- Oct 9, 2006
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Ok, we can start talking about it!
First off, I really enjoyed it, but I'll start with the stuff I didn't like...
- Yes, I agree that certain parts felt a bit dragged... especially the first 1/3rd of the film, with all the exposition and whatnot. I understood that they needed to get all the background and introductions out of the way, but it felt drawn out. Perhaps an opening crawl would have done the job, but I get why they wanted to make it different from the main story. Certain parts also felt a bit choppy.
- How ugly was that title-screen after the cold opening?! I didn't like it... looked cheap.
- The score... Star Wars music usually does it for me, but this didn't really work IMO. Nothing memorable. There were bits where it started to sound like something from SW, but panned out to a melody that I can't even remember. Again, I get that they didn't want to make it too similar to the OT, but it didn't give me that emotional connection.
- Not something I didn't like, but I know there will be those who din't like it... the CGI characters. Tarkin and Leia were needed to tell this story so I think it was necessary. You can tell that there was something artificial about it, but all things considered, I thought it looked ok.
- Not necessarily something I didn't like, but weird how so much from the trailers were cut from the final film.
- Would have liked to have seen more of Two Tubes... seemed like an interesting character.
Stuff I liked...
- That battle was amazing. A war-film indeed.
- Life under the Empire... the labor camps, the guards patrolling the various planets... that was cool to see.
- The last 5 minutes.
The Easter Eggs.
I probably missed a few, but off the top of my head...
- Blue milk
- The "I don't like you either, you just watch yourself" guys
- Red Leader, Gold Leader
- Organa mentioning a "Jedi friend", "Capt. Antillies" & him going to Alderaan.
- I have a bad feeling...
- The little Death Star plans graphic
- Ghost... saw it twice at least.
- I liked that they had a Red 5, who eventually died...
What else?
- Yes, I agree that certain parts felt a bit dragged... especially the first 1/3rd of the film, with all the exposition and whatnot. I understood that they needed to get all the background and introductions out of the way, but it felt drawn out. Perhaps an opening crawl would have done the job, but I get why they wanted to make it different from the main story. Certain parts also felt a bit choppy.
- How ugly was that title-screen after the cold opening?! I didn't like it... looked cheap.
- The score... Star Wars music usually does it for me, but this didn't really work IMO. Nothing memorable. There were bits where it started to sound like something from SW, but panned out to a melody that I can't even remember. Again, I get that they didn't want to make it too similar to the OT, but it didn't give me that emotional connection.
- Not something I didn't like, but I know there will be those who din't like it... the CGI characters. Tarkin and Leia were needed to tell this story so I think it was necessary. You can tell that there was something artificial about it, but all things considered, I thought it looked ok.
- Not necessarily something I didn't like, but weird how so much from the trailers were cut from the final film.
- Would have liked to have seen more of Two Tubes... seemed like an interesting character.
Stuff I liked...
- That battle was amazing. A war-film indeed.
- Life under the Empire... the labor camps, the guards patrolling the various planets... that was cool to see.
- The last 5 minutes.
The Easter Eggs.
I probably missed a few, but off the top of my head...
- Blue milk
- The "I don't like you either, you just watch yourself" guys
- Red Leader, Gold Leader
- Organa mentioning a "Jedi friend", "Capt. Antillies" & him going to Alderaan.
- I have a bad feeling...
- The little Death Star plans graphic
- Ghost... saw it twice at least.
- I liked that they had a Red 5, who eventually died...
What else?
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Why would you expect them to?
