Rogue One and Episode I above... anything is simply madness. Worst use of effects with tons of pointless green screen and highly staged lifeless lightsaber "battles" are among the worst things in Episode I.
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Rogue One and Episode I above... anything is simply madness. Worst use of effects with tons of pointless green screen and highly staged lifeless lightsaber "battles" are among the worst things in Episode I.
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Then consider me insane. Rogue One is probably my favorite post original trilogy movie.Quoting [ETM] (view post)
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Is it because of Vader?
It's totally legit if it is ... but every time you say this I get the overwhelming sense it's because of Vader and no other reason
lol...so ah...yeah, I fucked up.
Involved in three different text conversations about Star Wars. Ask my buddy how he felt about it playing out that []. His response was "what? I haven't seen ep9 yet." Cardinal sin.
Thanks cough medicine and whiskey and flu
Yeah, I freely admit to being a Vader fan boy. Rogue one felt more like a war movie than a traditional Star Wars movie. Even without the 10/10 ending, I enjoy it. The droid is great, the movie is more ‘dark’, and it has Donnie Mother Fucking Yen as a pseudo-Jedi. If it weren’t for Vader, he would’ve been my favorite part of the movie.
....and now I’m suddenly reminded of how wasted he was in Blade II.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
I'm not defending any entry as good...but episode 2 is the worst.
Also, using "green screen" and "lifeless lightsaber battles" as negatives to ep1 in defense of ep2? Bro...
Last edited by Skitch; 12-21-2019 at 12:45 PM.
I have never defended Ep.2. It is terrible beyond any defense.
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Episode One- It feels like a Star Wars movie. I dont even care about Jar Jar anymore. The pod-racing stuff is very decent. And they really showcase what true Jedi can accomplish; before Episode One, we saw Luke fumble around for three movies. After rewatching Return of the Jedi recently people forget that Luke acts more like a Sith in the opening act rather than a Jedi. Did those pig guards really need to die? Is threatening Jabba the right approach? You never see Qui-Gon act like this and It paints how and what a Jedi should be nicely. IT's only when Luke talks to Yoda a final time where he becomes more passive towards the Jedi title. And those lightsaber battles are fabulous.
Not enough credit is given to Lucas on crafting the worlds and tone for a pre-Empire world. I especially appreciate this scene more in a New Hope. "The imperial Senate will no longer be any concern for us... Fear will keep the local systems in line"
Qui-Gon got ganked like a punk.
Luke tried to murder his own father --- twice.
#SKYWALKER4LYFE
Luke acted in defense in Empire and also didn't know it was his father. He knew to expect SOMETHING but was unsure what exactly to expect.
and
RoTJ was his rage to fight his father until he finally resisted the dark side.
BTW- I've decided I don't hate []
The overreach was part of the joke.
BUT.
I'm pretty sure if you pull a lightsaber on somebody, you intend to kill them. It's not like Luke wandered around Cloud City thinking, well, if Vader shows up I'll just defend myself until he goes away.
In ROTJ, if he'd gotten a lucky saber hit during his freakout and landed a blow on Vader's head instead of his wrist, the direction of the entire galaxy would have gone differently.
(This is also my only remaining beef with "Jedi" --- the ending is a copout. The film is set up for Luke to go bad, and it would have been world's more interesting if he had. Especially now, years on, because that plot point would naturally suggest half the story of Episodes 7-9.)
He didn't even have his lightsaber out until he was confronted by Vadar. He was walking around with his gun... and Leia was also screaming "it's a trap" as he was following them.
Totally agree with your ROTJ take; but I'm fine the way it ended. I wanted Rise of Skywalker to end that way. (basically KYlo and Rey switching roles)
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