joefavs said:
MalàStrana said:
. . . less ridiculous scenes . . .
Well that’s a relief. For a while I was worried that Obi-Wan Kenobi riding an annoying squawking lizard, Ian McDiarmid’s swordsmanship, everything out of Yoda’s mouth, Padmé dying of a broken heart, every single scene with Grievous, mentioning that Qui-Gon is a Force ghost rather than omitting that information or showing him as a Force ghost, “UNLIMITED POWAH!”, and Chewbacca’s friendship with Yoda might be ridiculous.
Well, I wrote “less” for a reason 😄 We don’t get Jar Jar awkwardly starting the Clone Wars or Anakin destroying his saber on every action sequence, that’s an improvement.
Qui-Gon’s absent ghost (does he succeed to be one anyway ?) or Sidious fighting are no issues to me (only the close-ups on Ian are). Even the lizard thing is only a residual issue.
Also, I listened to the score again and I still don’t get what the big deal is. It’s all bombast for the sake of bombast.
I’m a huge Basil Poledouris fan, and this score is like “Space Conan” to me. I love bombastic scores. However it’s not only bombast (“battle of the heroes” being the climax; the martial “Force theme” and “General Grievous theme” also are impressive), half the score is also very eery and beautiful (“anakin’s betrayal”, “Padmé’s ruminations”). Listen to AOTC and ROTS in a row, the difference is noticeable (I like AOTC score, it’s the weakest of the saga but it’s still good Williams stuff).
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@ Haseo
Let it go dude, let it go.