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May 19, 2005
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Went to the midnight opening last night with a group of 10 or so friends.
Well, this didn't measure up to the reviews I had been reading beforehand. The last 10 minutes or so are absolutely excellent, basically perfect, but the rest of the movie didn't do much for me. I think the primary reason is that Hayden Christiansen seems to be a just plain bad actor, delivering all of his lines in a very wooden fashion. True, the dialogue is pretty lame to start with but he brings no energy or passion to it at all; compare him to the excellent job done by Ewan McGregor with similar material. On the effects side, some things were very nice but others were overdone and there were so many effects shots that it was hard for any to stand out. The visual of the volcanic planet at the end also looked just plain fake to me, not believable at all. The political references to Bush and Nazi Germany also seemed way too heavyhanded and forced. **1/2
Posted by aarondf at May 19, 2005 11:16 AM
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Hi. Myself I wonder about the lines/film as referring to GW Bush.
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at May 25, 2005 06:40 PM
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