Star Wars
The post-Andor Star Wars hype continues! I made a list of thoughts while watching similar to my Rogue One review. Here it is (not ordered in positive and negative this time because its all positive:
You know, even after this franchise being diluted time and time again and being dragged into infinity, the title coming up with that booming score consistently hits like crack. Just the best.
Practical ship models are my favorite thing humanity has ever invented.
Kind of insane how 5 minutes into this movie you already have like 4 of the best science fiction character designs of all time.
I wouldn't say James Earl Jones voice work as Darth Vader is underrated because it's probably some of the most recognized voice work of all time, but I do think his performance here is. In most modern media they try to make Vader talk consistently the same and in a subdued manner (doesn't help that half of it is emotionless AI now which is gross) but he actually gets rather aggressive and yelly here! Big fan of his angrier deliveries. “And bring me the passengers! I want them alive!”
R2 and 3pO have got to be at their best here. They have the most to do in the plot compared to the other flicks but their chemistry is also just so fun.
I feel like I should give a shout out to the Jawa design because I was obsessed with them as a kid. Not even sure why I just loved those little guys.
Equally i love the design of the Sandcrawler. So cool to me.
Even more insane how like 15 minutes in and you already have multiple of the best compositions of music for a film ever made.
I love that it looks like R2 killed that other droid with pure mental malice. I still can't believe they brought that droid back as a cameo character to be The Mandalorian’s droid. Dave Filoni you are so washed.
I love that weird painting in the top of the lars homestead dining room.
Very funny how Owen is actively trying to get Luke away from Obi-Wan but drops that he is a wizard casually. Maybe don't mention that.
That binary sun scene. Yeah. Kind of what movies are all about. This movie just has such a spirit of adventure.
I find that scream Obi-Wan does to be so funny. How did he do all that?
Alec Guiness really eats up his first scene. A lot of depth to his performance, even though they didn't have the past specifically worked out yet you can sense a lot of pain.
Love his delivery of “and he was a good friend.”
I still think “it surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together” to maybe be my favorite read of the force in the series. Simple but you just get it.
LOVE the scene in the imperial office. Really efficiently written and I think the tension between Vader and all the officers is so interesting. He feels so out of place in a way they don't really touch on again.
Man i talked about it while watching Rogue One but the death star is so pleasing to look at. Top sci fi invention ever.
You couldn't count on 5 hands the amount of weird creatures and muppets that I love in Mos Eisley. George, you know the key to my heart.
When Obi-Wan cuts the arm off that angry bar guy you can really sense, at least to me, George’s samurai inspiration for the jedi. It feels like it's wielded a lot like a Katana here. One swift clean slice.
I love Greedo’s design so much. I remember wanting to be him for Halloween as a kid just because I liked his look so much.
Harrison Ford best guy ever.
I know i've already said it but an hour in and hyperspace made me think that it is once again insane how much of the most iconic imagery of all time is made here. Just something special, man.
Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher have a really great back and forth.
The alderaan explosion is actually wild. Such a great effect.
Holochess is so wizard.
Chewbacca is my friend :)
Buttons, Panels, Switches, little screens. Yeah.
1138!
“How are you?” Harrison Ford is so fucking funny.
I dont get super hung up on the stuff in the franchise i don't like (i literally just ignore it) and though selfishly some fans might like stuff from the Kenobi show seeing Ewan and Vader face off i really do like this being the first time they have encountered since Mustafar. There is such a weight to it.
The fact that there is just a slime creature chilling on the Death Star in the trash. George Lucas’ mind is irreplaceable.
Carrie is so goated.
I have no clue how a solo flick about Han Solo ended up so boring because he is the most chaotic and fun character man so damn funny. Why was he screaming like that when he ran down that hall lmao.
People love to retroactively shit on the confrontation between Ben and Vader (that viral “remake” is garbage) and its silly because while there is undeniably some magic in the faster than light hyper choreographed fights of the prequels there is equally something valid about the dramatic and samurai like fight going on here. There is so much tension and the dialogue is really piercing. Great scene. Hating on it is a middle school opinion.
There is so much said without dialogue in the look Ben gives Luke and then Vader before he accepts his fate. Alec is extremely underrated.
The sound design man.
“Do you think a princess and a guy like me-” “no”
The warmth my heart feels seeing Yavin in a post Andor world. That's my home!
George’s war film influences show so hard in the X-Wing dogfights. They go so hard. LOVE the trench run man.
It is simple but the “use the force” turning off the computer is so nice of a moment. Any time they can combine the spiritual aspect of this world with the military one even in subtle ways is so great to me.
Trench Run-Explosion entire sequence is so magic. Cassian Andor i hope you can see that from heaven or maybe hell. You would love it!
I love the score for the Yavin ceremony. Such a wish fulfillment happy moment.
Best sci-fi character designs. Best sci-fi ship designs. Best score. Best weird creatures. Best imagination.
Such a meld of so many different Lucas influences like war films and samurai movies but it all just works. A miracle of a movie. > You know, even after this franchise being diluted time and time again and being dragged into infinity, the title coming up with that booming score consistently hits like crack. Just the best.
