Gargoyle said:
One problem that non-fans (or perhaps casual fans) may have with it is that the plot is complex. To really understand what's going on can be tough, and I have a feeling that when the average movie-goer sees a film they don't understand, no amount or quality of action, acting, romance or special effects is going to make them like it.
uhh- yup. Us non-fans, we ain't too bright an all. Must be our po' learnin.
I mean, when I sat down in the thee-ae-ter this morn, I almost blew a gasket when the credits started to roll.. then one of you slick city-types told me that just how it starts. well.. gowwlee. I guess I should have learned my letters.
Err.. ok.. got that out of my system.
I personally did not like the movie, but I have yet to like any of the Star War movies. And I understood the plot fine, thank you.
I thought the near-superhero stuff in the beginning was over the top: dropping hundred(s) of feat admist traffic and somehow surviving the impact on a high speed vehicle.
I thought the old and slow moving yoda suddenly fighting like a wild monkee was silly.
I think the close connection between all the characters in these two movies- that will be close in the next three is contradictory to say the least (but that is going on in another thread).
The raised importance of the Fett's is a mistake, imo. Why him? (Ok, I know why- fanboys) Why not a jedi with the mitochondria stuff? Why not someone from a family who doesn't suffer embarresing deaths? (One beheaded after doing little impressive.. and the other eaten by an ant-lion.)
While I am on the subject of the Fett's- what was with the stupidity of Jango killing his own assassin before she spoke his name? If he is in the habit of watching his own assassins, then why did he not kill the senator after the explosion in the beginning?
What was with Padme's reaction to Annie's admission to slaughtering children? Err.. umm.. *blank stare*
I disliked how there is this big link between all the main jedi characters.
Yoda- Dooku- QuiGon- ObiWon- Annie (the sun will come out.. tomorrow).
There were plenty of other jedi's, lucas. Use em, darn it. Some looked darn cool.
Ok, what was cool:
The fights- the best part of Star Wars has always been the combats. The massive combat in the end with all the Jedi is great. (Though, a bit contradictory to the early super hero nonsense- the people of Jar Jar were able to beat similar robots .. but the Jedi get slaughtered by them.)
I like the look of many of the jedi. One was the same race as the dancing slave girl of Jabba. heh.
My favorite scene was where Count Dooku (ugh, does Lucas play d&d or just get his names from d&d players?) baits the captured ObiWon into revealing how much the Jedi Council knows about the Sith.. by outright telling him the truth.
I liked the look of the alien cloners- very elegant.
oh well. The geek in me was pleased for all the eye-candy. However, it was just another Star Wars movie in the end.
FD