Revenge of Anthony Lane’s Sith

June 16, 2005 on 2:25 am | In Uncategorized |

For lovers of scathing cinema critique in the style of the late great Dorothy Parker, ladies and gentlemen, I give you …

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/articles/050523crci_cinema
[Warning: do not read while drinking beverages. Especially the part about Yoda.]

Excerpt:

“The general opinion of ‘Revenge of the Sith’ seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, ‘The Phantom Menace’ and ‘Attack of the Clones.’ True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion.”

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  1. Put the drink warning ahead of the post..wine burns like hell coming out the nose.

    Comment by David — June 16, 2005 #

  2. I so took care of it, dude. Here’s a tissue.

    Comment by PeaceBang — June 16, 2005 #

  3. Wow. I found the movie to be pretty bad, as I expected, (the dialogue is like “Days of Our Lives” set in space) but this guy really went a bit far in his skewering.

    I did like his take on Yoda’s speaking habits though :)

    Comment by Oversoul — June 16, 2005 #

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