Let's just go ahead and declare this Geek Week and let the Star Wars previews roll ...
First up is the official review of record, from the New York Times. Aside from a notable quotable such as this: "Mr. Lucas's indifference to two fairly important aspects of moviemaking - acting and writing - is remarkable ..." the rest of the review is fairly positive. As one who is looking for a reason to be hopeful over the movie, it's at least, an encouraging read.
Best anti-Lucas rant around the web goes to this guy. Not a lot of really new arguments, but still a timely read that seems to capture more than a few of the reasons that I'm just not bouncing on pins and needles over the new episode.
Since there's not a whole lot trickling in at this early stage, here's one decent summation of the summer movie season. In the words of Jon Lovits: It Stinks! Shorter version is as follows:
... Nicole Kidman as Samantha in Bewitched: an upgrade
... Jessica Simpson as Daisy Dukes: can't miss
... Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau: dicey, at best
... Luke Wilson as Deuce Bigalow: shoot me
... Billy Bob Thornton as Walter Mathau: shoot him
... Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka: shoot Tim Burton
... anyone in a remake of a Herbie movie: shoot everyone
With all due respect to the Batman franchise, that should not be the second most anticipated movie this summer. Top 5, maybe ... but #2? Not unless Michael Keaton is dusted off for it.
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