Thursday, May 19, 2005
Star Wars followup
Why were there so many good reviews? Revenge of the Sith is terrible, utterly terrible. I have never walked out of a theater with such a sour expression in my life.
Reasons why it's terrible? Two major things: Hayden Christensen delivering an unforgivably awful performance as Anakin, and George Lucas' incredibly amateur writing and directing. Christensen's "dark" acting was a simple matter of saying all his lines with a vague scowl and a monotonous, surly tone of voice. Lucas' writing was just characters basically having long dialogues describing the plot. When these two things combine, such as when Anakin and Padme are having lovey-dovey conversations, the result is comically terrible... literally, most of the audience was laughing at one such scene.
Thank God there will be no more of these movies.
Reasons why it's terrible? Two major things: Hayden Christensen delivering an unforgivably awful performance as Anakin, and George Lucas' incredibly amateur writing and directing. Christensen's "dark" acting was a simple matter of saying all his lines with a vague scowl and a monotonous, surly tone of voice. Lucas' writing was just characters basically having long dialogues describing the plot. When these two things combine, such as when Anakin and Padme are having lovey-dovey conversations, the result is comically terrible... literally, most of the audience was laughing at one such scene.
Thank God there will be no more of these movies.
