"Obi Wan...There's good in him. I know...There's...Still..."
I finally saw my favorite Star Wars film on the big screen and it was the greatest theater experience of my life. The ornate Grecian marble architecture of The Cabot couldn't be more appropriate for this tragic dark fantasy opera. Some of the best visual storytelling I've ever seen, everything from the performances to the effects to the editing feels so detailed and intentional; the way the skies become darker and more clouded…
"You are my creation! I made you!"
What a weird little movie. It's definitely made a lot more enjoyable when put up against Godzilla (1998), the film whose hype it was obviously made to capitalize on (sidenote; it's upsetting to me that Letterboxd still hasn't added the Godzilla '98 inspired poster for this movie, maybe because it titles the movie 'Reptillian' rather than 'Yonggary?). Funny to think that the ripoff was the movie with more love and care put into…
Alright, let me get this straight.
This is...
1) The only film in the series with an actual plot.
2) The only film in the series with an actual structure.
3) The only film in the series with proactive characters instead of merely reactive ones.
4) The only film in the series where characters actually spend a decent amount of time outside.
5) The only film in the series where the characters are all fairly intelligent and immediately take the…
Fuck you, Roland Emmerich.
Fuck you for your depiction of happy pseudo-slaves who want nothing more than to work for their masters all day in the field.
Fuck you for simplifying a morally complex and nuanced war between combatants that had parents and children and loved ones into a simplistic “good vs. evil” wankfest.
Fuck you for trying to create a hero narrative out of an unrepentant, slave owning mass murderer solely because he didn’t kill white people and you…
