Episode 3

[Abagadro]

I cried while watching Armageddon. Probably for a different reason though.

[Trippy]

As far as "virtual world" flicks go, I thought The Thirteenth Floor was better than both eXistenZ and The Matrix.  All my friends think I'm crazy.

I liked The Thirteenth Floor too. It had the virtual world "twist" to it that The Matrix frankly should've copied. Plus it had Gretchen Mol in it.

[schild]

Harry cries when the local convenience store is out of Chicken Pot Pie.

When you can't move much, you love all movies I would think.

[Ironwood]

Steven cries at Star Wars

By SIMON ROTHSTEIN
Sun Online

DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg was moved so much by pal George Lucas' final Star Wars movie – he burst into tears at the end.

Steven's weepy moment came at a screening of Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith last week.

But he's unashamed by his tears, insisting fans will also cry because the film's moving conclusion marks the end of Lucas' epic story.

Steven said: "I saw it about a week ago and it's absolutely amazing.

"It's the best of the last three episodes. It's the best way you could possibly imagine for George to finish it off.

"It has a tremendous ending and it's very dark."

Shock news.  Fellow Director gives comrade a handjob in the media.  Shocked, I tell you.

[Margalis]

Event Horizon wasn't good, but it was better than RoTJ and TPM at least.

There aren't a whole lot of Space Opera movies out there. If you discount Star Trek movies there are even less. I think that's part of the appeal of Star Wars, it isn't a saturated genre.

[schild]

If I'm jonesing for a Space Opera, I watch Cowboy Bebop. Yes, I know it's an anime and of limited appeal, but it's the best of the genre.

[stray]

He was a whiny bitch in Shattered Glass. The only person who held up that movie was Sarsgaard. Goddamn Hayden sucks such massive ass. I can't even properly talk about him without getting something fucking angry. Grrrrrrr.

Have you ever seen or heard Glass?...Or even just a compulsive liar like that? It was damn near perfect. I went in expecting the worse, but came out really impressed. I'm almost jealous that he pulled it off so well.

He may have been a playing a very whiny bitch, but this time it was believable.

[schild]

Hayden has the same problem Pacino, Deniro and a few others. They are great at playing themselves. Pacino plays a kickass fuckin Pacino, something noone else can do. Deniro plays a kickass Deniro. And I like them. Hayden plays a kickass Hayden. And I HATE him. Because he's uninteresting.

[Johny Cee]

Event Horizon wasn't good, but it was better than RoTJ and TPM at least.

There aren't a whole lot of Space Opera movies out there. If you discount Star Trek movies there are even less. I think that's part of the appeal of Star Wars, it isn't a saturated genre.

Event Horizon deserves credit for the descent into outrageous cosmic horror.  I think In The Mouth of Madness (Carpenter flick, I think that's the name...) does something similar. I just pine for a good treatment of Lovecraft on screen, I think.

For me,  I cut RoTJ slack for the space battle.  Damn good space battle.  I wish more film-makers could do a space battle that didn't involve "lucky pilot shooting most vulnerable spot" or "newly invented techno gizmo turns tide" like most end up being.  I have hopes that Battlestar Galactica will do a little more of this.

[MrHat]

Event Horizon wasn't good, but it was better than RoTJ and TPM at least.

There aren't a whole lot of Space Opera movies out there. If you discount Star Trek movies there are even less. I think that's part of the appeal of Star Wars, it isn't a saturated genre.

[AOFanboi]

Hayden has the same problem Pacino, Deniro and a few others. They are great at playing themselves. Pacino plays a kickass fuckin Pacino, something noone else can do. Deniro plays a kickass Deniro. And I like them. Hayden plays a kickass Hayden. And I HATE him. Because he's uninteresting.

Apply enough makeup, and "face" actors can still do a great job, unrecognizable. For instance, I missed the opening credits for Dick Tracy and didn't know "Big Boy" Caprice was played by Al Pacino. I did recognize Dustin Hoffman as Mumbles though. Hoffman did a great Captain Hook in Hook as well - again with ample makeup. But it seems they are best at it when they play side characters in other people's "star vehicles" (Warren Beatty and Robin Williams respectively here).

But who cares? She's 26 today.

[HaemishM]

Steven cries at Star Wars

DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg was moved so much by pal George Lucas' final Star Wars movie – he burst into tears at the end.

Steven's weepy moment came at a screening of Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith last week.

Weepy bitch.

Hayden wasn't anything in Shattered Glass. He played the same character, just without the light saber and shitty ponytail whatever the fuck that was. It was a barely interesting movie, and it wasn't interesting because of him.

I expect by all the advance press that I will like this one well enough. It won't blow me away like Phantom Menace's sword fight scene did, or the entirety of Empire. But I'm sure it'll be ok. It can't be much worse than Clones without half-human half-salmon men mating with abducted women in a giant turdball. Which, if one of those women was Natalie Portman, would be better than Clones was.

