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itistoday · May 30, 2005, 12:11 PM

Terrible acting, terrible dialogue, horribly unrealistic characters, anakin and padme scenes.... Yeah, I'll give this a 2.

spatterson · May 30, 2005, 12:12 PM

I didn't think it was bad at all. It wasn't my most favorite movie in the world, but it was entertaining, and in my opinion had the best action out of all 6.

itistoday · May 30, 2005, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by spatterson

I didn't think it was bad at all. It wasn't my most favorite movie in the world, but it was entertaining, and in my opinion had the best action out of all 6.

If I were to soley rate it based on its action I'd still give it a low score. The "action" in it practically put me to sleep; it was all so overdone and unrealistic (like everything on that fake lava-planet) that I was simply too desensitized to care. If I had to pick a 5 star action movie, I'd say something like Terminator 2 (it had the action, the plot, and fantastic characters).

Randman · May 30, 2005, 12:20 PM

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lounge/256813/official-star-wars-3-thread-those/

itistoday · May 30, 2005, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=256813

Yeah... that's already 7 pages long, and this is just a poll to see what the MacNN populace thought of the movie.

willed · May 30, 2005, 12:53 PM

It scraped a 3 from me, purely for the action sequences. Story was crap, acting was crap

andreas_g4 · May 30, 2005, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by itistoday

Terrible acting, terrible dialogue, horribly unrealistic characters, anakin and padme scenes.... Yeah, I'll give this a 2.

2nded.

Randman · May 30, 2005, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by itistoday

Yeah... that's already 7 pages long, and this is just a poll to see what the MacNN populace thought of the movie.

That makes no sense. Oh, there's a thread with lots of comments? Let's create another one to do the same basic thing.

Zimphire · May 30, 2005, 02:06 PM

I gave it a 4

andreas_g4 · May 30, 2005, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

That makes no sense. Oh, there's a thread with lots of comments? Let's create another one to do the same basic thing.

It makes sense, indeed. I will not read the whole thread to know how you guys and girls found it. I like the poll for a quick overview.

Of course, you are right when you say that we don't need another thread discussing SW III...

Apple Pro Underwear · May 30, 2005, 02:08 PM

it was good enough considering this is not just a movie. star wars is bigger than just that. all the history, the pop culture... it was worth 10 bucks.

invisibleX · May 30, 2005, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by itistoday

horribly unrealistic characters

There's something realisitic about SciFi in general then?

itistoday · May 30, 2005, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by invisibleX

There's something realisitic about SciFi in general then?

You are misunderstanding something. Think hard.

angelmb · May 30, 2005, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by andreas_g4

2nded.

Indeed.

invisibleX · May 30, 2005, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by itistoday

You are misunderstanding something. Think hard.

Sorry, I just don't see how the characters were unrealistic.

itistoday · May 30, 2005, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by invisibleX

Sorry, I just don't see how the characters were unrealistic.

They don't act like people do in real life. They do not respond to situations the way any human being does. I don't think there was a single character in that film with a sense of humor. They sounded like hollow wooden dolls that were reading from a poorly written script. Take, for example, Anakin Skywalker. There's nothing remotely real about him. All of his actions in the film, like his "turn to the darkside" where he goes from a loving husband to a wife beater and child murderer in a matter of seconds, and every one of his facial expressions, were completely unrealistic. Padme's character was simply fresh off of Hollywood's female heroine assembly line in China. I could go on...

goMac · May 30, 2005, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by itistoday

They don't act like people do in real life. They do not respond to situations the way any human being does. I don't think there was a single character in that film with a sense of humor. They sounded like hollow wooden dolls that were reading from a poorly written script. Take, for example, Anakin Skywalker. There's nothing remotely real about him. All of his actions in the film, like his "turn to the darkside" where he goes from a loving husband to a wife beater and child murderer in a matter of seconds, and every one of his facial expressions, were completely unrealistic. Padme's character was simply fresh off of Hollywood's female heroine assembly line in China. I could go on...

I think the lesson about Anakin was he would do anything to stay in control of things. I wasn't shocked that he turned on Padme, he thought she had brought Obi Wan with him. I even thought there were hints he thought it was an affair.

invisibleX · May 30, 2005, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by itistoday

They don't act like people do in real life. They do not respond to situations the way any human being does. I don't think there was a single character in that film with a sense of humor. They sounded like hollow wooden dolls that were reading from a poorly written script. Take, for example, Anakin Skywalker. There's nothing remotely real about him. All of his actions in the film, like his "turn to the darkside" where he goes from a loving husband to a wife beater and child murderer in a matter of seconds, and every one of his facial expressions, were completely unrealistic. Padme's character was simply fresh off of Hollywood's female heroine assembly line in China. I could go on...

Humorous? You DID watch the movie, right?

If you'd actually watch 2 and 3 you'd see the point, Anakin is slowly turned. First he fears losing her, then he'll do anything to preserve her. Movies would be no fun if everyone reacted as you expected them too (and how many prescient jedi do you know anyway?).

You're asking too much of any movie. Originality, deep carefully crafted evolving characters, an immersive feeling.. this is what you expect from a book not a movie and definitely not a movie like Starwars.

itistoday · May 30, 2005, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by invisibleX

Humorous? You DID watch the movie, right?

If you'd actually watch 2 and 3 you'd see the point, Anakin is slowly turned. First he fears losing her, then he'll do anything to preserve her. Movies would be no fun if everyone reacted as you expected them too (and how many prescient jedi do you know anyway?).

Yes, I did watch all 6 movies. Umm... it's not about predictability, that's an aspect of plot, not character. Realistic characters means that if something falls on their foot they say "ow!" and not "I feel like eating my fingernails today".

You're asking too much of any movie. Originality, deep carefully crafted evolving characters, an immersive feeling.. this is what you expect from a book not a movie and definitely not a movie like Starwars.

Are you ****ing kidding me? Or do you just watch shitty movies all the time?

itistoday · May 30, 2005, 06:03 PM

You're asking too much of any movie. Originality, deep carefully crafted evolving characters, an immersive feeling.. this is what you expect from a book not a movie and definitely not a movie like Starwars.

I'll even give you an example that's quite similar (it's a sci-fi trilogy) to Star Wars that achieves this: Back to the Future.