Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those of you who know where to find an issue of Time have probably read about the entire races of creatures being created by computer. One of these creatures, Jar Jar Binks, is a central character in the film. And those of you who have seen the Star Wars Special Edition are probably hoping that Jar Jar will be a bit more convincing than was the computer-generated Jabba the Hutt. (If nothing else, Jar Jar's dialogue should get frequent laughs; he speaks in a grotesque pidgin English throughout the film...
...often said that Star Wars revolutionized the way that movies are made, usually referring to the technical special-effects side of the business. That's really only half the story. Less than half. Anyone whos seen 2001: A Space Odyssey will know that Star Wars was not the first, or even the best, science fiction special effects extravaganza seen in Hollywood. While Lucas was still in film school, Stanley Kubrick was sending space stations spinning to classical waltz music and showing us humans suspended in space (a feat not attempted in any of the Star Wars movies...
...taste of the fervor that will surround the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace next week. On this chilly night, I found myself standing in line at approximately a quarter to midnight, waiting for doors to be opened--the doors of Toys 'R Us, which was holding a special event to commemorate the release of toys for the new film...
...moment rested on Vader's character development, which had been unfurled and complicated over the length of three feature films. It is this sort of meaningfulness that Star Wars: Episode I lacks. Instead of real character development, it relies on name recognition. At every level, even in staging and special effects, Lucas relies on superficial quoting of the originals, forgetting to make a good movie in the process...
...original movies never registers in the faces of Ewan McGregor or Liam Neeson. When those actors, respectively playing Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon, "swim" into an underwater metropolis at the start of the movie, one feels a tinge of wonder, but it is immediately muddled by over-done special effects. Often, the music is off (John Williams' score seems affixed, chopped up by Lucas' manic pace). And of course, one expects a lot from a Star Wars...