I simply cannot fathom how someone would just give up and die (of a broken heart - or whatever the hell it was – is that even possible?) when you have two children to take care of. I understand her being broken hearted because her husband went all dark side and everything (although considering how big of a whiny idiot he was - is this really a surprise?), and I even understand the desire to lay down and die. But dammit, woman, you have two kids that need you and you just give up and die? It's not about your pain anymore, you selfish cow! Your feelings come second to what has to be done for those kids. I know that some people find her dying of a broken heart sad and romantic... I just find it annoying, and I find it impossible to sympathize with someone this selfish and idiotic.
EXACTLY. I don't even understand why Lucas didn't stick with his original implications in Ep. IV-VI and let her hide w/ Leia on Alderaan until dying of a LEGITIMATE disease when Leia was very young. Or he could have made up some crap about how a good Force choke/cracking her head on a rock finished her off. But none of this "She's perfectly healthy, but she's lost the will to live" bantha crap.
I kept ignoring the atrocious dialogue and focused on how pretty the movie (and Ewan) was.
*drool* yes. It's a shame, because Hayden Christiansen is a pretty good actor in all the non-Star Wars stuff I've seen him in. Pretty much all of them are good actors, and I feel bad watching them try to make the best of what Lucas gives them.
But man, if you don't like the dialogue in this one, never watching Episode II is probably a very good move. The romance is completely unbelievable and has poor build-up.
I also liked how Anakin actually did some truly evil things (like kill some innocent kids) and that sequence, and the sequence where all the Jedi are betrayed actually had some emotional punch for me.
That sequence killed me. My mom kept poking me cause my jaw was hanging open. It might have had a deal to do with being dressed in a Jedi costume too, he he.
The kids, gah...I was talking to kosiah about it over in one of my several rants on the movie in my LJ, and part of the reason I think it made me so sad was that the fanficcer in me put Celyn in that scene (man, that would be the ultimate Carth abuse)...which spawned a little Anakin-getting-his-ass-kicked story.
I definitely loved Palpatine. That man was genius. Did you catch the implication that he created Anakin after learning the whole manipulation of midichlorians from his master? Another idea which I think is complete crap- what, was Sidious just walking around on Tatooine, saw Shmi sweeping, stuck out his fingers and said "BOOM! You're pregnant! Hurry up and produce that little midichlorian-laced freak so I can turn him into my apprentice twentysome years from now."
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Date: 2005-05-31 03:55 pm (UTC)EXACTLY. I don't even understand why Lucas didn't stick with his original implications in Ep. IV-VI and let her hide w/ Leia on Alderaan until dying of a LEGITIMATE disease when Leia was very young. Or he could have made up some crap about how a good Force choke/cracking her head on a rock finished her off. But none of this "She's perfectly healthy, but she's lost the will to live" bantha crap.
I kept ignoring the atrocious dialogue and focused on how pretty the movie (and Ewan) was.
*drool* yes. It's a shame, because Hayden Christiansen is a pretty good actor in all the non-Star Wars stuff I've seen him in. Pretty much all of them are good actors, and I feel bad watching them try to make the best of what Lucas gives them.
But man, if you don't like the dialogue in this one, never watching Episode II is probably a very good move. The romance is completely unbelievable and has poor build-up.
I also liked how Anakin actually did some truly evil things (like kill some innocent kids) and that sequence, and the sequence where all the Jedi are betrayed actually had some emotional punch for me.
That sequence killed me. My mom kept poking me cause my jaw was hanging open. It might have had a deal to do with being dressed in a Jedi costume too, he he.
The kids, gah...I was talking to
I definitely loved Palpatine. That man was genius. Did you catch the implication that he created Anakin after learning the whole manipulation of midichlorians from his master? Another idea which I think is complete crap- what, was Sidious just walking around on Tatooine, saw Shmi sweeping, stuck out his fingers and said "BOOM! You're pregnant! Hurry up and produce that little midichlorian-laced freak so I can turn him into my apprentice twentysome years from now."