Music & Movies

I thought Padme's leather outfit was overrated...

So much for the *last* crusade. How ancient can that guy be now?

George Lucas? Not that old... He wasn't even 35 for the first 3.

She means Harrison Ford. But Harrison Ford is Good. He saved Star Wars from oblivion, you know. Improvised his own dialogue to give the story some kind of sense of humor. Come to think of it, maybe it's a sense of humor, rather than talent, that Lucas lacks.

At least Lucas has accomplished one thing that all the old authors/artists/musicians have: Either you love him or you hate him. Not everyone is gonna agree with everyone else's vision of reality and opinion of what constitutes art. If I was in the same line of work I'd make what I thought was great, and not expect everyone to like it. I wouldn't put in more sex or more violence or change some dude's name just because someone said they didn't like it. I'd hafta be true to my vision whatever anyone else thought of it because if I'm not happy with it no one else is gonna be either. I might listen to public opinion, but then I'd do what I wanted to anyway. So maybe it's better if he refuses to even listen to ppl who insult his work, because if he listened and then ignored what he heard it might seem more like a fuck you than it does.

But does *anyone* think the dialogue is acceptable? I don't have any beef with the story -- the story is good. It's the presentation, which takes a nose dive anytime people have to speak.

To sum up -- tell your own story, but for god's sake tell it well.

Has anyone seen the "Borne idenity" yet? I kinda want to see it but I am wondering if it is any good or not.

It looks cool on the preview! But hell with it, previews are suppose to be convincing right.

Star Wars dialogue isn't bad, except the Anakin/Padme scenes. I think the movie would've been better if the corruption had been much more subtle, but just as powerful. Maybe a bit along the lines of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings. He sounds like a whiny little kid very often - How does he get that from losing his mother?

I think although Lucas doesn't seem to like critics, he could use some constructive criticism.

Prof, I think to be fair to Natalie Portman, it was Padme that sucked, she did the best she could with some very contrived bits. And you're right. The "I love you now" dialogue does make logical sense in the context of "Well we're probably going to die now", but you're right, it's not about the logical sense, it's about whether or not it sings or goes clunk. And there was definitely a loud clunk on that scene. Maybe she could have blamed it better. I find it funny that whenever a movie goes really well the actor/director takes the credit. When it sucks the first person to get the blame is the writer.

Well, in this case the director and the writer are the same...

I saw the Bourne Identity tonight. It was all right. It's got a bit of an unsatisfying ending and there's all this voodoo thrown in there that in my mind really detracts from what otherwise could have been a solid, kick-ass story. The acting is pretty good. Funniest moment: "That guy just jumped out a window! Why would anyone DO that???"