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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. . .
We now have access to Disney+ and I decided to enjoy Star Wars. Damn, I hear that music and I'm 11 again. Plus, having seen Rogue One the first few lines of the scroll are more poignant.
For all that it is still awesome after all these years, they have the "Lucas fucked with everything" version. Most of it was tolerable, with a few exceptions.
Han shot first.
In one scene on Tattoine, the camera is suddenly blocked by one of the giant CGI lizards walking past. There is no reason for this to happen. It adds nothing to the shot and indeed draws attention to the fact that we are watching the action through a camera.
Finally, the entire sequence between Han and Jabba in the landing bay. Way back in 1977, Lucas cut the scene as the Jabba puppet was terrible, and reshot the Cantina scene to give Greedo Jabba's lines. Dropping the Jabba scene back into the movie means we get the exact same dialogue in two scenes less than ten minutes apart.
Annoying.
But still, it's Star Wars, and I enjoyed being 11 years old and on the edge of my seat again.
For all that it is still awesome after all these years, they have the "Lucas fucked with everything" version. Most of it was tolerable, with a few exceptions.
Han shot first.
In one scene on Tattoine, the camera is suddenly blocked by one of the giant CGI lizards walking past. There is no reason for this to happen. It adds nothing to the shot and indeed draws attention to the fact that we are watching the action through a camera.
Finally, the entire sequence between Han and Jabba in the landing bay. Way back in 1977, Lucas cut the scene as the Jabba puppet was terrible, and reshot the Cantina scene to give Greedo Jabba's lines. Dropping the Jabba scene back into the movie means we get the exact same dialogue in two scenes less than ten minutes apart.
Annoying.
But still, it's Star Wars, and I enjoyed being 11 years old and on the edge of my seat again.
1000 Misspent Hours
This guy does really good film reviews, and he set himself the challenge of seeing afresh as with 1977 eyes.
http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsn-z/starwars.htm
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By not giving a flip. “Who watching this has never seen Star Wars before?”
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