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Fifteen years ago, the most memed movie of all time was released. How do we feel about it today?
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This might work in a cheerleader show, but in a battle to the death it doesn't make any sense, even from a fantasy point of view. Zero. Nada. What they're doing there is hilariously stupid, and the only outcome would be the first one starting this idiocy is dead on the spot by giving such an opening.
Because they completely ran out of time.
Episode I has no relevance to any of this trilogy. It mainly establishes characters who'd take no further part; child Anakin, his mother, Qui-Gonn, Maul and the Gungans.
Episode II sort of starts to introduce some semblance of a plot for our central characters to get involved in, but it's too big and baggy and doesn't cover anywhere near enough ground, choosing instead to go for big FX sequences.
So we get to Episode III and having not developed any characters nor established their motivations we've now got just over two hours left to try to tell almost three movies' worth of story. Cue clunky exposition and things happening inorganically because there's no time left to let them breathe. Palps just admitting he's a Sith for no reason, Palps just melting his own face for no reason, Anakin deciding the Jedi are evil for no reason, Anakin strangling his wife for no reason, Obi Wan not finishing Anakin off for no reason, Vader realising he's been tricked but just meekly going along with everything for no reason.
They barely spend any time planting the first seeds of the Empire, so Padme's rebellion subplot was always going to get cut.
It's objectively bad. So surreal seeing people enjoy any prequel movie.
I sincerely believe prequel love came about the same way as Donald Trump. People laughed at something stupid long enough until they went too far down the rabbit hole and started to take it seriously.
I sincerely believe prequel love came about the same way as Donald Trump. People laughed at something stupid long enough until they went too far down the rabbit hole and started to take it seriously.
It's the dumbest scene and that's the dumbest explanation I've ever heard for that scene. "Shall we take a break, nah lets waste our energy spinning our swords in a really stupid awkward way leaving ourselves wide open for attack". Anakin instead decides not to and cuts Obi Wan in half while he has his sword behind his back.
On a rewatch about a year ago, I found that I thought this was easily the WORST Star Wars. Most of the problems I associate with the prequels are in this movie. It is absolutely packed with terrible acting, even from usually good actors. Non-stop CGI sets and body doubles (holy fuck CGI Count Dooku at the beginning). Terrible fight choreography. Terrible camera work. Terrible everything. I found Episode 1 and 2 boring, but this one I just found to be such trash.
It was a bad film with only one scene where I actually felt like the characters were real, the one where Padme and Anakin stare across Coruscant as he contemplates whether he should save Palpatine. No surprise that it's the only scene where we are spared the agony of George's dialogue.
Fair play to John Williams for doing everything in his power to save the movie, he turned in a great score that didn't deserve to be chained to such a bad story.
Fair play to John Williams for doing everything in his power to save the movie, he turned in a great score that didn't deserve to be chained to such a bad story.
I know it's personal opinions and all. But, I just don't get how people can enjoy a movie with suuuuuuch bad acting. There is probably no movie I understand the love for less.
I have massive massive massive issues with how the new trilogy was handled. Rise was a fucking mess.
But I can't believe someone can rewatch the prequels and then rewatch the new trilogy and tell me with a straight face the prequels are better. Because I definitely held them up to a higher standard. But when Disney + came out I did a rewatch and Y I K ES
But I can't believe someone can rewatch the prequels and then rewatch the new trilogy and tell me with a straight face the prequels are better. Because I definitely held them up to a higher standard. But when Disney + came out I did a rewatch and Y I K ES
I also thought this was going to be about Shrek. A movie I enjoyed at the time and would have completely forgotten about if not for memes.
At Gencon (huge tabletop gaming convention in Indianapolis) a few years ago, me and a friend went into a local bar/eatery that themes themselves for the duration of the con, and is always showing geek-oriented movies on their screens instead of sports during it, too. We got there and RotS was on, and based on where we THOUGHT it was, we were like, "Oh, this is almost over, we'll eat our food and stay until it ends before going back into the convention." and omg were we wrong. This movie never ends. It just keeps going.
For me Clone Wars elevates the story ROTS was trying to tell, but not the movie itself. Clone Wars is so much better that I have trouble reconciling it with ROTS. The Anakins may as well be different people.
Yeah, RotS was the best of the 3 piles of shit that were the prequels. At least they were memorable. The only thing I remember from the sequels is Super Leia in space cause I nearly died from laughter.
But why ???
Lmfaoo this shit gets me everytime
It's hard to ignore everything this movie could have been and isn't, but in spite of that it's still an entertaining movie with some great scenery.
It's still so funny to me how people think this is a better movie than Attack of the Clones. On top of the crap dialogue that's pervasive throughout the entire PT, everything in this movie is so forced.
It's a fun mess. The actual writing is garbage but a good deal of the action holds up. Of the prequels this movie is also the only one that feels like it ties into the OT in a way that means anything.
It doesn't deserved to be memed as much as it has though. Shrek should be the most memed movie of the last 20 years.
It doesn't deserved to be memed as much as it has though. Shrek should be the most memed movie of the last 20 years.
Most-memed movie of all time...?
Shrek is memed as a character. Outside of Smash Mouth, the individual parts of all Shrek movies are generally not recognized.
The movie itself is... eh... but the story on concept is really great, as shown by the end of
Clone Wars.
Zombie film franchise living off past glories from almost 50 years ago, could be a metaphor for something.
Like the The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, it's dog shit. Unlike The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, it's watchable dog shit even when you're not three sheets to the wind or in the mood to dunk on low hanging fruit. It did give us Order 66 which is great. It also has the best meme material of the trilogy.
Basically, it's the best of the prequel trilogy by default but that's a title that means very little.
Basically, it's the best of the prequel trilogy by default but that's a title that means very little.
Just because it looks like there is an "Opening" doesn't necessarily mean that there really is one.
Just going for any supposed Opportunity is not something you should do when your life is on the line.
You need a safe Opportunity to strike, so does your opponent, which means that there will be a little dancing around each other for a while.
You get an impression of what your opponent is capable of, what he can react to and how fast, and eventually you will have built up the confidence that you can place a final blow to which your opponent definetely won't be able to react to and more importantly, isn't a trap.
