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Anakin Starkiller

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My dad was aimlessly wandering Netflix and clicked on Scooby-Doo (2002) out of curiosity to have a look. Guess what we spent the next hour and a half watching. In his words “That’s an hour and a half I’ll never get back.” While the aggressively Y2K visuals and soundtrack are amusing, the screenplay is not, so the film is not really worth your time. To paraphrase the film’s writer James Gunn “It was satisfying financially, not artistically.” The worst part is now I feel obligated to watch the sequel.

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What stories/intellectual properties (other than Star Wars) would you like to retell/rewrite?
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Wow, just now rereading my Batman synopsis at the top of this page and boy have things changed in the past 2 and a half years. It’s morphed into something completely different, though still retaining certain elements. It’s now the story of Tim Drake seen from his perspective and the actual plot is barely recognizable.

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Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is fun and y’all are just mean.

I will say the second half was lacking a bit of character, being little more than a series of action setpieces with interchangeable characters. The antagonists and protagonists also got a long a bit too well, only occasionally getting into fights but working together just as often. It’s still nowhere near the travesty make it out to be, and I’d put the first half on par with The Last Crusade (my least favorite of the original three) while the second half is a fun rollercoaster/video game.

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I might go see Indiana Jones V but if i do i would be a fool to trust Lucasfilm again.

Do it. It’s gonna be great.

Vol. 2 is a lot better though. There’s less blood, less cheese, and more nuance. Tarantino’s strongest aspect, his dialogue writing, is at full force here.

The most memorable thing to me about that movie’s dialog is that Quentin Tarantino apparently doesn’t understand Batman. Bruce Wayne is the disguise, ya stupid Bill.

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I just saw Terminator for the first time and it was great. It’s interesting how I knew the entire premise through pop culture osmosis and what I didn’t know was predictable yet I had so much fun with it. I’ll be looking forward to the second one since I hear it’s really good too.

JadedSkywalker said:

Minions 2. Absolutely awful. Haven’t liked a single one of these since Despicable me 2 or Minions 1.

Then why do you keep rewarding them for bad movies by paying to see them?

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Unusual <strong>Sequel Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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amobex said:

That’s fair. The problem I have with that scene in a Finn-Rose romance edit is when he walks away with the hand on the shoulder and the tight-lipped smile I read it as almost patronizing. There is no warmth there. Ultimately it’s less about adding in a suggestion of romance but more taking out something that possibly contradicts the believability of romance between them.

I get what you’re saying and I think the best way to remedy that would be to somehow add a shot after the Finn taps her shoulder where we see Rose’s face and she’s smiling. Preferably a close-up. I’d imagine assembling such a shot would be no small feat, however. Maybe utilize some footage of Kelly Marie Tran in another movie?

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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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It’s not convincing. The establishing shot is excellent, but the subsequent shot has a canted angle that doesn’t align with the Prequels’ cinematography, and the fact that it’s not cutting from the establishing shot straight to the speakers is super weird. The lipsync is also completely off, while it’s very obvious the audio is taken from Vader’s knighting. I respect the attempt but it doesn’t quite work.