geek hat - post 318
17 years ago
General
Tonight I sat down and watched Star Wars Ep III for the first time (yeah... I know...). I watched it with my brother in law and after we sat at talked geek movies. We talked about the whole Star Wars series, the books that followed (I've read a ton, he hasn't read any), what we liked and what we didn't like about Ep III. Then we traveled to other movie topics like the Alien series, the Terminator series (movie and tv) and even though in some RoboCop. It was fun and I honestly haven't done that in a long while.
So for the record... Alien 3 is my favorite of the Alien movies. Terminators 1 and 2 rock, 3 sucks (so I'm told anyway) and I liked Ep III best of the new trilogy. But it still lacks the quaintness of Ep IV, which is the best in my books. ^_^
So for the record... Alien 3 is my favorite of the Alien movies. Terminators 1 and 2 rock, 3 sucks (so I'm told anyway) and I liked Ep III best of the new trilogy. But it still lacks the quaintness of Ep IV, which is the best in my books. ^_^
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Ranking the Star Wars films, I usually put them in this order from best to worst: 5, 3, 6, 2, 1, 4. My opinion, of course. The Empire Strikes Back is still my favorite because of the psychological battle between Vader and Luke, which is the same reason I rank Return of the Jedi at third. The battle with Luke, Vader, and The Emperor is fantastic. But I love Revenge of the Sith for Anakin's decent toward the Dark Side. His conflicting emotions, torn loyalty, and misguided judgment all lead up to one of my favorite battles in all of Star Wars. The Anakin versus Obi-Wan duel on Mustafar is just awesome. Putting the dialog aside, I just love the choreography. The way the fight moves from a wide area, into claustrophobic corridors, then on a narrow beam, before plunging toward a river of lava, is awe inspiring. Just the way their tactics, technique, and actions change depending on the environment. Amazing.
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WTF??
any way nothing bits ROBOCOP the original ..
and Terminator three is ok .. it has its moments
I never really got Alien 3, a bunch of Hardasses with axes vs. a single Runner
Star wars ep 4-6 was a romantic-adventure sci-fi, and it created a legend. As for ep 1-3...they are ok. Sadly the romantic plot was not well developed as it was draging along Anakin's libido...which sucked. The battle scenes were all samurai like too...nothing from the original there either. In 4-6 the figthing were decided with smartness and strategy too not just with force. In ep 1-3 mostly the strongest survived. :( There's a couple of characters which are mentionable thoug. General Grievious was an absolute hit, a bomb. Also Ventress could have made it to the movies too. Sadly she was away taking a holiday or something. From the new series ep 3 is the best...probobly because the plot is beeing revealed, and that's always a good part in films. :P
Robocop. Good movie in it's old way.
Alien. I love the series. (AVP sucks, and i tell it why, if you ask.) Well designed. I always liked the lonley runner stories much better then the unbeatable alien armada. I always pictured the aliens as a pack rather then a swarm. Killing a swarm is allways long and booring. Hunting for some smaller group is more exciting.
Terminator 1-2 is fantastic. Ep 3's plot defines logic...So it sucks too.At least the visual effects are fine.