Movies, Movies, Movies!

[Set2Stun]

Gotta create a new movie discussion thread here.

This week I decided to go through the Star Wars prequel trilogy again before finishing up the Andor series and rewatching Rogue One. Aaaaand they're not great!

I still want to toss child Anakin into a sarlacc pit, and I'd love to see a scene where Jar-Jar gets tortured to death, but it's still an entertaining movie overall. Dumb lore, horrible dialogue, cartoonish CGI throughout definitely hurt the picture, but there are some very good parts, like the pod race and the Darth Maul fight. I can't imagine rewatching it anytime soon, though. Might be the last time.

Episode II is probably the weakest of the three, as a big focus is the absolutely cringey romance between Anakin and Padmé. There's simply no reason for her to be interested him as far as I can tell. He's a petulant child, a whiner, who's obsessive, possessive, and rather creepy. Plus, he hates sand. I will admit that the last 40 minutes of the movie are very cool and thrilling. Hate it all you want - the Yoda fight kicks ass.

I finished the last one yesterday evening, and I think it's the best of the three. It's not a cartoonish kid's movie; it's dark, disturbing, and at times shockingly violent. There are still some silly moments, such as, "I have the high ground!" but there's a lot more good than bad here. It did suffer a bit by our knowing which characters were going to live, whereas in Episode I we're not really sure outside of the main core.

I haven't seen Rogue One for a while now. Looking forward to revisiting it !

 

[Naja Noir]

The child Anakin didn't bother me as much as he bothered others. And though I found Jar Jar a bit, jarring at times, I don't hate him either. I love the theory that suggests he was a hidden Sith Lord. Make those rewatches interesting anyhow.

I'm a Star Wars fan, not quite a nerd, but a fan and have read a couple of the "Legends" books, Darth Plagueis" being my favorite, though it's Vader who I find myself often quoting. I'm admittedly not one to normally root for the bad guys, (they are evil yes) but I get really tired of the dogmatic Jedi. Their need for total control of the galaxy is quite dystopian to my mind. I have rooted for them, sure, but when I start a rewatch lately, I always just feel pretty, "meh" about the Jedi.

I agree the last one of the three is by far the best. I know people didn't care for the actor, but watching him go dark and transform are some of my favorite moments out of the entire franchise.


I'm a sucker for Sci-FI movies, where new worlds are explored in fantastical detail. I watched first Dune, loved it, but not gotten back to it. I suppose I will at some point.

Haven't watched the Netflix show/miniseries Rebel Moon yet. I'm thinking that's where I'm headed though.

Got any good sci-fi recommendations? Movies or miniseries?

 

[Set2Stun]

Yeah I can see why the Jedi can be seen as stuffy scolds. Still better than being genocidal space nazis though

The two recent Dune movies are awesome. Had to get copies on 4K since I do plan on watching them many more times. I thought Rebel Moon was okay, not amazing or anything, but as you mentioned it's fun to explore new universes. I don't think it deserved the hate that it got, but it's sounding like Netflix is going to bail on the franchise after just the two movies.

A really neat sci-fi movie that I like to recommend is Prospect. It's a few years old now but it still feels like no one knows about it, even though one of the leads is the ubiquitous Pedro Pascal. There's also a new series of Love, Death + Robots which I will be viewing immediately once I resub to flix. I still gotta make the most of my Apple, Crave, and D+ subs before they expire.

 

[DLC]

I love Lord of the Rings. I cannot express my disappointment at that abomination they put on Prime. They turned Galadriel into Anime Girlboss and totally forgot she's already married to a guy named Celeborn. Then it gets worse. So I gave up midway thru the 2nd episode. Muh lore.

 

[Set2Stun]

I love Lord of the Rings. I cannot express my disappointment at that abomination they put on Prime. They turned Galadriel into Anime Girlboss and totally forgot she's already married to a guy named Celeborn. Then it gets worse. So I gave up midway thru the 2nd episode. Muh lore.

I tried SO HARD to love this show. I ignored all the nonsense as best I could and tried to focus on the good bits. I did not finish the third episode of season 2 and I haven't looked back. So very sad and disappointing. It's quite the feat to make a LotR project worse than the Hobbit movies, yet here we are.

Got the LotR extended edition discs on 4K a while ago, so I'll just keep watching those instead.

Question - Which is the best LotR movie?

I think it has to be Fellowship.

 

[Luxuria]

I understand how you feel about the prequels. I loved them when I was young (and yes, Jar Jar. Not going to lie. I was a kid.) But I think the thing that bothers me most about the prequels is that it is all the scenes you didn't need in a book? Like it's all people TALKING about what they did, not showing what they did. The best example is when Anakin and Obi-Wan (Does it have a dash?) are talking in the elevator in #2. It's a very short scene, but Anakin's saying:
"Remember the time we got caught in that alien animal nest and I had to save you?"

And me, the viewer am like, "couldn't we see that? Instead of this boring elevator ride to another scene of talking?" It's like ALL the action happens off screen. And when it DOES, it's...okay. I think George wrote the thing ass backwards. I still love the films, but we didn't NEED to see the trade negotiations go wrong in #1. We could have SHOWED the bad things happening on Naboo. Like, the Prequels are "Anakin and Obi-wan reminisce on the good ol' days while being forced to deal with government affairs."

That's really all.

Also, Anakin's fall to the Dark Side was TOO fast. Like, the time spans in the movies is crazy.