Practical ship models are my favorite thing humanity has ever invented.
Kind of insane how 5 minutes into this movie you already have like 4 of the best science fiction character designs of all time.
I wouldn't say James Earl Jones voice work as Darth Vader is underrated because it's probably some of the most recognized voice work of all time, but I do think his performance here is. In most modern media they try to make Vader talk consistently the same and in a subdued manner (doesn't help that half of it is emotionless AI now which is gross) but he actually gets rather aggressive and yelly here! Big fan of his angrier deliveries. “And bring me the passengers! I want them alive!”
R2 and 3pO have got to be at their best here. They have the most to do in the plot compared to the other flicks but their chemistry is also just so fun.
I feel like I should give a shout out to the Jawa design because I was obsessed with them as a kid. Not even sure why I just loved those little guys.
Equally i love the design of the Sandcrawler. So cool to me.
Even more insane how like 15 minutes in and you already have multiple of the best compositions of music for a film ever made.
I love that it looks like R2 killed that other droid with pure mental malice. I still can't believe they brought that droid back as a cameo character to be The Mandalorian’s droid. Dave Filoni you are so washed.
I love that weird painting in the top of the lars homestead dining room.
Very funny how Owen is actively trying to get Luke away from Obi-Wan but drops that he is a wizard casually. Maybe don't mention that.
That binary sun scene. Yeah. Kind of what movies are all about. This movie just has such a spirit of adventure.
I find that scream Obi-Wan does to be so funny. How did he do all that?
Alec Guiness really eats up his first scene. A lot of depth to his performance, even though they didn't have the past specifically worked out yet you can sense a lot of pain.
Love his delivery of “and he was a good friend.”
I still think “it surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together” to maybe be my favorite read of the force in the series. Simple but you just get it.
LOVE the scene in the imperial office. Really efficiently written and I think the tension between Vader and all the officers is so interesting. He feels so out of place in a way they don't really touch on again.
Man i talked about it while watching Rogue One but the death star is so pleasing to look at. Top sci fi invention ever.
You couldn't count on 5 hands the amount of weird creatures and muppets that I love in Mos Eisley. George, you know the key to my heart.
When Obi-Wan cuts the arm off that angry bar guy you can really sense, at least to me, George’s samurai inspiration for the jedi. It feels like it's wielded a lot like a Katana here. One swift clean slice.
I love Greedo’s design so much. I remember wanting to be him for Halloween as a kid just because I liked his look so much.
Harrison Ford best guy ever.
I know i've already said it but an hour in and hyperspace made me think that it is once again insane how much of the most iconic imagery of all time is made here. Just something special, man.
Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher have a really great back and forth.
The alderaan explosion is actually wild. Such a great effect.
Holochess is so wizard.
Chewbacca is my friend :)
Buttons, Panels, Switches, little screens. Yeah.
1138!
“How are you?” Harrison Ford is so fucking funny.
I dont get super hung up on the stuff in the franchise i don't like (i literally just ignore it) and though selfishly some fans might like stuff from the Kenobi show seeing Ewan and Vader face off i really do like this being the first time they have encountered since Mustafar. There is such a weight to it.
The fact that there is just a slime creature chilling on the Death Star in the trash. George Lucas’ mind is irreplaceable.
Carrie is so goated.
I have no clue how a solo flick about Han Solo ended up so boring because he is the most chaotic and fun character man so damn funny. Why was he screaming like that when he ran down that hall lmao.
People love to retroactively shit on the confrontation between Ben and Vader (that viral “remake” is garbage) and its silly because while there is undeniably some magic in the faster than light hyper choreographed fights of the prequels there is equally something valid about the dramatic and samurai like fight going on here. There is so much tension and the dialogue is really piercing. Great scene. Hating on it is a middle school opinion.
There is so much said without dialogue in the look Ben gives Luke and then Vader before he accepts his fate. Alec is extremely underrated.
The sound design man.
“Do you think a princess and a guy like me-” “no”
The warmth my heart feels seeing Yavin in a post Andor world. That's my home!
George’s war film influences show so hard in the X-Wing dogfights. They go so hard. LOVE the trench run man.
It is simple but the “use the force” turning off the computer is so nice of a moment. Any time they can combine the spiritual aspect of this world with the military one even in subtle ways is so great to me.
Trench Run-Explosion entire sequence is so magic. Cassian Andor i hope you can see that from heaven or maybe hell. You would love it!
I love the score for the Yavin ceremony. Such a wish fulfillment happy moment.
Best sci-fi character designs. Best sci-fi ship designs. Best score. Best weird creatures. Best imagination.
Such a meld of so many different Lucas influences like war films and samurai movies but it all just works. A miracle of a movie.
I find it actually hard to talk about a movie like this (yes 1000 words is my "struggling to say much) becuase its perfect. Its lightning in a bottle in all the best ways. Changed my life and will forever be amazing. George Lucas i love you. One of the most special pieces of art there is.