Damn, it was loads of fun. I went in not
expecting much either....I mean, I really liked the trilogy but
never considered myself a fanatic. Mainly I went because Gracie
and Sweetie are Star Wars *maniacs*.
Eye candy is right. Gorgeous sets, costumes,
overall production design. Tons of closeups of the ever-alluring
Liam Neeson and the 'I Wouldn't Kick Him Out Of Bed For Eating
Crackers' Ewan Mac/McGregor. The light saber fight scenes nearly
had me standing on my seat. You can really see the influence of
the rise of the martial arts film in those sequences. Totally,
completely and utterly blew away the fight scenes from the first
three.
Darth Maul is the best bad guy I have seen in
years. You don't see him much, he has barely three lines of
dialogue, but DAMN do you hate him!
What's kind of cool is the way Lucas tips his
hand a few times WRT characters......you know who they *really*
are, but it's clear that the other characters don't, and it adds
nicely to the dramatic tension.
Oh, and the pod race, the pod race! Yippee! It
was sooooo coool!
Yes, yes, yes, the movie brought out the kid in
me (like that's hard!) It's a real-life, honest-to-God, Saturday
matinee with popcorn type movie and it works. I loved it, and I'm
going again.
