Is it wrong to like this?

Because if it is, then I don't want to be right.

Star Wars, Episode III

Well, I've seen it. Hrmm...

I'm not quite sure what to say. Don't get me wrong, I loved it- but I don't quite feel right...
Back when Episode I came out, I walked out of the theater a hyperactive pile of joy in love with Star Wars again. Of course, the movie soured on repeat veiwings, but at the moment, all I could see was Podraces and Lightsaber fights and awesome Jedi.
When I walked out of AOTC, I felt pretty good- not the best, nor better then TPM, but I still liked it.
When I walked out of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, I was a gibbering idiot, crying, weeping and loving it.
Here... Im just, well, satisfied. It was a damn good movie. That is all. It didn't blow me away, and it didn't disapoint me. I guess, I can just say it met my expectations. Did not excede, did not disapoint, just met them in every way.

After reading lots of spoiler reviews, I want to adress several things.
First, Everybody hated Vaders 'Noooo' scene. I didn't mind that at all. It worked fine.
On the other hand, everybody loves Palpy, who I though had a rather shaky performance at times- mostly during the Mace/Palpy duel.
The Space Battle was incredible visually, but lacked the emotional impact of the Two Death Star runs, and even the Phantom Menace's space battle.
The slaughtering of the Jedi across the galacy was beutiful. The slaughtering of the Jedi Temple was pretty good.
The romance wasnt too bad.
The Yoda/Palpy duel, while awesome, was entirly too short. On the other hand, the Anakin/Obi duel was powerful, emotional and incredible looking, but a bit long.
Grevious took a minute to get used to his voice, but afterwards, was great. His death wasn't the best, but better then Boba Fetts in Jedi.
Anybody who is looking for political messages is full of crap.
R2 Kicks Ass. Nuff said.

Overall? I don't know. Im giving it a 9/10 and a high recomendation to see. Ill need repeat viewings to get a full picture on where it lies.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Movie Review

To all worried Hitchhiker fans: DON'T PANIC.

Ive seen several complaints, and honestly, I can understand where they are coming from. But that doesn't make them right.

It was enjoyable, fun, and dazzling. The visuals were incredible, the jokes were laugh out loud funny, and the charm was perfect.

It had a couple of minor problems, but heck, what movie doesn't? While not a faithful word for word adaption of the book, its suffeciently captures the spirit of the book, and really, thats all thats important.

Grade? 8.5/10

Worth rewatching? Definatly.

ROTS: Music Video with new footage

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First Review of ROTS by Kevin SMith

Hawt! Spoilers! Be Warned!


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You've been warned...

- "Revenge of the Sith" is, quite simply, ******* awesome. This is the "Star Wars" prequel the haters have been ******** for since "Menace" came out, and if they don't cop to that when they finally see it, they're lying. As dark as "Empire" was, this movie goes a thousand times darker - from the triggering of Order 66 (which has all the Shock Troopers turning on the Jedi Knights they've been fighting beside throughout the Clone Wars and gunning them down), to the jaw-dropping Anakin/Obi Wan fight on Mustafar (where - after cutting his legs and arm off, Ben leaves Skywalker burning alive on the shores of a lava river, with Anakin spitting venomous sentiments at his departing mentor), this flick is so satisfyingly tragic, you'll think you're watching "Othello" or "Hamlet".

I saw a gorgeous digitally projected version of the flick, and lemme tell ya': this is a beautiful looking film. The opening space battle sequence is the best in any of the six "Star Wars" movies. Grievous and Kenobi's lightsaber duel is bad-ass, with Grievous rocking four sabers. The Clone Wars end rather early in the flick (about the halfway point), leaving the rest of the film to concentrate on Anakin's turn to the Dark Side, and the resulting slaughter of the Jedi.

Perfect example of how dark **** gets: remember the Younglings - the kid Jedis in training from "Clones"? As a result of Order 66, when Anakin invades the Jedi Temple with an army of Clone Troopers, he enters the Council room to find a gaggle of said younglings hiding behind the seats. They see Anakin and emerge, asking "What should we do, Master Anakin?" The query's met with a stone-cold Anakin firing up his lightsaber. The next time you see the kids, Yoda's sifting through their corpses on the floor.

