Wednesday, May 09, 2007

George Lucas calling your movie silly is like a pot smoker telling a drunk that alcohol is a crutch

George Lucas has joined the major newspaper critics in their negative appraisal of Spider-Man 3. In an interview with FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman, Lucas said, "It's a silly movie. ... There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?" Over the weekend, Spider-Man 3 surged ahead of Lucas's Star Wars' episode Revenge of the Sith to take the record for the biggest weekend box-office record. Star Wars was also criticized as being "silly," Lucas noted. "But it wasn't."


Of course it wasn't, George.





He also disclosed that he is working on at least two other Star Wars movies for television. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters. They will be other people of that milieu."


Okay, first of all: People who shouldn't be allowed to use the word "milieu"...

6 comments:

Unknown said...

How could I forget about the Ewoks? Must've been the cough syrup.

Ben Varkentine said...

Don't feel bad. When you think "Star Wars" and "silly," Jar-Jar and the Xmas special just leap to mind.

Becca said...

I can see it now...
Caravan of Courage: Episode 1 The Yaddle Menace and The Gungan Adventure.

Anonymous said...

>Don't feel bad. When you think "Star Wars" and "silly," Jar-Jar and the Xmas special just leap to mind.<

Don't forget "What Do You Get a Wookie For Christmas (When He's Already Got a Comb)?" And also the Disco Star Wars/Cantina Band Theme (which I have to admit to liking - it's a lovely reminder of when I was seven - but it's still silly).

Ben Varkentine said...

"Don't forget" them? Some of us were trying to, Cor..

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