Salzmank Watches “Star Wars”

Salzmank Watches “Star Wars” Dec 1, 2018 3:11:02 GMT No Morpho, Only Bánh mì and coldenhaulfield like this

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Post by Salzmank on Dec 1, 2018 3:11:02 GMT

Dec 1, 2018 2:59:47 GMT coldenhaulfield said:

Dec 1, 2018 2:57:41 GMT Salzmank said:

It’s interesting, there’s about half of it that I could definitely see in the Lucas universe and half of it that feels “modern, grittier, edgier.”

The Guardians are the monks? I liked them well enough, but I feel like I’ve seen characters like them in a million other modern blockbusters.

Interesting. Would you go so far as to call their parts stereotypes? What about their performances? I thought the one dude who said less was more effective in his role than the guy who repeated the mantra.

ETA: the “half-Lucas, half not” remark is really, really astute. I kind of spoke around the idea (with the credible arguments either way), but this enunciates the issue much more precisely: there’s moments where they nail it and others where they overreach.

Racial stereotypes? No, I wouldn’t say that, but I just felt I’ve seen things like that show Avatar (of which I wasn’t really a fan) that have done things like this.

Thanks. One thing that does seem like Lucas is this climbing-up-the-tower climax, which I really like–while the scenes that are currently being cut to, the war scenes, aren’t shot at all the way Lucas (and Kershner and Marquand) shot similar sequences.