Girly Thoughts on Episode III
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Well, JU is filled with Episode III reviews with all sorts of takes on the content and script and the acting and the message of the film. There's simply nothing more that can be said about Episode III, right? There's no more room for yet another review, is there?
Well, if Texas Wahine hasn't covered it, it simply hasn't been covered!
This will be a bit random, so try to hang with me...
I thought this was by far the best of the prequels. It actually made sense, and it helped me understand some of the other ones a little bit better. The action and fight scenes were great. The acting was...adequate. There was a bit of emotional turmoil. And the evil was way cool.
I had heard that Episode III had one of the longest fight scenes ever. I was dreading this because as a woman who has sat through far too many Jackie Chan movies, there's only so much jumping and grunting and punching and swiping I can take.
I was pleasantly surprised with the fight scenes, particularly the very long one between Anakin and Obi Wan. It had an element of Soap Opera style drama and the scenario and setting changed several times, which held my interest.
We had some head-chopping, hand-chopping, leg-chopping, I'm-melting action, which was compelling and not over-the-top gory. Just enough spice on that.
Hayden Christensen is a bit metrosexual for me in real life, but as Anakin Skywalker, he was quite tasty. At one point I noticed that he actually has better skin than Natalie Portman (not her real name, btw). He was ok as a Jedi, but his appeal gained major points as he began gravitating to the dark side. A dark Anakin is a sexy Anakin. I don't know about his bed scene. It didn't look like that would be his real chest. I guess it was, but I suspect it was amped up with some make up.
And it's true. Chicks dig scars.
Just to be honest, I was rooting for evil in this movie. I'm not sure why. Maybe because the dark side was the sexy side. Maybe because his quest to save his wife brought out the girly emotional stuff in me (of course, I'm not sure why he wanted to save someone he treated so crappily...I'd suggest some marriage counseling sessions). The dark side is just cooler.
I noticed that George Lucas has a ledge fetish. If you have two people near a ledge, a fight is going to break out. If a fight has broken out, something nearby is going to turn into a ledge. Not that I'm complaining. I have a fear of heights, so the ledge thing adds to the suspense for me.
I was surprised to discover that a Jedi a long, long time ago in a galaxy far away had a dangling belly ring, but I guess some styles are timeless.
Padme's pregnancy attire was interesting. I'm not sure I'd want to sleep with a string of pearls around my arms and back, but maybe they were really soft pearls or people in that galaxy are heavier sleepers.
I was impressed that after the birth of the twins and Padme's subsequent death, she was still visibly large during the funeral procession. Most movies show pregnant women as immediately shrinking down to their pre-pregnancy weight after a delivery, but in truth, most women still look pregnant (not just a bit pudgy, but actually pregnant) for a few days after the birth of their babies. It was a nice touch.
I liked the comical sounds the robots and droids and such made when they were fighting or injured. Cute.
I thought the end scene where Anakin is fitted with the classic Darth Vader gear was...totally gay. It wasn't really dark or anything. Just corny. And then at the end when he screams "Noooooooooooo!"...again, totally gay. (Respect to gay people, the word gay here is being used as an adjective to mean silly and over-the-top, queen-like...if this offends you, my apologies. Please write an article about how prejudice and hate-filled I am. I'll read it and feel bad and you'll have your revenge.)
Overall, this was a good movie. Not as good as Return to Me or Gladiator, but still good. I didn't fall asleep and I didn't talk that much (yeah, that was me). I did have to take a neighbor kid to the bathroom two times and missed the big wookie battle, but I'll live. I'm satisfied that my $6.75 was well spent.
Well, if Texas Wahine hasn't covered it, it simply hasn't been covered!
This will be a bit random, so try to hang with me...
I thought this was by far the best of the prequels. It actually made sense, and it helped me understand some of the other ones a little bit better. The action and fight scenes were great. The acting was...adequate. There was a bit of emotional turmoil. And the evil was way cool.
I had heard that Episode III had one of the longest fight scenes ever. I was dreading this because as a woman who has sat through far too many Jackie Chan movies, there's only so much jumping and grunting and punching and swiping I can take.
I was pleasantly surprised with the fight scenes, particularly the very long one between Anakin and Obi Wan. It had an element of Soap Opera style drama and the scenario and setting changed several times, which held my interest.
We had some head-chopping, hand-chopping, leg-chopping, I'm-melting action, which was compelling and not over-the-top gory. Just enough spice on that.
Hayden Christensen is a bit metrosexual for me in real life, but as Anakin Skywalker, he was quite tasty. At one point I noticed that he actually has better skin than Natalie Portman (not her real name, btw). He was ok as a Jedi, but his appeal gained major points as he began gravitating to the dark side. A dark Anakin is a sexy Anakin. I don't know about his bed scene. It didn't look like that would be his real chest. I guess it was, but I suspect it was amped up with some make up.
And it's true. Chicks dig scars.
Just to be honest, I was rooting for evil in this movie. I'm not sure why. Maybe because the dark side was the sexy side. Maybe because his quest to save his wife brought out the girly emotional stuff in me (of course, I'm not sure why he wanted to save someone he treated so crappily...I'd suggest some marriage counseling sessions). The dark side is just cooler.
I noticed that George Lucas has a ledge fetish. If you have two people near a ledge, a fight is going to break out. If a fight has broken out, something nearby is going to turn into a ledge. Not that I'm complaining. I have a fear of heights, so the ledge thing adds to the suspense for me.
I was surprised to discover that a Jedi a long, long time ago in a galaxy far away had a dangling belly ring, but I guess some styles are timeless.
Padme's pregnancy attire was interesting. I'm not sure I'd want to sleep with a string of pearls around my arms and back, but maybe they were really soft pearls or people in that galaxy are heavier sleepers.
I was impressed that after the birth of the twins and Padme's subsequent death, she was still visibly large during the funeral procession. Most movies show pregnant women as immediately shrinking down to their pre-pregnancy weight after a delivery, but in truth, most women still look pregnant (not just a bit pudgy, but actually pregnant) for a few days after the birth of their babies. It was a nice touch.
I liked the comical sounds the robots and droids and such made when they were fighting or injured. Cute.
I thought the end scene where Anakin is fitted with the classic Darth Vader gear was...totally gay. It wasn't really dark or anything. Just corny. And then at the end when he screams "Noooooooooooo!"...again, totally gay. (Respect to gay people, the word gay here is being used as an adjective to mean silly and over-the-top, queen-like...if this offends you, my apologies. Please write an article about how prejudice and hate-filled I am. I'll read it and feel bad and you'll have your revenge.)
Overall, this was a good movie. Not as good as Return to Me or Gladiator, but still good. I didn't fall asleep and I didn't talk that much (yeah, that was me). I did have to take a neighbor kid to the bathroom two times and missed the big wookie battle, but I'll live. I'm satisfied that my $6.75 was well spent.
