Sunday, May 22, 2005

Revenge of the Auteur Theory

I saw Revenge of the Sith on Friday night and it was an amazing ride. The visuals were amazing, although the space battles were still too computerized for my liking. There is something weighty to using models that is lost on translation with CGI. However, the battles involving General Grievous and Obi Wan was extraordinary in the way the surroundings were rendered. The characters had a weight.

To get back to my point from the other day; would a different director have done a better job with the material?

I'm not sure.

Each would have put their own touch on it, but unless major changes were made to the script, all would have suffered from dialogue issues. I wonder just how much Tom Stoppard was able to do with the script considering that the dialogue between Ani and Padme were still stilted. If this is the best he could do with the script, I wonder what the original looked like.

Quentin would definitely added a few light touches to the fight between Mace Windu and Palpatine. Or thrown a bone to Ani when fighting Obi Wan.

The others would have done a competent job, but I think the script dialogue was just mediocre.

Of course, the original series was not exactly high lit either. But, there were certain lines - certain moments that made those movies what they were.

And one final thought. George Lucas is to CGI as a crack addict is to crack.

The more Lucas can find CGI stuff to do, the more he needs to add. There are times when less is more.

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