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Originally posted by octothorp@May 20 2005, 04:31 PM
I thought this movie was pretty lame. Best of the prequels, but well behind any of the original three.
I kept thinking of the episode of Futurama where Zoidberg makes a movie with his uncle, who's from the silent holograph era. And the uncle Zoidberg keeps telling people, "You extras, run around waving your arms wildly. Just because it's a serious drama doesn't mean you can't do some comedy in the background! Throw a cream pie or something!" This movie felt like that--like Lucas simply doesn't have the confidence or the restraint to let the story carry the picture. I think this is a great, great story. But it kept getting lost. And I don't know if the rumour about Tom Stoppard helping with the dialog is true, but it was pretty laughable, regardless.
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I was surprised that Lucas didn't use Carrie Fisher as a script doctor, she writes some excellent dialogue, and she has worked with Lucas before.
Overall in order of movie enjoyment
Empire Strikes back - best script and dialogue in the series
A New Hope - The initial scene with the Star Destroyer passing over head changed the way movies were made
Revenge of the Sith - I liked it, it had dialogue issues, but combining it with the book really made it stronger for me
Return of the Jedi - Seemed to really drag at the beginning, and gained momentum in the middle, but the fact that a bunch of freaking teddy bears were taking out armoured troops with clubs and arrows kinda ruined it for me. Thank good for the scenes on the Death Star
Attack of the Clones - Ok, I liked it, because you saw the beginning of the end for Skywalker, but wooden dialogue, and no chemistry between Portman and HC, was more than made up for in the fact that the hated Jar Jar Binks was the catalyst that allowed Palpatine to create the empire
Phantom Menace - I liked a lot of this movie, but Jake Lloyd (who didn't get much direction from Lucas) was very weak in the role, and Jar Jar Binks was annoying. I also didn't feel the emotion in the battles, that I felt in Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi. However it had one of the best sword fight sequences that I've even seen between Dark Maul and Obi-Wan.