Off Topic Star Wars fever

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I saw it last night, got to agree with Iwasanother, re-hashed and lazy. Almost exactly the same story line as the 1st (4th in the series) one, just with the main characters children and a bigger Death Star.

But if you like Star Wars, Snatch and have 8 minutes to spare, you might like this:

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Just saw it in Sutton and it was very poor. I don't think it will wash with the fans and I would go further and say it won't wash with the fans

It's nearly as boring as this post

The heritage of the films I thought would demand a lot more

One son fell asleep
 
Being I mentioned Blazing Saddles on this thread I'v just remembered another Mel Brooks film I liked. This one was a send up of Star Wars. Anyone remember Spaecballs?

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May the farce be with you...<laugh>
 
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sb_73 said:
Me neither. I saw the early ones like everyone else and thought there was nothing to them beyond the special effects. Like most sci fi it was a standard 'event' structure storyline and the dialogue was awful. Then took my lad to see the first of the next lot in the late nineties, the Ewan MacGregor ones, and it was truly dire, you felt sorry for the actors. At least this one has a half decent director, might make the characters more interesting.

But obviously a lot of people love this stuff, which is great. And I saw the first hour or so of 2001 on the telly a few evening ago, and remembered why I have never seen it all the way through. It is stunningly boring, with incredibly stilted dialogue and no characterisation, and horrible use of music. I like slow, elegiac films (like the seventies TV versions of the George Smiley books), but this was just dull. Hard to credit that Kubrick did this and made his name from it, when Dr Strangelove was so much better. But I suppose at the time in the cinema the special effects would have been awesome, in the real sense of the word.
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Come on sb, get off the fence and tell me what you really think
 
kiwiqpr said:
I think we need everyone to put the age they were when they first saw star wars
I was ,7
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I was 23 and saw it in Los Angeles. I quite enjoyed it at the time because of the special effects, but have only seen one of the sequel/prequels (not sure which). Won't bother with this one - afraid I can't see what the fuss is all about.
 
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