Recent content by Chris Atkins

Patrick: Are you suggesting that if you didn't enjoy Avatar (or "get" the story), there is something wrong with you as the viewer?

It was ripped to pieces in 1983! :) To Chris Will, re: ROTJ. I love the story but the execution is just so far below all other 5 films. Marquand just wasn't up to the job; just take a look at some of his shot compositions, particularly on Endor and in Jabba's Palace...they are very pedestrian...

The midis were definitely meant to tie in to the theme of "symbiosis" which is woefully underdeveloped in the film itself. The midis should have just been used as a genetic tie to the Force and nothing else beyond that.

On #2, raising the stakes is nice, but the PT is all about intrigue, betrayal, plotting, and revenge. There's a reason these stories didn't get made first, after all. It's why the OT is a lot more fun (though I still find the PT interesting). On #3, I think the failure here was in the...

Films that come to mind as my favorites of this decade: The Fountain LOTR: FOTR EE Munich There Will Be Blood The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Pan's Labyrinth Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The Dark Knight The...

last week, I attended star wars in concert with 15,000 other people. we heard live music and saw images from all six films. whether those 15,000 cared about the PT or not, the PT certainly hasn't dampered enthusiasm for star wars in general. so don't overestimate the impact that the PT has had...

8/10 Amazing spectacle but the story never grabbed me emotionally. That's because it was too derivative of other films/stories, and because the story was unsophisticated philosophically and the characters were very 1D (particularly the villains). So while I did enjoy myself, I can't see myself...

Quote: Touche. :) However, and trust me on this one, I did not influence him one bit in his love for TPM. I let him watch it and it naturally grew on him. :)

Quote: Then why does my 3 year old boy want to recreate the TPM duel every night before he goes to bed?! LOL

Quote: Well my anecdotal evidence is different than yours. My own kids love TPM and watch it quite often. And all the kids at my daughter's school (particularly the boys) love Star Wars, particularly the PT.

This one has really good buzz in my area. Should do pretty well.

but you had to add movies to make your case :)

Nah...09 had Star Trek, Public Enemies and Up.

That's a pretty uninspiring lineup, IMHO. Looks like the year of 80s remakes. My anticipation list looks pretty much like Chuck's. Inception probably far and away my most anticipated.

I mostly agree with Edwin. I thought it was a very solid effort, and though overall it didn't achieve the greatness of Disney's classic 2D animated features, there were some very inspired moments in the film. I thought the Lassiter influence was particularly strong, and the emphasis of the...