Oh, just rewatched the movie, and the ending celebration isn't as long or annoying as I remember it, so I removed it from the list. Now, the 'Emperor's Chamber' and 'Final Space Battle' scenes at the end of the movie is one of the best movie endings EVER. Love those scenes.
I thought that Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi had a singularly catastrophic glide path. Continuing at the high level acheived by Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back it opens with Princess Leia in a bikini. Then it begins to plumet. It plunges straight through the 'Care Bears of the Forest have an Empire Ambush Adventure' section until the agony ends with the 'Greetings from Jedi Heaven' postcard moment.
But what really gets my blood fizzin' like a warm shook-up Coke isThe Abyss. I love, love the first 95% of the movie. Great action set-pieces, a metaphorical portrayal of Cameron's divorce, excellent minor characters, water-breathing rat, willing suspension of disbelief bent but not broken and then.... the water creatures learn how to type. And everybody pops to the surface like so many corks. They shoulda done something to them, they shoulda let 'em all drown.
I thought the opening of Return of the Jedi wasn't that good (and Mark Hammil's worst acting ever), but it got better and then was just plain REALLY COOL for the final 45 minutes, barring most of the shots involving ewoks (which, actually, is less than a third of what's going on during that time).
"Mark Hammil's worst acting ever..." You set a mighty low limbo bar.
Defrosting Solo, space bikini, Sarlacc Pit: good, good, good. (new band, new mouth in pit, new Solo lines: bad bad bad) And then it's off to Yoda's death, the Rebels plan to take out the DS2, a pointless but cool-looking speeder chase through the woods, the Rebels start getting their butts kicked, Ewoks-A-Plenty, the Emperor tries a little family counseling, shield is down! shield is down!, Darth and Luke reconcile, Luke flees the DS2 because he remembers that whenever you fly a really small ship into a really big Death Star there's always a big kablooie, there's a BIG KABLOOIE, time for a big Ewokaganza where all our heroes reunite, Luke then sees dead jedis waving as he tries to resolve himself to a life without incest.
No matter how many times I watch it this movie never gets any better.
I'm sure the filmmakers intended the movie to be a more personal, philosophical aliens story, but the intensity, intrigue, and scale of the buildup led me to believe the ending would be more powerful and spectacular. Instead, it's just some silly little philosophical ending without any 'real aliens.' Blahhhhh...
'Return of the Jedi'???
Only referring to the length ewok musical :-)
Oh, just rewatched the movie, and the ending celebration isn't as long or annoying as I remember it, so I removed it from the list. Now, the 'Emperor's Chamber' and 'Final Space Battle' scenes at the end of the movie is one of the best movie endings EVER. Love those scenes.
yeah i thought the ewok bit was one of the best bits of the movie. it was really funny song!
great
Oh, I didn't really like it, but it was short enough that it didn't both me.
I thought that Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi had a singularly catastrophic glide path. Continuing at the high level acheived by Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back it opens with Princess Leia in a bikini. Then it begins to plumet. It plunges straight through the 'Care Bears of the Forest have an Empire Ambush Adventure' section until the agony ends with the 'Greetings from Jedi Heaven' postcard moment.
But what really gets my blood fizzin' like a warm shook-up Coke is The Abyss. I love, love the first 95% of the movie. Great action set-pieces, a metaphorical portrayal of Cameron's divorce, excellent minor characters, water-breathing rat, willing suspension of disbelief bent but not broken and then.... the water creatures learn how to type. And everybody pops to the surface like so many corks. They shoulda done something to them, they shoulda let 'em all drown.
I thought the opening of Return of the Jedi wasn't that good (and Mark Hammil's worst acting ever), but it got better and then was just plain REALLY COOL for the final 45 minutes, barring most of the shots involving ewoks (which, actually, is less than a third of what's going on during that time).
"Mark Hammil's worst acting ever..." You set a mighty low limbo bar.
Defrosting Solo, space bikini, Sarlacc Pit: good, good, good. (new band, new mouth in pit, new Solo lines: bad bad bad) And then it's off to Yoda's death, the Rebels plan to take out the DS2, a pointless but cool-looking speeder chase through the woods, the Rebels start getting their butts kicked, Ewoks-A-Plenty, the Emperor tries a little family counseling, shield is down! shield is down!, Darth and Luke reconcile, Luke flees the DS2 because he remembers that whenever you fly a really small ship into a really big Death Star there's always a big kablooie, there's a BIG KABLOOIE, time for a big Ewokaganza where all our heroes reunite, Luke then sees dead jedis waving as he tries to resolve himself to a life without incest.
No matter how many times I watch it this movie never gets any better.
Um, I guess I'll just end with 'I'm sorry you feel that way.'
Contact is definitely the most extreme example (that is, best movie with worst ending) I can think of.
That movie could've been sooo cool. It felt like it was building and building and building and then... NOTHING. Thud. Movie over. GRRRRRR.
i dont mean to be rude but..What was SOO bad about the end of Contact?
I'm sure the filmmakers intended the movie to be a more personal, philosophical aliens story, but the intensity, intrigue, and scale of the buildup led me to believe the ending would be more powerful and spectacular. Instead, it's just some silly little philosophical ending without any 'real aliens.' Blahhhhh...