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@Jeshopk, again Well, yes, but i don't SEE/HEAR this in the finished product...of course, you can interpret the whole prequels into that direction, but all i took away from the 3 films (mind you, i never saw or wished to see them a second time) is that it is simply a bad storyline with bad dialogue and helpless actors. The 2 hours of 'AotC' are spent with so much unintellegible stuff that i don't know where to start...and i don't even mention self-indulgent podraces or '5th Element'-like chases, only the whole clone premise with the bounty hunter stuff and Count Dracula etc...without flattering me too much, given the time Lucas had, i could've come up with a better plot leading to the fall of democracy, easily...and that's not a good thing. BTW, i have more words squandered on these films here than i did ever before But remember, the subtext of a movie can't really substitute for the lack in emotional participation...and apart from the handful of really diehard fans, it seems hard to believe people really care about the protagonists of the first and second prequel. Here lies the big problem.

@ JoeinAr: Why? You had every second of that music decades before...and this one isn't performed or recorded any better, so...

Well, since my ears are bleeding from Orffian choir attacks, i'll go for the love theme...and i don't care an iota if it sounds like Tchaikovsky raped 'Jane Eyre'

@Jeshopk This is all good and well and the political allusions aren't lost on me...BUT you have to translate it to the screen in a way that it feels like real people are doing things and not like a 12-year old stumbling over his keyboard with the desperate wish to make a grand epic...and that's exactly what this movie looks like: L'il Georges attempt at great drama...and with all this manpower and moneypower poured into it, it's just shameful nobody told him to hire Tom Stoppard or any other old script-doc-whore right from the start. But that's a rich man's ego for you Addendum: after my first lukewarm reaction to the score, i finally realized that i just have to skip tracks 5-9 and the 13-minute monster and it's a neat album with some powerful moments....but the action music still sounds uninspired, well done but not really going anywhere.

@Bondo i do if it comes free with the movie ticket:)

I think this whole Anakin/Jedi-Business comes off as decidedly 'uncool', for the lack of a better word. I would have preferred Anakin as a Han-Solo-like guy we're cheering for, then his downfall would build to something of a shock. As it stands, it's a very expensive workshop for amateur dramatics. And somehow i get the feeling as if Williams is relieved that it's over, too

I didn't happen THAT fast.

@ Alex: I'm just in the mood for it @Composer Fan: tere isn't a whole lot i can add to this, because it's obviously not a honest discussion but rather an infantile attempt at 'Daniel 2' - alized trouble-stirring. Apart from that it's hard to argue that pop music (in it's broadest sense) is certainly more 'graspable' for the general public,the simpler the better. A lot of Williams early success is based on his abilty to write popular music in a symphonic idiom...so it's rather idiotic to argue that he lacks the ability to make music for the masses.

Since it seems to be a hot topic lately Without hesitation i admit that a lot of movies nowadays, and this especially, suck for a simple reason: they're undertaxing my intelligence. Now, a lot may scream 'well, they're intended for kids!', but that doesn't make my enjoyment any bigger.... The 'dramatic' antics i was forced to endure troughout 'RotS' were strictly of the kindergarten variety. What exactly gets you people so horny about this i don't know...but: there are so many complaints about Anakins sudden change of mind, but rarely about the infantile seduction scenes by the emperor. How old is Anakin? 5? 'The Jedi are bad, i'm good, join me!'...'OK'...sorry, but that's screenwriting on the 'Transformers - The Animated Series' scale. I figure these films were never intended for grownups, but has it really to be that simple? Most of 'Star Wars' audience is older than 10 years, anyway, so why make films for 7-year olds? Apart from that, whenever a supposed 'love scene' reared it's ugly head, i felt the urgent need to leave the theatre...bad high school play... For all it's worth, all i took away from the whole enterprise (no pun intended) is the fact that George Lucas is in desperate need of this kid yelling 'The emperor wears no clothes' to remind him that multi-million $ BO doesn't equal artistic ability.

Thanks to you all! @Composer Fan: What's Petty?

Hi, i'm Sami, longtime cynical observer and not entirely new here, but with a relaxing second job at the moment, which now allows me to pollute the mighty www. actively and with all the mean-spiritedness which you may expect from someone who co-founded the 'Deconstructing Goldsmith'-website, which enraged quite a few fellow soundtrack fans While i'm far from the most dedicated fan, i hope my love of the subject can provide a healthy debate here and there. And, i may add, although Williams doesn't occupy my top spot of favourites (this honor goes to Morricone and Goldsmith), he comes in at third place or, depending on mood, on fourth place, after Rozsa, Herrmann [insert dead golden age composer or Piero Umiliani here]........but given my discriminating taste, he's quite hight on the list!! And, last but not least, my 10 Willi-favorites: 1. Empire of the Sun 2. Dracula 3. The Empire Strikes Back (and that's it about 'Star Wars' as far as i'm concerned) 4. IJ & the Temple of Doom 5. Angela's Ashes 6. Born on the 4th..and so forth 7. Close Encounters... 8. Harry Potter 3 9. Jaws 10. Cavatina...just kidding, let's say, 'Home Alone' for the charming part of me OK, that's just for my introduction, more soon! Sami