Of movies released within the last year, The Clone Wars doesn't even make the top three at the box office. Once upon a time, a Star Wars movie would be tops for not only the year it was released, but for the entire five year period around it.
Does anyone even care now how Annikan Skywalker became Darth Vader?
Do you rue the day Lucas ever discovered computerized special effects?
Did the legendary director lose his touch or was he never that great to begin with?
Or are you one of the dwindling few who think the recent two installments are good movies and can't wait for episode three?
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GregD -- Thursday, April 19, 2012 -- 02:38:52 PM --
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After the power to choose a man wants the power to erase. --Stephen Dunn
Because he didn't write or direct it, and doesn't understand what a piece of shit writer/director he is. Good producer & great movie technologist, and crap at the rest.
Amaxen -- Monday, April 30, 2012 -- 10:42:29 PM --
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Amaxen -- Tuesday, June 12, 2012 -- 06:11:45 AM --
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Sweet
Damara -- Friday, June 29, 2012 -- 04:39:42 PM --
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Fiona, that was truly wonderful.
Pincher Martin -- Sunday, October 21, 2012 -- 12:15:51 AM --
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"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”
-- Edward Abbey
That reads like a parody.
The exhilarating eight-minute battle over Coruscant that opens Revenge of the Sith (2005), with its dense cloud of stately destroyers, swooping starfighters, and fiendish buzz droids, cuts optical pathways that are as graceful and abstract as the weightless skeins in a drip painting by Jackson Pollock. An ILM technician calls Lucas a "great master-weaver," guiding and gathering the fine stitching of his army of gifted fabricators.
And yet the scene is interminably dull. If I was pressed to name the worst fight scenes in cinema history, that eight-minute battle would have to be near the top. It goes on and on and on and on. The detail doesn't enhance the battle between the two protagonists; it diminishes it, makes it laughable.
I didn't care for the LotR. I thought they were a dull set of movies. But most of the battle scenes in those three movies were far better done than in Lucas's recent trilogy.
Paglia mistakes a technician's detail, hard work, and the financial success of the ultimate product for great artistry. Lucas undoubtably has talents he has put to profitable use in the movie industry, but Paglia's unusual take on him is just a reworking of her well-worn track hyping pop artists to make her critical views seem edgy and modern.
Damara -- Tuesday, October 23, 2012 -- 05:42:03 PM --
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Of course Paglia thinks Lucas is great; she's a hack herself. Takes one to know one.
Damara -- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 -- 09:22:36 PM --
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We won't have George Lucas to kick around anymore.
Disney Buying LucasFilm
Amaxen -- Wednesday, October 31, 2012 -- 12:13:39 AM --
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Amaxen -- Wednesday, October 31, 2012 -- 09:33:57 PM --
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rubberducky -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 07:17:39 PM --
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If you really want the thread to die, give it to ducky.
theMote's PoJwow. just wow.
i can't believe, but can totally believe, they are already calling for Part VII.
wow
Pincher Martin -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 07:36:28 PM --
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"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”
-- Edward Abbey
The last trilogy was a failure in every regard except one: it made a shitload of money. Which to Hollywood means that the logic is inexorably in favor of making more sequels until stupid Star Wars fans have no money left to give.
rubberducky -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 07:47:46 PM --
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If you really want the thread to die, give it to ducky.
theMote's PoJ until stupid Star Wars fans have no money left to give.
so, there is no end then
palmist -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 07:48:50 PM --
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Probably not, since the Mouse now owns the shop.
Maybe the films will get better.
Damara -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 08:20:07 PM --
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I'm not sure they could get worse.
I think it's a good match. Disney doesn't have Lucas's strange and unreasonable blindness around Star Wars. Granted, its most recent sci-fi pulp blockbuster -- John Carter -- failed, but I've also heard that was as much due to price and expectations as it was to intrinsic quality.
Pincher Martin -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 08:48:32 PM --
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"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”
-- Edward Abbey
As a business deal, I'm sure Disney will profit from it. They know how to milk these things for everything they're worth, and there's a lot to milk in the Star Wars universe.
Damara -- Thursday, November 01, 2012 -- 09:17:17 PM --
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Has Spielberg ever directed a movie for Disney? Because if he directs Episode VII, that would probably be the closest to the classic Star Wars than even Lucas managed.
