Friday, May 20, 2005
Interlude: Revenge of the Sith
"I'm glad that now we know the reason Anakin Skywalker turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader. It's because Obi-Wan Kenobi failed to teach him the most important part of the Jedi Code: Bros before hos."
Say Goodnight, Obi-Wan
We had a great time last night - Van, Anj and Vince- ripping into the latest (and last) Star Wars movie. While the special effects and fight scenes were (as always) incredible, I felt like I was back in Manila watching our batch do Shakespeare for drama class. Which is to say, we tried, we really tried.
The script is utter garbage, the cast looks lost (I know it's hard to act in front of a blue screen, but hey, Gwyneth Paltrow did it, and better than Hayden F*en Christensen!) and the plot itself, while propelled like a greek tragedy towards its inevitable conclusion, fails to engage in either the grand or the small. Totally the opposite of, say, the Lord of The Rings - but then again, Lucas is no Tolkien. Or even a Dan Brown.
Still, I had fun. Lots of fun, watching Hayden F*en Christensen (who should be immortalized, as Matt Daaymen was, in a Parker/Stone spoof) burn to death; watching Yoda out act Samuel L. Jackson, and Obi-wan outfighting an *asthmatic* robot. You don't see that everyday.
Say Goodnight, Obi-Wan
We had a great time last night - Van, Anj and Vince- ripping into the latest (and last) Star Wars movie. While the special effects and fight scenes were (as always) incredible, I felt like I was back in Manila watching our batch do Shakespeare for drama class. Which is to say, we tried, we really tried.
The script is utter garbage, the cast looks lost (I know it's hard to act in front of a blue screen, but hey, Gwyneth Paltrow did it, and better than Hayden F*en Christensen!) and the plot itself, while propelled like a greek tragedy towards its inevitable conclusion, fails to engage in either the grand or the small. Totally the opposite of, say, the Lord of The Rings - but then again, Lucas is no Tolkien. Or even a Dan Brown.
Still, I had fun. Lots of fun, watching Hayden F*en Christensen (who should be immortalized, as Matt Daaymen was, in a Parker/Stone spoof) burn to death; watching Yoda out act Samuel L. Jackson, and Obi-wan outfighting an *asthmatic* robot. You don't see that everyday.
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