Cryptic, puzzle-like dialogue at least makes me think a little. The infantile dialogue in this last Star Wars did the visuals a disservice. Padme and Anakin in love? That version of love doesn’t strike a nerve in me at all. His internal conflict between the Republic and the Separatists was laughable. There is real human struggle there in concept but it was poorly executed. That’s all I’m saying.

Wookie planet was a huge letdown. Yoda as a computer graphic was a let-down again. MR’s point about the cane is right on. It doesn’t fit with the Yoda we know in Episode IV just twenty years later that can barely move.

I absolutely love the imagination that goes into creating the worlds of Star Wars, but I think I could write a better script (or one that appeals to me) and that really gnaws at my ability to like these movies.

I did like the re-release of THX-1138, George Lucas’s expanded student film set in a dystopian future. But nobody saw that but me I guess.

Unfortunately, MR has provided the exact dialogue of the last two Matrixes. I think was amazing of the first Matrix is that technology was so advanced at the time that we actually thought that Keanu Reeves was acting. As it turned out, Keanu’s acting was performed by an “acting” double and he performed all non-stunts like looking confused or sleeping. For some reason, the producers got cocky and thought they could pull it off by allowing Keanu read some lines.

I will post my response once I see “Revenge”. And I apologize in advanced if someone has already pointed this out. Apparently in this galaxy, technology finds a way to diminish and not progress. The equipment in “Star Wars” is far less superior to the technology even when Anakin was pimped out as a child prodigy.

The Oracle: “It is what it is, Neo.”
Neo: “Whoa…”
The Oracle: “And you must choose.”
Neo: “Choose what?”
The Oracle: “Only you can know what you must choose.”
Neo: “Umm… ok.”
The Oracle: “By the way, I’m not real. I’m a leftover piece of spyware that the virus detector in the Matrix failed to catch. Don’t believe anything I just said…”
Neo: “Whoa…”

I’ve never viewed Star Wars as a science fiction movie or even a futuristic movie (it’s set in the past to begin with anyway… Geek Points if you knew that, btw. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…) I think the whole space setting is merely a backdrop. It is the storyline of Star Wars, the Force, the Shakesperean and Biblical characters, the special effects and the overall feel good aspects of these movies that have created and perpetuated the phenomenon of Star Wars.

The only scene that really grabbed me was Anakin and Obi Wan’s duel and the graphic portrayal of Anakin’s defeat. The opening sequence gets a few geek points for showing how far the technology has come. Lucas will be remembered for the technological advances in moviemaking he drove rather than the quality of these movies, I’m afraid. I am eager to see what else he has in store that he hasn’t had the opportunity to pursue because Star Wars has taken over his life.