Clones and Sith are the worst films of the franchise, period. This author must be living in a parallel universe where incompetent filmmaking is high art.
How can this be a New Yorker article?
I agree with every word of this post.
Then WE ARE in an alternate universe!
• Can probably spin rapidly.
I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick.
WRONG PICTURE!
Behold and wonder at the utter travesty!
Some highlights:
What endures for the critics and their lay associates, for aesthetes who live for the beauty and the pleasure of movies, is Lucas’s directing—of two films, “Attack of the Clones” and, especially, “Revenge of the Sith.” If Lucas had done nothing else in his life, he’d have an honored place in my personal pantheon for that work.
Hearing Williams’s compositions for “Star Wars” is like being ordered, loudly and aggressively, to feel, and to feel one thing. It sounds calculated to bludgeon a viewer into submission, to create a cowed unanimity of simple and narrow emotions that are the antithesis of imagination and fantasy.
If I had seen “Revenge of the Sith” in real time, in a theatre upon its release, in 2005, I think that, at the moment when Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), sizzling in the blue lightning that Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) reflects back at him, cries out to Anakin (Hayden Christensen), “Power! Unlimited Power!,” I would have leaped out of my seat yelling with excitement.
And before you ask, no, this is not satire.
A real Star Wars fan:
• Can probably spin rapidly.
• Seems to be powered by some form of electricity.
How dare you discriminate against the hand-powered!
Reminder: this is the non-spoiler thread
A lot of products don’t use stills from the films but promotional photos taken on set. So you’ll see characters in various scenarios that were never meant to be in the film but made for a cool photo.
As for Snaggletooth. That’s not a prison but the Tatooine Cantina set from the Holiday Special:
Meanwhile, I’m over here watching it because I find it quite entertaining.
I have a much needed prescription for Mala:
Neither of the previous seasons of Rebels picked up until the second half. This will be no different.
With all of the different pieces the first half of this season setup the second is looking to be pretty spectacular.
Jaws 4 (1987):
This just happened to be on TV while I was having dinner (Which brings up the question, why would the network air any Jaws sequel over the original?).
Because the rights are waaaaay cheaper.
Great new interview with Gareth about the making of -
Here are some highlights:
“Rogue One” has a grittier, more naturalistic feel than any previous “Star Wars” movie. Did you know from the start you wanted that tone?
If I was going to do it, I felt like I just didn’t want it to be a glossy, disposable popcorn kind of blockbuster. I take my “Star Wars” quite seriously. There’s humor in the movie, but as a fan I just wanted it to feel real. That involved being a bit more subjective and hand-held and like a documentary crew to some extent.
Stylistically we knew to some extent it was going to be a war movie, so we looked at footage from Vietnam, the Gulf War and World War II. In the edit, we did a rough version of the movie using pieces of war footage and photography just to see what the rhythm and feel of that would be like.
It felt so strong when you took real footage from a real conflict and instead of a Huey you put in an X-wing and you put Rebel helmets on the guys who are in a trench scared for their lives. You just look at that image and go, “Oh my God, I’ve always wanted to see that.”
This summer, the Internet went crazy over reports that the studio was nervous about “Rogue One” and the movie was undergoing major changes. What was it like for you to be in the middle of that — and how much truth was there to the rumors?
It’s really hard to read things online sometimes because you want to say something but it’s pointless. It’s futile to get involved.
What happened was that I’d say a third of the movie or more has this embedded documentary style to it, and as a result we shot hours and hours and days and days of material. Normally when you put a film together it goes together like A-B-C-D-E and you move on. Whereas we had so many permutations, so many different ways it could be constructed, it took longer in the edit to find the exact version.
We’d always planned to do a pickup shoot but we needed a lot of time to figure out all this material and get the best out of it. So that pushed the entire schedule in a big way. Then Disney saw the film and reacted really well and they said, “Whatever you need, we’re going to support you.” Our visual-effects shot count went from 600 to nearly 1,700, so suddenly we could do absolutely anything we wanted. To design 1,000 visual effects shots should take a year, so it was all hands to the pump and we never came up for air really until about a week ago.
Oh yeah, I just realized I should add the Onderon arc to my Rogue One prep. The debut appearance of Saw Gerrera.
It’s season five of the Clone Wars episodes 2-5. Available on Netflix.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot is set in the world of the hit television series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Taking place shortly before the beginning of Season 4, this digital series features the character of Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez (Natalia Cordova-Buckley), an Inhuman with the ability to move with super-speed. As a person with powers, she must sign the recently instituted Sokovia Accords, the worldwide agreement that regulates and tracks those with super powers. However, the restrictions of the Accords are in direct conflict with a personal mission she’s desperate to fulfill, a mission that will test her abilities, her allegiances, and will include some tense encounters with our most popular S.H.I.E.L.D. team members.
Starting next week Yo-Yo stars in…
A new six part web series!
I remember liking the TPM novelization more than the film but I haven’t read it in 17 years.
My lead in for Rogue One is Catalyst with my follow up being Star Wars.
Comments section on a movie news site reporting on George’s set visit.
I’ve always been somewhat fascinated by the fanaticism I’ve seen in regards to defending the Prequel Trilogy. But it’s amazing how far removed from reality their latest tactics are:
The BIG difference between the PT and the new movies is that they actually used models and miniatures with motion control shooting while the new movies are using tons of CGI instead for the very simple reason that is the way it’s done now. In terms of practical effects it’s no-contest. The PT wins hands down.
PT spaceships were minatures, they weren’t in TFA…but PT aliens were mostly cartoon-like CGIs vs mostly state-of-the-art puppets/animatronics in TFA. So….50/50 haha.
Is this a joke?! The Force Awekens have more CGI than any other Star Wars movie. Prequels actually used more practical sets and miniatures than original trilogy. In TFA every ship, every space shoot is complete CGI. In prequels ships in space are miniatures. Practical effects.
Anyone else seen some odd examples lately?
I feel I can’t allow this thread to continue until it’s been pointed out that The Star Wars Holiday Special originally aired around Thanksgiving.
Thank you for your time. This thread may now continue as scheduled.
Everyone says that it is very gritty, which surprises me in a good way.
I would have been surprised if it wasn’t. That’s the movie Gareth pitched to everyone in attendance at Celebration when the film was first announced. They hired a lot of crew from gritty war films to work on the film.