Star Wars Episode I : Duel of The Fates Fight
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Always thought Jedi vs Sith fights were hypocritical since two guys are ganging up on one.
Darth Maul was a sad waste of a potentially good character.
But beyond this fight, is it just me, or are all of the saber-fight scenes in TPM choreographed a lot better than the two following movies? As bad as the movie was, they were quite fun to watch . . .
One thing I hate about the prequels is how every single character who shows up in eps 4-6 is somehow tied to the events of eps 1-3... worst offences being:
1. Darth Vader created C3PO
2. Yoda knows Chewbacca
3. Obi-Wan killed Boba Fett's dad
But it's a shame as it would have been the best scene of the film.
Equally, would have been much better not to kill off Darth Maul, waste of a great character.
4. Medichlorians
These single handedly dispelled the boyhood fantasy that even I too could have been a Jedi. It wasn't about some depth of understanding in the power of the universe anymore, the Force now came from how infected you were with magic bugs
See Irvin Kershner on Empire Strikes Back.
I bet Lucas told his kids when they were 3 that there was no Santa either.
Ugh...
Every duel that came after Ep1 became rushed, tightly shot sfx extravaganzas that began to rely less on the clever acrobatics of the fighters.
also, its all Kendo (apperently), just practiced to perfection in what we see.
this saber fight was apperently, fromt the start, the biggest and most planned out part for EP. 1. nothing else in the 3 movies was practiced as much as this fight, which is Why this part (imho) stands out as the best part of the movie, cause it was
The wild swings are called flares, and serve to misdirect your opponent and gain momentum on your strikes... In EPIII Obi-Wan and Annakin stand inches apart doing infinity flares at high speed... Most would say it's just showing off, but it serves an important purpose when you can be cut in 2 at any moment...
And it was Mace Windu that beheaded Jango Fett... Not Obi-Wan.
First, I love, even though the moment is ever so brief, that Darth Maul uses the Force to aid in his opening the door and preventing himself from being backed into a corner. When I saw that in the theatre originally, I actually sat up in my seat and thought "Now THAT was fucking cool."
Secondly and most importantly, I think Lucas made dogshit of what could have been one of the biggest movie reveals of ALL time. Had he kept a lid on the fact that Darth Maul employed a double-bladed lightsaber, I guarantee you EVERYONE would have lost their fucking minds on opening night and the subsequent weeks that followed. Next time you watch the movie, take yourself back to when you first saw it and imagine that you had no idea that DM used the double saber. Then watch this fight again. Instead, they decided to market the hell out of it, ruining what could have been an incredible movie moment, in an otherwise stinker of a movie. Like when the Jedi first arrive in the beginning and Qui-Gon immediately starts taking the door out? Everyone I've ever talked to admitted that was bad ass.
(I always use the T2 reveal of Arnold being a benevolent terminator as an example. As I remember it, Cameron didn't allow any commercials or print ads revealing that secret for the first 2 weeks of release. That's why it was such a great setup and scene and reveal.)
Dispite the fact that the episode 1-3 movies were disliked by a large majority of the so called Star wars fans. I still like them because they make my life fun. People should just learn to enjoy movies instead of ripping them apart. There are a ton of perfectly crappy movies out there, and these movies were not part of them. Try to get your sense of wonder back people. Just sit down and watch a movie without an agenda. You know what I mean?
Trouble is, Episodes 1-3 were so simplistic when compared to 4-6 that it became (for me) a real chore to get into them.
Just one example, during one of the many conference calls they showed us in Episode 1, featured a fellow saying "A communications disruption can only mean one thing. Invasion." Ex-fucking-cuse me? Sorry, but my powers of disbelief suspension are not that great. Maybe if I were still 7, that reasoning might be solid.
So you see, disliking a shitty movie can only mean one thing: it's shitty.