Star Wars Episode III Thread

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 17 May 2005 21:02

Come on guys, it's about to come out... how can we not have a thread 7 pages long about this already?

Anyways I'm psyched. Tonight my friends and I went looking for a copy of Episode II to rent. We went to 1 Hollywood Vdeo, 4 Blockbusters, 1 Harris Teeter, and 1 Premieres and we finally found it at Premieres. Then we watched it and now I'm excited and I want to see it! Who's ready for Episode III? I found a cool review earlier of the movie, so maybe if I find it again I'll post that. Sounds like it's going to be pretty good.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 17 May 2005 21:20

I'm psyched too. It comes out in Australia tonight baby!

Yeah that's what you get for living on the wrong side of the international date line

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 17 May 2005 21:36

For some reason, it`s not getting released in Japan for another 2 months or so. I have no idea why this is the case.

I recently rewatched Episodes 1 and 2 again. They were pretty shitty, so I`m not THAT excited for this movie. But the reviews have been very good, so I`ll probably check it out when it comes out. I just can`t get that excited about a movie where George Lucas writes the dialogue (seriously, the dialogue was just embarassingly bad the last two movies) and Hayden Christiansen is asked to act (throwing a hissy fit does not equal acting).

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 17 May 2005 21:45

I really liked this review from Slant Magazine: Here is the part that made me think "wow this movie is going to rock"

I imagine that Revenge of the Sith is very much the film Lucas's fans want to see, but are some of them ready for an anti-Bush diatribe?

It's a movie the fans want to see and it bags out Bush? What could be better

(this post was made in honour of David "Cleaver" Clavens)

ninja · Post by **ninja** » 18 May 2005 04:00

I just saw Episode II on Monday for the first time. Episode III is out at Midnight which I think is past now. I might got see it in the weekend.

sen · Post by **sen** » 18 May 2005 06:19

I'm going to the opening show at 12:01 am tonight and I can't wait! I'm going with a bunch of friends that I never get to see anymore it is gonna rock, even if the movie sucks, which it WON'T! I actually like the first two, but I'm a die-hard Star Wars fan.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 18 May 2005 09:32

Yeah -- 1 and 2 (especially 2! -- it OPENED with terrible acting) were bad, but I was really surprised when I saw the trailer for 3 -- it actually looks good! Has everybody watched the 25-episode "Star Wars: Clone Wars"?? It's freakin' amazing!! The two-episode Mace-Windu-against-an-entire-army-of-drones battle was SOOOOO epic!! (episodes 12+13 I think). I don't think it aired here in Canada, but I think you can watch it on some website...Cartoon Network or something??...
I recently watched most of 2, also...it was better than the first time, but only because I'd watched Clone Wars since! #1 wasn't that bad, from memory. Meesa liked it.
I'm probably not going to see this one in theatres, but mostly because I don't go to movies and haven't been to in on theatres for almost a year. I'm more excited to see Kingdom of Heaven.

sen · Post by **sen** » 18 May 2005 10:14

CHAN- The clone was series was awesome! I also loved the Mace Windu episodes. I have the series on DVD after being disapointed that they didn't air. It might be my favorite DVD right now, except The Phantom of the Opera.

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 18 May 2005 12:05

I liked episode 1 & 2, is that because I'm not a L337 uber star wars fan or something? Maybe I'm just not as picky as everyone else. But like the others, I will wait for DVD for this one.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 18 May 2005 12:07

I forgot where I read the review but I remember something they said,

"Revenge of the Sith is better than it's two previous counterparts, but only in a way that dying in your sleep is preferrable to death by crucifiction."

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 18 May 2005 12:12

damn, that makes me want to become a reviewer for a magazine

junkyardjew · Post by **junkyardjew** » 18 May 2005 12:21

luckily lucas got some extra help on the dialogue for this one, so it might not bite total ass. in fact, the guy he got to help him was the guy who wrote rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, an incredible play - so this movie might be halfway okay. unlike the first two which made me want to shit myself just so i'd have an excuse to leave the theatre...

jon · Post by **jon** » 18 May 2005 12:26

My job is paying for most of its employees to go see the movie tomorrow morning at 9 am. My buddy who drives me to work everyday is going with his building at 5:30 am

. That mean we need to leave at around 3:45 am to get to work on time for him to catch the bus from his building to the theater. Damn you george lucas!

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 18 May 2005 13:32

you know what? the first two were crappy and stupid - but they still rocked because they were star wars - i do love them - and im sure ill love the 3rd

Flippy · Post by **Flippy** » 18 May 2005 13:55

Damn! i just missed the 12:01 tickets! they sold out yesterday when i called they said they just sold out. on fandago.com too. i'm pretty pissed, oh well i guess ill get tickets for the afternoon one. The last episode i went at 12:01 and i had a sweet time. cause all the biggest fans were there, all dressed up as storm troopers and jedi's. you could take photo's with people and stuff. and the people were screaming and going nuts during the moive i had a blast.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 19 May 2005 06:25

Well I've seen it

I won't give anything away. I think it's definitly better then episode 1 and 2. The dialogue is still shit and the cinematography could do with a lot of work. Probably if I wasn't a star wars fan I'd think it was a pretty shitty movie. But since I am a fan I thought it was cool. Apart from the fucking slapstick humour at the start, it's entertaining and there's some cool moments. Also it has my favourite actor in it so I liked it just for that.

I think as a movie I'd probabaly give it about 2.5 out of 5 but if you're a star wars geek I'd say go watch it for sure - you'll definitly enjoy it more than the last ones. Way more connections with the original movies too - maybe it even felt more like the originals then ep 1 and 2.

So basically it's an average movie - but nothing really annoying and I think fans of the originals will enjoy it.

Oh yeah - I really hope American's listen very carefully to Padme's speach to Anakin about the war and try to think about what she's saying in the context of what's happening in your name.

sen · Post by **sen** » 19 May 2005 06:28

WOW

I liked it!

I'm really tired right now. . . stupid school. . . I want to go back to bed.

jon · Post by **jon** » 19 May 2005 09:26

I give it three out of 5 stars. It is very long though with some parts that really dragged on

I had to get up at one point to go to the bathroom and missed a part where yoda apparently throws his lightsabre

sen · Post by **sen** » 19 May 2005 10:13

Jon, the lightsaber throwing by Yoda was cool, or at least I think it was. I must of blinked because I just saw Yoda jump up on the guy and pull out his lightsaber. It was still cool.

I agree that the dialogue sucked, but really almost all the dialogue in Star Wars movies is bad. . . even the original had moment when I say. . .that's terrible acting. Nevertheless it is an awesome show so go see it. Or not.

jon · Post by **jon** » 19 May 2005 12:13

also the original puppet yoda was way better than the modern cg yoda, the special effects in a lot of scense seemed to have a sureal quality that detracted from the reality of the scenes