not as quotable as ND
Well that movie rocked all kinds of nonsense. Especially the last 45 minutes. Very entertaining stuff.
For me it was the first movie of the three prequels to create a plausible film universe, where the story existed on a deeper level than just the flat surface of the movie screen. I felt close to the same way I did when watching the Cloud City scenes in Episode V, where I felt a true sense of escapism, like for a moment I existed in the world created there on the screen, its logic was my own, enveloping my mind.
The screenplay is still horrendous. The real actors in the movie elevated themselves above their peers by simply doing something, anything, with their lines and giving them a modicum of inflection and authenticity. Fortunately the other tools at the filmmaker’s disposal filled in quite well–the score, for one, is magnificent, and tomes have already been written about the sure-footed spectacle of the CGI.
I’d see it again. The cringe-inducing moments wage a war (a Star War, even–ha) of attrition against their light-side counterparts, but in the end it’s the latter that carry the day and redeem the film.
Haven’t seen it yet!!!!! *pout*
Go see it! I hope I didn’t give anything away…Did I give something away?
It took me a bit to figure out which movie you were talking about.
I was being deliberately mysterious. Okay not really.
Happy Friday!
Nope, didn’t give anything away. I was supposed to have a ticket opening night, but I was in Fort Myers and the ticket was in Orlando. Ohh, well, my boyfriend won’t let me depart the country without seeing it.
Oh, and I finished Davinci Code last week. I can’t believe it took me that long to get through! But this semester was terribly hectic.
Congrats :) You should post your impressions of it at some point. I think it’s a really important book for believers to familiarize themselves with, ’cause if we thought the media attention was focused intently on it this past year, I have a feeling it’s nothing like what we’ll see when the movie comes out next year. People will be talking about this thing and its implications. Inerrancy of the Bible, the divinity of Jesus, you name it…
Hope you’re having a lovely Friday :)
I agree, it’s something we believers need to familiarize ourselves with. I thought it was a decent plotline, a great thriller, although I don’t believe a word of the “conspiracy.” The symbolistic points of the book – the paintings, the double entendres and the clues – are amazing, but I still don’t think those things together bring the theory to fruition. Well-written, I must say, as well.
I am having a much better Friday than I was a Thursday yesterday. Thank you :)