Star Wars Episode III

[pjalne]

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It was quite a bit better than the last one, and way better than episode one. It felt really disjointed, though, but I was really tired and everything feels disjointed when you're in that state. It also had the same problem the last two had, where you have large portions where guys in robes are standing around delivering their lines and then suddenly go all Super Mario 64 and flip around like fucking ninjas before putting their hands back into their sleeves and talking again.

The acting was better in parts, especially when the actors had some feelings to work with. Anakin going nuts and beating his woman around showed Christensen actually can act, and when MacGregor had to deal with him he was able to do something besides yapping about trade federations with Samuel Jackson. And Palpatine had just the right amount of ham in him. His emperor face transformation was worse than Hitler, though.

My biggest problem was that characters came and went without any doors slamming. Christopher Lee was killed the second he entered the room, Jackson got a classic Disney death halfway through and was never referred to again, and the wookies was only around long enough for Yoda to go "Oh, by the way, that dude was Chewbacca, everybody. Quite the revelation if you ask me."

Was it just me, or did Lucas point a finger at Bush every chance he got?