Yes, it's just that dark - and rightfully so. This is the birth of Darth Vader we're talking about. The only comic moments in the flick are given to R2D2, and while good, they're all pretty few and far between; the order of the day is dark, dark, dark.

Ian McDiarmid and Ewan McGregor steal the show, but Hayden Christensen silences any naysayers who wrote him off as too whiney in "Clones". This is the flick that feels closest to Episodes 4, 5, and 6, because - for the first time since "Return of the Jedi" - there is a clear villain. And for all the shadow-play Palpatine has been upto in the last two flicks, his treachery is about as subtle as John Williams' score in "Sith." Whether he's slowly drawing Anakin toward the Dark Side during an opera/performance art piece with his promise of the Sith's power of life over death, or he's engaged in a balls-to-the-wall lightsaber duel in the Senate with Yoda, his "Little, green friend" (his words, not mine - which I kinda dug, because, interestingly, I think it's the first time anyone's acknowledged that Yoda is green in any of the "Star Wars" flicks), this is the Emperor's movie.

The last fifteen minutes dovetail nicely into Episode 4 (or just plain "Star Wars" for you non-geeks), and the movie is full of link-up moments as well.

- At flick's end, Threepio and Artoo are given to Captain Antilles (with the caveat that the Protocol's memory be wiped).

- The twins, natch, are split up. Leia heads to Alderann with Bail Organa, and Obi Wan hands Luke over to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru (indeed, the closing shot is Owen holding Luke while looking out over the setting suns of Tatooine - mimicking the shot of the adult Luke doing the same in "Star Wars", complete with callback cue from Williams).

- After he succumbs to the Dark Side, Anakin tries to convine Padme that he can overthrow Palpatine, and together, he and Padme can rule the galaxy as husband and wife.

- Vader and the Emperor stand beside a younger Grand Moff Tarkin on the bridge of a Star Destroyer, overlooking the earliest construction stage of the Death Star.

- Yoda telling Obi Wan that, as he heads to Tatooine to hand over Luke and go into exile, that he should spend his time learning to commune with those who've crossed over to the next stage of life, as Yoda maintains he's been doing with Qui Gon (and Ben will later do with both Luke and Yoda, in "Empire" and "Jedi").

- And, hands-down, the best link-up to "Star Wars" moment that I enjoyed the most: Bail Organa and Yoda stepping into the hallway of the Rebel Blockade Runner that opened "Star Wars". Unlike all the high-tech CGI wizardry of the rest of the prequel Trilogy, this is a low-tech looking set, right out of circa '77, and for some reason, it really captured my imagination. I mean, this is the same exact hallway in which we got our first look at Vader, oh so many years ago, and I appreciated the hell out of Mr. Lucas including it - because it really felt like a nod to the hardcores.

Look, this is a movie I was genetically predisposed to love. I remember being eight years old, and reading in "Starlog" that Darth Vader became the half-man/half-machine he was following a duel with Ben Kenobi that climaxed with Vader falling into molten lava. Now, twenty six years later, I finally got to see that long-promised battled - and it lived up to any expectation I still held. I was sad to see the flick end, but happy to know it's not the end of the "Star Wars" universe entirely (I've read stuff about a TV show...).

Transformers: Galaxy Force Goodness

Arrgh, Im a poor fanboy torn between two loves... Even as Lucas is making me drool over ROTK, Hastak is promising sweet love in the form of beutiful toys.

Clockwise, from top left: BT Prowl, BT Wildrider, "Exigazer", "Back Guild", "First Gunner", Kup & Wheelie, Soundwave, Galvatron, Road Storm, Chromia

Rumble

Sonic Bomber

That sound you heard was my wallet commiting suicide. *whimper*

7 Minutes of Episode III Hits the net.

Holy cow. Lucas out did even himself. I didnt think that was possible. The only thing that could make this movie perfect is if Jar Jar died. Until then, its only 99% Perfect.

Tickets in hand. Cannoy Wait. W00000

Ancient, but Beutiful

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