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May 28, 2002

Can’t sleep, clones will eat me Dave Trowbridge saw the same movie we did:
The dialogue! I feel like I’ve been beaten on the head with a Stupid Stick for 2-1/2 hours. It is an amazing accomplishment, as though the script were created by an act of spontaneous generation, without the intervention of a writer.
But being a skiffy writer himself, Dave has a high-tech fix! Or, more properly, his Significant Other does. (This itself is well within the traditions of the genre.)
Deborah figured out how to enjoy it: pretend it’s opera. We know the plot, have it linked to the visuals and the wonderful music of John Williams. Next time we’ll pop it in the DVD player and select a language we don’t understand. Deborah wants Swedish. I’d like German so I can catch a word or phrase here and there.

Then we’ll be able to enjoy the myth without distraction.

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Sam Gentile ::: (view all by) ::: May 28, 2002, 03:43 PM:

I think the dialogue was terrible. See my blog My review.


Sam

Phil ::: (view all by) ::: May 28, 2002, 06:01 PM:

A few words from the dialogue:

"I'll be the best Jedi Knight ever! You'll see!"

Uttered by the future Darth Vader

But really, the plot seems to be driven by the astonishing stupidity of the well-meaning defenders of the Faith, the Jedi Knights. It seems that only Obi-Wan Kenobi and Senator Amidala(what moron elects a 15 year old to be a planetary leader, by the way?), notice what an immature child Anakin Skywalker really is-though that doesn't stop Amidala from falling in love with him. It seems that Jedi Intelligence is an oxymoron.

High point: when Representative Jar Jar Binks refers to the Senate as "dellow felegates."

Dave Trowbridge ::: (view all by) ::: May 28, 2002, 06:25 PM:

That is a wonderful post title!

Beth Bernobich ::: (view all by) ::: May 29, 2002, 03:52 PM:

Forewarned by Patrick's review, I concentrated on the scenery, which was tasty. The chase scene near the beginning was also a treat, with a hint of the original Star Wars zip. But oh, that dialog. My eight-year-old wanted to know why Mom spent so much time with her fist stuffed into her mouth, making pitiful mewling sounds. (Answer: because otherwise she would have disturbed everyone by laughing so hard. "Yes, we are suffering, Annakin.")

Sidenote: In our household, we now refer to the future Darth Vadar as Mannakin.