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Growing up, my sister and I were huge Star Wars fans. Like most kids, I suppose. I had the bulk of the toys, and yet somehow missed out on the Milliennium Falcon, which was the coolest. And the kid down the street stole my Yoda, the little bastard. The kid was the bastard, of course, not Yoda.
I haven't been able to stay clear of the new trilogy. Naturally, I thought the first one was devastatingly bad. Yet I begrudgingly went to see the second. And the first two hours of that one fucking sucked, too, until Yoda got into that light saber fight with Christopher Lee, and I left the theater on such a high that I actually can't wait for the last one.
Anyway, the New York Times has a special section worth exploring. It's fun reading Vincent Canby's original review trying to sound intelligent about the first movie (the one I will only ever call "Star Wars," not "Episode IV: A New Hope"), when just underneath the surface there's this feeling of "What the fuck was that?" The original trailers are awesomely dated. You can try to figure out what Janet Maslin was thinking with her positive review of Episode I.
May the force be with you, always.
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posted by Dan G @ 8:10 AM
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7 Comments:
you might wanna check out: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4509737.stm
there are surely better quizes out there, but.... hey, this one's from the bbc.... it's all like british and shit....
I get into screaming matches with the kid I babysit over whether or not it's called Star Wars or A New Hope ("It's STAR WARS you little freak!") and whether or not it's the first movie or the fourth. ("It was first! FIRST!") I don't care that he's only eight, I'm right goddammit.
I am fairly certain that the discrepancy between the order in which the films were made and the order they are supposed to occur will eventually cause a rift in the space-time continuum that will destroy us all.
But, hey, at least that will mean no more war or toe jam, right?
I was pretty excited about seeing the new (last?) Star Wars film until I read the review by Anthony Lane:
"The general opinion of “Revenge of the Sith” seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones.” True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion."
Go on and let your Geek Flags Fly. I am stayin' home for this one.
I'm of the opinion that Anthony Lane and David Denby of The New Yorker, as well as Manohla Dargis of The New York Times don't actually like movies, which I feel should be a prerequisite for working in film criticism. So to anything they may say about Revenge of the Sith I say, "Kith my ath."
I think Jar Jar is a Sith Lord in cognito...
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