Comments on: Notes taken while viewing Star Wars 3 (Spoilers abound)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:14:35 +0000

Hilarious. I laughed out loud, especially at the wookie "subtitles"… Just FYI, but I would like to point out to everybody that the reason that General Grievous coughs all through the movie is because Mace Windu crushes his chest in "Clone Wars", which aired on Cartoon Planet and is now available on dvd. "Clone Wars" by the way, is much better than this last installment of the trilogy…

By: Widge

Widge — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:28:41 +0000

Dannan: Thanks for spreading the word. I had no idea that when I was taking these notes they would get passed around so much. It's very gratifying. And, you know, sad, that I'll probably be hit by a truck soon and this is what I'll be remembered for. And yes, EVERYONE should watch BATTLEFIELD EARTH. Do so with alcohol if possible, though that's certainly not necessary. I don't even drink and I felt drunk I laughed so hard.

By: Dannan Tavona

Dannan Tavona — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:22:58 +0000

I've been thinking about the game levels since I saw the first one. You're the first reviewer I've seen to comment on it. It's almost like the people writing the games had a hand in writing the scripts; a sad case where marketing drives the movies, rather than plot and whatnot. I'm sharing the link around because the movie notes were really funny!

Have not seen Travolta's BE. Funny, huh? Maybe will check it out later.

By: Widge

Widge — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:19:15 +0000

DW: Yeah, it's pretty amazing that Lucas has all of this skull sweat poured into "fixing" his problems. And he doesn't even award No-Prizes! Thanks for reading.

By: Dirty Wookie

Dirty Wookie — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:01:54 +0000

Well, here's to increasing the size of this site and making it more accessible via Google.

Completely agree with your astute points. And what is it these days with the BBS's and message boards filling up with the apologist fourteen year olds who "fanwank" their way through justification after justification about Grievous's cough(fuckin lame and distracting as HELL), the Death Star construction time frame and just WHY these stupid new "buzz droids" cannot be "force pushed" off ships. I would like to hunt down each one of these stupid little spotty faced dickheads and make them read an ACTUAL book-one that is not "based on the video game".

Oh and speaking of video games, your comments about the different game "levels" was SPOT on.

Keep up the good work.

By: Widge

Widge — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:58:12 +0000

B: And anyone who thinks of George Lucas as a fucking legitimate writer or director needs to have his head examined. Can he create a phenom? Yes. Can he maintain the phenom? Apparently yes. Can he make lots of money? Yes, for which I respect him greatly. He feeds the masses shit and they thank him and give him money for it. Personally I'm a firm believer in the idea that fools and their money should be parted at the soonest opportunity. But can he write or direct worth a good goddamn? No. I haven't seen anyone able to defend that, least of all you. You haven't even attempted to refute any of my criticisms because you know you can't. You haven't even attempted to refute the implication I made above that Episode 3 is "No Skin Off Your Nose" made cinematic flesh…because you know you can't. And for every comment you add to this page (or attempt to add to it, since I doubt your third attempt is going to have anything worth saying in it) you just make my site bigger and more likely to be found via Google and other search engines, and thus exposing my supposedly ignorant observations to more people. Who will probably agree with me over you since I'm actually putting forward ideas and concepts instead of just wasting everybody's time. So I urge you to come back and comment as much as possible, you're just, in the long run, increasing my page views and hits. Thanks, amigo!

By: b

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:12:43 +0000

Anyone who thinks of Ayn Rand as f–king legitimate literature should never pick up a keyboard. You try reading a real book–try some actual philosophy like, I dunno, The Apology (though you might be bored because there are no rape fantasies with male architects).

By: Widge

Widge — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:00:43 +0000

Dear B: I notice you don't really defend the film against what I've said here because, on the whole, the film is indefensible IMO. Instead, you're falling back on accusing me of not paying attention to the film, as though somehow scrutinizing this piece of shit more closely than I normally do while watching a film would have suddenly illuminated me in a way that would cause Lucas' hackery to make sense. I'm glad you showed up, to be frank: I was beginning to wonder where the hate comments and hate mail were. But if you think that this is a great movie, that's all well and good, but I have three words for you: ELLSWORTH TOOHEY WINS. Now if you don't know what that means, then put down the light saber and read a real fucking book. You have a nice day.

By: b

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:31:42 +0000

Doesn't appear that you gave this movie much of a chance. I think you averaged two criticisms per minute for much of the movie. Seems like you were more interested in blogging out your rage into your super-hip "Sidekick" than looking at what was up on the screen. Ugh.

By: Widge

Widge — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:54:02 +0000

Mike: Well, you guessed it. They did bribe all the critics. You should have seen my review BEFORE they paid me. Wow. Thanks for reading.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:37:51 +0000

single handledly the WORST movie I've seen so far. The plot was weak. The acting was horrible. The dialog distracting. I know were most of the budget for this bomb went to…to bribe the critics

By: Widge

Widge — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:57:19 +0000

Sarah: McGregor was even more impressive, at least from a channeling Guinness standpoint, in Episode I. His mimicry of Sir Alec was amazing in that one. Surprisingly, the only channeling that was as good that year was Rob Lowe doing a young Robert Wagner in Austin Powers 2. So go figure. Thanks for reading.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:14:39 +0000

The notes were hilarious….I couldn't get over how the dialogue would go from over the top formal ("Oh Anakin, let us go back to the early days of our love, where there were no wars blah blah blah") to modern day trite ("I don't even know you any more!") between one scene and the next.
What I did like is that I could picture Ewan McGregor as a young Alex Guiness, and you have to admit that you can't walk out of any Star Wars movie without an overwhelming desire for a light saber and a suit that makes you sound like James Earl Jones.

BTW, your "C'mere you sexy bunhead" line made me fall out of my chair laughing.

By: Jakanden

Jakanden — Tue, 31 May 2005 17:30:30 +0000

Very funny man. Even though I fully enjoyed Episode III, these were still hilarious

By: Widge

Widge — Tue, 31 May 2005 05:34:34 +0000

Mr. Threeve: Are you saying you think Obi-Wan should have used Jar-Jar as his steed instead of the giant iguana? LOL. That actually would have been pretty amusing. Wrong…but amusing. Thanks for reading.