tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post1716099027050187440..comments2024-03-24T00:16:17.304-07:00Comments on Storming the Ivory Tower: Announcing: A Star Wars CollectionSam Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-16734481437667318962017-05-25T18:38:33.282-07:002017-05-25T18:38:33.282-07:00...I mean did you subscribe to my Patreon because ......I mean did you subscribe to my Patreon because if not you're going to be waiting a while...Sam Keeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-32648796933736331142017-05-25T18:27:33.103-07:002017-05-25T18:27:33.103-07:00If by 'unconventional storytelling' you me...If by 'unconventional storytelling' you mean 'a series of reshoots that were so badly edited together as to break shot-to-shot continuity' then yeah I suppose you could say I was distressed by it.<br /><br />Most distressing was that it's a hollow semiotic shell of a movie, having all the semblance of a tragic war flick with none of the substance: no real pathos and no depth of character on which to hang emotional import; a movie in which every action happens in a vacuum, with motivations unexplained within the text of the work. The movie's politics are radical? Its entire political acumen is 'the Empire is bad because if you've seen other Star Wars movies you know they are bad.' It's a film that presents a group of resistance fighters 'too extreme' for the Rebellion, and then never explains or shows in any way what actually entails. It's a movie about people standing around dispensing informed character traits ("Jynn you were the best fighter I have ever seen just take my word for it we can't afford to show it." "Jynn you're an antisocial criminal which is obvious in this movie because you're always frowning." "This Rebellion that has made my life miserable and just murdered my father is worth standing up and fighting for because of Hope and Virtue, traits that I, an antisocial criminal, obviously believe in."<br /><br />And so on.<br /><br />It's a movie of incredible cinematography dragooned into servicing a pantomime tragedy, an utterly disposable, utterly empty, frighteningly overhyped cinematic nothing. It broke free of the tone of Star Wars? It's is the apotheosis of Star Wars: a film that is nothing more than concentrated aesthetic nostalgia used to make money. It has no soul, nothing to say, and nothing excusing its creation other than commercial vapidity. <br /><br />All of which to say is to say that I can't wait to hear your defence. Can you change my mind about a film I went in excited to see (loved the trailers, reviews were great), walked out disappointed, and by the next morning had become filled with righteous critique? I await such a document with pleasure.The Lord of Ábrocen Landmearcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742181797250408274noreply@blogger.com