...os.com/about.html]
Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie (Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.
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Post #208,511
5/25/05 8:53:43 AM
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I see. So it is actually closer to the book than before.
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Post #208,320
5/23/05 8:29:28 PM
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I thought some of the fights were decent
at least they did a little work on the blade work. Episode IV was lame in that neither vader nor kenobi actors had the slightest clue what to do with a blade and it showed.
Yoda for the oscar.
Agree about the dialog - beyond sucky. Love interest bit fell flat.
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Post #208,374
5/24/05 12:25:18 PM
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the only love interest I saw was the gay club
Jedi knights looked like they would rather rub against each other before touching a female. They really made them campy.
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Post #208,432
5/24/05 4:42:19 PM
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when it comes to reviews
I'll take depth and breadth over a one-liner anyday.
But I definitely agree with you on "Spaceballs". In fact, I proposed an LRPD from that movie, but Admin refused to accept it.
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