georgec

005 said:

006/007

008?

MINOR SKYFALL SPOILERS AHEAD

I'm not sure what I think of Skyfall. I like what the movie tried to do, bringing the story a bit closer from all the "bad guy wants to blow up stuff" in other films. But the middle of the movie felt like going through the motions.

Okay, we have to go to a few exotic locations.

Okay, we have to see Bond and a sexy dame talk at a bar.

Okay, we have to think the villain was caught when that was part of his plan the entire time (this is probably the most overused tripe in film today).

The third act saved the movie. Otherwise I would have put it below Quantum of Solace. Silva was an interesting villain, but we barely go to know him, and his motivations felt a little underdeveloped/rushed.

I'm a little biased, though. I'm not a huge Bond fan. I never found the character interesting, but Casino Royale was such a fantastic revelation and reinvention. Skyfall was an enjoyable, but I'm surprised people are liking it more than CR.

Oh, and was it necessary to include Wolf Blitzer in a news scene? That kind of garbage takes me out of a movie. I don't need to see Wolf Blitzer's face to realize that it's a news broadcast on the television in that scene. That's another lame Hollywood trend - "If we put an actual news figure in that scene, people will think it's more real!"

Gah.

Is this available to watch anywhere online.

Harmy said:

Well, George being on as creative consultant might not necessarily be a bad thing. He played a similar role in the creation of TESB after all.

That was before he became G€org€ Luca$.

Mike O said:

I thought George was out of the picture altogether?

Side note - I watched this documentary earlier in the year and enjoyed it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787660/

I did a clean install on my XP desktop last year. The update process was pretty smooth. It took some hours, but other than rebooting a few times it was mostly autonomous. I was rather impressed.

Falaskan said:

What are the chances of seeing the UOT on blu-ray now, with Fox still owning the distribution rights and all?

The odds are 3720 to 1.

LOL nothing would better say, "We don't have fresh ideas," than a Vader clone.

greenpenguino said:

Werner Herzog should direct.

...and narrate.

Relevant?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8qjge9U_MiA&noredirect=1

No, this is Minnie Driver.

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Now I'm out.

I propose an OT.com contest...

She has the Twitter communication down, that's for sure.

The six movies are more the story of Anakin Skywalker than the entire Skywalker clan.

I'd personally love it if we were introduced to the Starkiller family.

Repairing an old laptop is not worth it. Unless it's just a matter of adding RAM or adding a new HDD/SSD, you're better off investing in something new.

You can get a very capable laptop for $500 or so these days. Watch out for Black Friday deals, too.

Imrahil said:

georgec said:

Let's hope Lucas and Kennedy "Arndt" making a mistake choosing him.

 

zing!

This forum really needs a "like" feature.

As an alternative you can send cash to my PayPal!

adywan said:

The Sequel Trilogy should be made as animated films...

they tried that with the prequels and look how crap they turned out.

The less animated/ video game look in the new movies, the better.

Just imagine if they did matte paintings for backgrounds. How beautiful would it be?

I don't want to sound like an anti-modern purist, but I'd love if the new movies were approached with an older style of filmmaking. CGI will be a part of it, but less reliance on that. I always love how Peter Jackson took LOTR and filmed as much on location as he could. Really gave a real, tangible element to the settings and atmosphere.

Watching the prequels, all I could see in especially AOTC and ROTS was that the backgrounds were too shiny, too perfect, and had inconsistent lighting.

That's one area I think where TPM had an advantage - I think they filmed much more of that film in real settings than they did for AOTC and ROTS, which feel almost exclusively like bluescreen stages.

Let's hope Lucas and Kennedy "Arndt" making a mistake choosing him.

zing!

DominicCobb said:

Speaking of being what ROTJ failed to be, I think EpIX should have an ambiguous ending. I would have loved to have seen Luke walking into the sunset, destination unclear. So have Luke's son do just that. I think it would be awesome.

So did Gary Kurtz. ;)

I was just thinking about this, and it occurred to me that Nathan Fillion would be a great Han.

I like how the thread title includes "the" before "Star Wars".

How cool would it be if the new movies were called, "The Star Wars"?

Perfect.

http://teamcoco.com/video/43362/wes-andersons-star-wars-episode-vii-audition-tape

Bump

If I say something, it won't stick, and I'll appear to be the crazy OCD guy who needs to "chill out, man." This is what people do in these situations - refuse to take accountability/responsibility, and project their own faults onto others with passive aggressive nonsense. I hate these games people play. I've grown wiser to know it's a bad idea to show frustration to people who aren't going to be considerate of it. They'll just do what they can to piss you off further.

As a male, I hate males. There's something about guys where they take pride in being slobs. "I'm a guy, cleaning isn't my job." Females aren't less disgusting, but in my experience they're aware enough of their surroundings. Guys just don't care. Just like tyrphanax's roommate who shoots snot rockets - who the hell does that? It's psychotic. People are inconsiderate assholes.