whudats May 2, 2005 Share whudats Member May 2, 2005 A couple of interesting things. This is the first of the series to be rated PG-13, and you know it won't be because of sex or language. It's supposed to be dark and violent. The Empire Strikes Back, which many consider to be the best of the series, is the ONLY one not written and directed by George Lucas. Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xterminator May 3, 2005 Share Xterminator Member May 3, 2005 how come you havn't added a "seen it" option..... hah j/k. Can't wait to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashad May 3, 2005 Share Rashad Member May 3, 2005 I can't wait any longer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltgrc May 4, 2005 Share cobaltgrc Member May 4, 2005 it's gonna rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whudats May 4, 2005 Author Share whudats Member May 4, 2005 Obviously I hope it's more "adult" than the last two. Lucas said this one will be so violent and (potentially) disturbing that he wouldn't take a 7 year old to see it. We shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear^ May 4, 2005 Share bear^ Member May 4, 2005 cant wait watching the beta version of vader kickin face is gonna rock my socks off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linch May 4, 2005 Share linch Member May 4, 2005 Already have my ticket for mid-night show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis May 4, 2005 Share Dennis Member May 4, 2005 golly gee! its gonna be crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy May 5, 2005 Share auggybendoggy Member May 5, 2005 DARTH LINCH!!! all who have midnight tickets can put DARTH in front of their names DARTH AUGGYBENDOGGY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowman May 5, 2005 Share Shadowman Member May 5, 2005 Should be a good one. Kinda weird to think that there will be no more "Star Wars" movies after this, like this is the end of the cinema and life on the planet. Saddening, but I better see Darth Vader killing some ho's in the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmael May 5, 2005 Share ishmael Member May 5, 2005 no. i'm not remotely interested in the first 3 star wars. that takes a lot. i have 3 star wars posters hanging around me right now, plus two battery operated light sabers. obi won and luke if your curious. i also am downloading a wookie ringtone for my phone. but the first 3 just dont impress me. crappy directing, crappy character development, and overly kiddy or romantic themes that just take up too much time. some are more than others(usually those who return later). lucas's skill at writing and story telling is wonderful. directing...not so much. a guy on our server already saw it, its in the doh forums if your interested, he wasn't overly impressed with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy May 6, 2005 Share auggybendoggy Member May 6, 2005 I like to story way too much to hate any of em.. BUT ismael is correct that lucas' directing is poor. Had he let spielberg or someone handle the movies they would have been FAR OUT! Aug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Berge_00 May 16, 2005 Share Ice_Berge_00 GC Alumni May 16, 2005 Got my ticket for that Saturday already. I can't wait to see it. Oh and for all the fans. This was on MSN today. http://movies.msn.com/movies/summermoviegu...stop10?GT1=6462 Vote for one of the top 10 star wars moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whudats May 17, 2005 Author Share whudats Member May 17, 2005 I was reading some reviews yesterday - Chicago Tribune and Washington Post, most notably - and it sounds like it is awesome. Both reviews dogged on the first two, but they say in this one, Lucas finally got it right and the action, story, and overall presentation is amazing. I pasted the Tribune review below... I can't wait to see this one now. I was interested before, but now I'm excited! Episode III deliversFinale wraps up Anakin's tale, as well as a career-long journey for Lucas By Michael Wilmington Tribune movie critic Published May 16, 2005 The climax for George Lucas' entire "Star Wars" series comes in a blaze of fire and darkness, wild light-saber battles and enough Sturm, Drang and digital pyrotechnics to fill multiplexes from here to Tatooine. Like some grand, crazy Moebius strip of fantasy and adventure, "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," twists back on itself to end where it began, with all the players and puzzle pieces finally explained and set in motion, ready for the events of the first "Star Wars" film (1977's "Episode IV: A New Hope") to start all over again. Is that a spoiler? Yet who in the world doesn't know how this "Star Wars" is going to finish: with Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) making his last metamorphosis and the Evil Empire rising? Actually, it's hard to think of any big popular movie entertainment that has ended -- or appeared to end -- more horrifically and tragically than this one, with not just characters we may like, but an entire planet, galaxy and way of life going up in flames. It doesn't matter, of course. I enjoyed the movie. Even though many critics have been rough on the last two "Star Wars" (1999's "The Phantom Menace" and 2002's "Attack of the Clones"), this one is a smashing success on its own terms, achieving exactly what Lucas wanted and carrying most of its viewers where they want to go. It's also the scariest, most exciting, most visually prodigious of the sextet, with action sequences that explode off the screen, characters who finally awaken your sentiments (a bit) and images of violence, inferno, chaos and the dark side that descend like a shroud of noir. "Revenge of the Sith" begins with an amazing, bang-up air fight, -- led by young Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin, whipping through the skyscrapers and alleys of city-planet Coruscant -- and ends with awesome visions of destruction, a fantastic plunge into the abyss. The story that charts the last stages of the eventual Evil Emperor's insidious plot to overthrow interplanetary parliamentary democracy and replace it with tyranny and horror is enhanced by incredible digital imagery. CGI bears the actions from the violent battles with renegade Jedi Count Dooku (Christopher Lee); to starchy parliamentary debates presided over by Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid); to intrigue on the Jedi council; to the tragic love of Anakin and Padme (Natalie Portman); to Obi-Wan's grand military adventure; to Yoda's swashbuckling Errol Flynn act; looks at the series' most persistent characters, robots C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) -- and, finally, to the blinding terrors of the dark side of the Force. All of this approaches a darkness even deeper than that of 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back," the critical favorite of the entire series, and earns this movie the series' first PG-13 rating. Yet the final effect is exhilarating. The gloom and tragedy are muted because we know the real end of the story, the fireworks-fantasy celebration of the Evil Empire's end, set decades later, in 1983's "Return of the Jedi." Lucas has constructed the whole last half of the epic double trilogy something like the flashback solution of a mystery story, though by now little of it is a surprise. As he writes finis to a project that has preoccupied him for most of his moviemaking career, he achieves once again, at his best, technological marvels and storytelling delight with characters who (Yoda charmingly excepted) have become endearingly stiff, trading dialogue that's beguilingly clunky. Now, as he puts a close to the epic (if not to the merchandising), we can feel something for which many critics never gave him enough credit: the real affection and personal joy he took in these movies, the ways he fussed and fretted over them, and the ways he ignored the Hollywood establishment and forged his own relationship with the audience. Perhaps it's that personal investment in what is usually the impersonal blockbuster form that really bothers Lucas' most intelligent critics. They may feel that ambition should be saved for less silly stuff. But throughout his career, Lucas, like his comrade/colleague Steven Spielberg, has gotten a raw deal from some for bringing pleasure to audiences. All the "Star Wars" movies will continue to entertain us for many years to come. They were grand fun, and this last one's a corker. That's all the defense they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowman May 19, 2005 Share Shadowman Member May 19, 2005 Just got home from the movie. Amazing, thats all I have to say. Freakin amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily May 19, 2005 Share emily Member May 19, 2005 lame shane!! guess you wont be at school today.. matt and i will see it soon, maybe saturday if its STILL not too packed.. i'd rather view it without a full theater, i saw the ring 2 like opening night and it was so noisy they had to keep calling a security guard in.. i think hayden christensen is hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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