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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Film Wars

Posted by on May 24 at 10:37 AM

While The Stranger staff (at least those who are posting here in editorial and went to the opening night of SIFF) seem to be in agreement that Miranda July’s new movie is the shit (and that she just may become the new hot shit indie director if the stars allign right) I would like to make a statement about another movie that everyone’s talking about: Star Wars. Despite the flurry of magazine, radio, television, and newspaper reviews (not to mention crappy fast food item tie-ins), the latest in the series sucks ass. It’s like the last two Star Wars were so terrible that people are relieved that this one isn’t as bad. But it is, there are just fewer annoyingly peppy characters involved. I want my time and money back from that one, and I’m glad I didn’t shake the hand of the Darth Vader impersonator at the entrance of the movie theater as I walked in. Just because a movie isn’t as bad doesn’t mean it’s any good.