jim%TYCHO@sri-unix.UUCP (01/10/84)
From: jim at TYCHO (James B. Houser) Hi I recently saw ROTJ again. While I think the movie is, in general, OK there are a couple of things that kept it from being as good as the first two. 1. Many of the "creatures" were not very believeable. Its not that they were any more weird than, say, the ones in the SW-ANH bar scene. They just struck me as looking like "Toys R Us" rejects. I'm mainly refering to Jabba's retinue but this comment also applies to some of the rebel forces. Does anyone know what the story is here? Did the change creature makers or what. I saw first movie at Worldcon and the contrast is quite noticeable. 2. It was really too cute. I have nothing against upbeat movies but this was a bit too much. Even our hero Han Solo turned into "Mr. Goody Two Shoes". The Ewoks absolutely oozed cuteness. Whatever, I think that ROTJ would have been more enjoyable if it had been somewhat less syrupy. 3. In some spots the movie became fairly slow paced. I think it would benefit greatly by having about 10 minutes carefully editted out. The Tatooine and Endor scenes in particular could be tightened up. Its painful to lose frames from ROTJ but I really think it would help. So thats my opinion for whatever its worth. Jim Houser -------
weiss%EDN-UNIX@sri-unix.UUCP (01/11/84)
From: Howie Weiss <weiss@EDN-UNIX> Date: 10 Jan 1984 at 1251-EST From: jim at TYCHO (James B. Houser) Subject: ROTJ Opinion To: sf-lovers at rutgers cc: jim Hi I recently saw ROTJ again. While I think the movie is, in general, OK there are a couple of things that kept it from being as good as the first two. 1. Many of the "creatures" were not very believeable. Its not that they were any more weird than, say, the ones in the SW-ANH bar scene. They just struck me as looking like "Toys R Us" rejects. I'm mainly refering to Jabba's retinue but this comment also applies to some of the rebel forces. Does anyone know what the story is here? Did the change creature makers or what. I saw first movie at Worldcon and the contrast is quite noticeable. 2. It was really too cute. I have nothing against upbeat movies but this was a bit too much. Even our hero Han Solo turned into "Mr. Goody Two Shoes". The Ewoks absolutely oozed cuteness. Whatever, I think that ROTJ would have been more enjoyable if it had been somewhat less syrupy. 3. In some spots the movie became fairly slow paced. I think it would benefit greatly by having about 10 minutes carefully editted out. The Tatooine and Endor scenes in particular could be tightened up. Its painful to lose frames from ROTJ but I really think it would help. So thats my opinion for whatever its worth. Jim Houser -------