Word: jarring
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...there were many, many things wrong with the first prologue in the Star Wars series. Jar-Jar Binks was an exasperating presence, computer-generated effects gave the film a plastic feel and, in the greatest sacrilege of all, George Lucas turned The Force into a disease. However, it’s hard not to get excited about this release; Episode I represents the first of the Star Wars films to be issued on DVD. Writer-director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, editor Ben Burtt and numerous special effects guys give audio commentary, drawing attention to subtle, easily missed details...
...tone of the play. To be fair, some of the abstraction works well: the aforementioned background wall is effective and reminds one of a similar style of setting discussed in the stage directions for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The tilting planes of the two-tiered stage also jar the audience in a fashion aptly representative of the distorted dreams of the Prozorovs...
...handcrafted model airplane. Stepping around a staffer who is painting a trompe l'oeil on a wall, he shows off his proudest creation?his fantasy studio. Tomes on anatomy and history crowd the shelves, a pterodactyl hovers overhead, desks spill over with tubes of paint, old postcards, a jar of pencil stubs. Copies of his sketches are tacked, unframed, all over the walls. Nothing is roped off. "I wanted to show the roots of inspiration, that feeling of something bursting in your chest," he says. Standing in this room and looking around, Miyazaki grows quiet: "I almost hate...
Other students, like Joe S. Hong ’05, decided to add money to the donation jar while skipping the free ice cream...
...Episode II: Attack of the Clones b) Jar Jar Binks & the Journey to Minstrelsy c) Attack of the Toys You Want to Buy at Toys "R" Us d) "Obi-Wan-derful!" --David Manning...