Obligatory Ep III Post

[gfish]

Fuck you, Lucas. You call yourself a director? How could you look at half of that footage and say, 'Yes! That's the take we want!' What kind of scary autistic universe do you live in where people talking like that looks normal? You wasted so much potential in that movie. I can forgive, somewhat, not living up to my hopes. Artist differences and all that. But to have potential there, in the concept, the universe, the actors and (sometimes) the script, and just not caring enough to get that extra take or spend the extra time editing a scene until it clicks? No mercy. Call yourself a storyteller, maybe. Or a moviemaker. Or a fucking hack. But you don't get to claim to be a director. You have given up that right.

(Less ranty: You know what would have been really cool? If Padme had been carrying triplets. That would have been wonderfully headbreaky.)

Comments

[hollyking.livejournal.com]

Hey now! Don't hold back! Tell us how you really feel!

[tikimonkey.livejournal.com]

ooh, i like the headbreaky thought.

probably lucas is so in love with the idea that he can fix ANYTHING postproduction that he's forgotten about what he's actually supposed to be doing as a director.

we haven't seen it yet; but we will soonish :)

[darlingfreak.livejournal.com]

Like I've told everyone else:

I'll see episode III when they call it "we apologize for episodes I and II"

[shadowblue.livejournal.com]

hahaha. triplets! you want original thinking? surprises? wrong movie.

I don't think it's that he didn't take the time to get the extra takes. I bet there are some wonderful takes on the cutting room floor. (or, I suppose, some archive room somewhere.) This is what the man does. He hates you.

[helenangel.livejournal.com]

Isn't it headbreaky enough that Padme died IN CHILDBIRTH but yet Leia tells Luke about her in Episode 6?

Yeah, that Leia has one awesome memory...

[callibr8]

You wasted so much potential in that movie

Agreed, completely! Bad casting. Lame script. Terrible, terrible directing. Best thing I can say for it is, nice visual effects. And at least some reasonable attempt at tying up certain loose ends...

Perhaps those of us who've avidly watched Firefly or West Wing or Babylon 5 just have ... high standards. Ones that the guy with the poofy hairdo probably can't even imagine exist, let alone aspire to.

Sigh.

[allanc.livejournal.com]

On a completely different note,

Why should Ari Fliescher have all the fun?

(It's easy to see that this is a photoshopped image, 'cause the actual monkey who whispers in Scott McClellan's ear is taller and named George)