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In Reply to: Without a doubt, the best Star Wars film so far. posted by john dem on May 15, 2002 at 16:38:39:

The fantasy film with emotion, moral weight, characterisation and...special effects that actually SERVE the story? The movie that didn't dumb down to an 11 year old level?
Oh, yeah, right...that wasn't what I saw last night...I saw something called AOTC: very cool FX, a lame plot, an awkward love story and some of the most inane dialog ever written for the cinema. (Harrison Ford had it right 25 years ago: "George, you can type this shit but you can't SAY it.") I thought for a minute I might've wandered into Gladiator, but then Saruman was saying something about how Obi-Wan had to join with him and I kept searching the screen for a Palantir.
I think I was entertained. I'm not sure. I knew I was gonna see it anyway out of (misplaced) loyalty. Thinking back (less than 24 hours ago) I seem to recall that I was very pleased by the nice turns of the British thesps (McGregor, McDiarmid, Lee) and it was WAY cool to see the Maori actor from Once Were Warriors playing Bobba Fett's dad...offed in Episode 2, alas.
OTOH, I did actually meet a person who claims Bobba Fett is his favorite Star Wars character. And AOTC is better than TPM, although I realise that is certainly damning with faint praise. So I guess AOTC was worth the price of a ticket. At least I can gripe with conviction.

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Moral weight ? It's about some midgets and a stupid ring ferchrissake. - john dem 21:12:34 05/16/02 (3)
Please-
Trying to assert the superiority of LOTR over Star Wars on any other basis apart from their special effects is nonsense.
Good vs Evil. What a concept !
Speaking of which, how come nobody noticed that Count Yorga is in both movies ? Of course he's a bad guy- he's a freaking vampire you idiots !
- Can't the light saber brigade take a ribbing? - Harmonia 00:24:21 05/17/02 (2)
  I enjoyed AOTC. But I don't think I'm alone in my assessment of its merits aside from its technical vitues. It doesn't matter. It will be a huge hit anyway. We want to love it so badly we will all enjoy it in spite of ourselves.
  If ya wanna bash LOTR, you can find plenty of allies at AICN. If you think it's only about midgets and rings you didn't geddit. Not that you have to. To each his own. Life's too short.
  I'll yoost let the tomato meter speak for me. (Some people are blind to magic and deaf to enchantment.)
  May the force be with you...
  - How the &%$#!!! would I know...... - john dem 01:09:23 05/17/02 (1)
    My views on Star Wars are in the archives...ahem...not really a fan, but like LOTR, Attack of the Clones worth seeing on a big screen.
    LOTR is pretty much the same fare- take away the SFX and you have...er....midgets and a ring, oh...and the really challenging concept of Good vs Evil. Gee willickers, I wonder how it will turn out ?
    - Agreed......nt - Harmonia 01:20:15 05/17/02 (0)
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