Shitty script? From LUCAS? SAY IT AIN'T SO!

[WindupAtheist]

As of right now, rottentomatoes.com has Episode 3 at 92%.   :-D

[Evil Elvis]

As of right now, rottentomatoes.com has Episode 3 at 92%.   :-D

Next to it, it states the average rating is 81% o.0

[schild]

As of right now, rottentomatoes.com has Episode 3 at 92%.   :-D

It's the pity vote.

And Lucas bought every journalist in the country. I guarantee you that.

[Furiously]

"lowered expectations"

[murdoc]

As of right now, rottentomatoes.com has Episode 3 at 92%.   :-D

With a whole 26 reviews. 

[Shockeye]

As of right now, rottentomatoes.com has Episode 3 at 92%.   :-D

With a whole 26 reviews. 

Of people hand-picked by Lucas to see it.

[Zane0]

Take the great news with a grain of salt, sure, but check the earliest reviews of EP 1 and 2 on the same site, and you'll see that many are appropriately negative or ambivalent.  The only possible counter I can think of is whether the first two went through the same "media selection" process as the third apparantly has.  Too lazy to look that up, though.

Beyond that, I must say that I'm psyched. :-D

[Abagadro]

Shockeye,

Between the Doodles and Ice Pirates, you are starting to be my new avatar hero.

[Shockeye]

Shockeye,

Between the Doodles and Ice Pirates, you are starting to be my new avatar hero.

Perhaps, but I would trade it all for one day as a real Caveman Lawyer.

[schild]

As of right now, rottentomatoes.com has Episode 3 at 92%.   :-D

With a whole 26 reviews. 

Of people hand-picked by Lucas to see it.

We do not talk about the elephant standing in the corner.

[Ironwood]

Having seen a lot of the pre-release stuff (check on SA if you haven't got it yet) I will say that it looks like another shitty, shitty lucas film with bad acting from everyone except Ewan and Palpatine.  However, the lightsabre fights look wicked.  There was a video of a training session - no cgi, no changes - with Ewan and weepy-boy and those boys are FAST AS FUCK.

I was impressed.

[schild]

$10 says that no light saber fight is even capable of being as cool as the gunkata fights in Equilibrium. Glowy swords just aren't fucking cool anymore. They're played out. I want "force" arm wrestling matches and shit. Maybe "force" rock, paper, scissors. But Light Sabers? Nah. There's an amazing fan-made light saber fight out there between two asian guys that's more impressive than anything Lucas has done or ever will do. Jedi aren't ninjas with light sabers, but they should be.

[Hanzii]

... or pirates.

[Daydreamer]

There's an amazing fan-made light saber fight out there between two asian guys that's more impressive than anything Lucas has done or ever will do. Jedi aren't ninjas with light sabers, but they should be.

I'm intrigued.  Linky?

[schild]

There's an amazing fan-made light saber fight out there between two asian guys that's more impressive than anything Lucas has done or ever will do. Jedi aren't ninjas with light sabers, but they should be.

I'm intrigued.  Linky?

Someone else is going to have to provide you with that - which I'm sure someone will. It was basically 2 asian guys in the woods uhm, playing with lightsabers. But some of the shit they pulled off was freaking awesome. As freaking awesome as lightsabers can be, that is. Which is only half as awesome as actual ninjas murdering villagers.

[Shockeye]

Having seen a lot of the pre-release stuff (check on SA if you haven't got it yet) I will say that it looks like another shitty, shitty lucas film with bad acting from everyone except Ewan and Palpatine.  However, the lightsabre fights look wicked.  There was a video of a training session - no cgi, no changes - with Ewan and weepy-boy and those boys are FAST AS FUCK.

From what I've read, Palpatine as Emperor overacts his way through his scenes.

[Pococurante]

No space opera is complete with an overacting villain.  Embrace the truth Shockeye... ;-)

[Murgos]

There's an amazing fan-made light saber fight out there between two asian guys that's more impressive than anything Lucas has done or ever will do. Jedi aren't ninjas with light sabers, but they should be.

I'm intrigued.  Linky?

http://www.fileplanet.com/151253/150000/fileinfo/Art-of-the-Saber-Movie

It's probably somewhere else too, but I didn't feel like looking for it.

[stray]

As much as like the whole drawn out Wo Ping/HK thing, I just wasn't digging it with lightsabers. Lightsaber battles need more....talking. That's western sensibility for ya 

[Roac]

http://fxhome.com/cinema/hostedmovies/artofthesaber.mov
Non-fileplanet version.  And yeah, that clip kicks a fair amount of ass.

[Velorath]

Don't forget to get your Limited Edition Star Wars Lava Berry Explosion Pop Tarts.

[Paelos]

And you can eat your SW Cereal with your SaberSpoon!

[Shockeye]

And you can eat your SW Cereal with your SaberSpoon!

My kids have two of these already. I am ashamed.