Kudos to Lucas
As I write this, a great many of you guys are probably watching Star Wars Episode III: Revenge fo the Sith. Well, I'll spare you a review; suffice it to say I enjoyed the movie immensely, for all its flaws in the acting and the script. I really, really liked it.
Anyway, the only thing I wanted to write about was how glad I am that Lucas has taken a stand on war with this movie, not contenting himself with letting critics and audiences draw parallels between his space epic and the current political situation in the U.S., but rather dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's himself with lines like "if you're not with me, you're my enemy" and a lightsaber duel between Yoda and Emperor Palpatine in the halls of the galactic senate, of all places. In an interview, Lucas hinted that Episode IV: A New Hope, contained an Anti-Vietnam war sensibility, although it wasn't quite as overt as his Bush/Republican allusions in "Sith."
Few people have a wider audience than Hollywood filmmakers do. While motion pictures are not always appropriate venues for political satire, sometimes it's downright irresponsible to pass up the opportunity to make such statements. While Michael Moore's heart is in the right place, his heavy-handed, ostentatious documentaries are not likely to win anyone over, and the only people who probably saw them were the guys who hated Bush to begin with.
But Star Wars is a commodity that everyone buys, young and old, male and female, democrat and republican, and it is because of this that it is the perfect vehicle for a harsh, if not altogether unsubtle message about the path down which the Bush administration is trodding. I hope that the people who were scared into reelecting Bush get the message when they see the Republicans represented by the diabolical, cackling Palpatine and the brash, gullible Vader, because as unfortunate as it may seem, so much of the world's fate depends on how these idiots vote in three years' time.
Hope you enjoyed the movie!
So what's next on the calendar? Batman Begins? Fantastic Four? Let me know, ok?
Anyway, the only thing I wanted to write about was how glad I am that Lucas has taken a stand on war with this movie, not contenting himself with letting critics and audiences draw parallels between his space epic and the current political situation in the U.S., but rather dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's himself with lines like "if you're not with me, you're my enemy" and a lightsaber duel between Yoda and Emperor Palpatine in the halls of the galactic senate, of all places. In an interview, Lucas hinted that Episode IV: A New Hope, contained an Anti-Vietnam war sensibility, although it wasn't quite as overt as his Bush/Republican allusions in "Sith."
Few people have a wider audience than Hollywood filmmakers do. While motion pictures are not always appropriate venues for political satire, sometimes it's downright irresponsible to pass up the opportunity to make such statements. While Michael Moore's heart is in the right place, his heavy-handed, ostentatious documentaries are not likely to win anyone over, and the only people who probably saw them were the guys who hated Bush to begin with.
But Star Wars is a commodity that everyone buys, young and old, male and female, democrat and republican, and it is because of this that it is the perfect vehicle for a harsh, if not altogether unsubtle message about the path down which the Bush administration is trodding. I hope that the people who were scared into reelecting Bush get the message when they see the Republicans represented by the diabolical, cackling Palpatine and the brash, gullible Vader, because as unfortunate as it may seem, so much of the world's fate depends on how these idiots vote in three years' time.
Hope you enjoyed the movie!
So what's next on the calendar? Batman Begins? Fantastic Four? Let me know, ok?
posted by Jim Arroyo at 8:33 PM
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