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Star Wars Kill Bill aka The Acolyte: [B?] - spoiler fiesta inside for those who dare! MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Posted by: notfabio on Jun 10, 10:00 in response to tealfan's post So Who Saw What Last Week?...Hit Man (A)

Production value is great, everything looks incredibly big budget (dark side wire-fu has its ups and downs, but the concept is so fun I can let it pass)

Leslye Headland is obviously a huge Star Wars fan, there are a ton of little touches everywhere (that she says she had to fight Lucasfilm to keep in) that are fun and aren't out of place.

The bad news is the dialogue is often incredibly anachronistic and jarring and I'm not sure if that's Headland or someone else. It's not that Star Wars dialogue generally has been all that great, but when they are using modern screenwriting turns of phrases, sayings etc, it just feels totally out of place/wrong. Plotting issues that there may be with The Mandalorian, the dialogue almost always feels in/line in/character with Star Wars (it helps there are not a lot of stiff Jedi to have to deal with though.). AHSOKA was too dour/downbeat for most of its run.

Speaking of stiff Jedi, it is definitely a slog, most of them aren't allowed to be very charismatic (and I get that this could be intentional to show that maybe the Sith have a point), Lee Jung-Jae is fine. It could be a similar deal to how Ewan McGregor wasn't really allowed to have fun until Episode II & III. Amandla Stenberg is also fine, though her Acolyte character design is not as intriguing as it should have been (hopefully there is more on how she was trained, we haven't really seen dark side training, which when this announced it seemed like this would be focusing on, but at least from these episodes, doesn't seem to be where they are taking it)

So Who Saw What Last Week?...Hit Man (A) {nm} tealfan Jun 10, 09:33

Mostly Tribeca stuff (which I'm writing about) but I also saw this heist film called Topkapi yesterday and that was a B+. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jun 10, 09:40

there's also a great Frank Miller doc hitting Cinemark theaters tonight, which I thought was fantastic.. solid A! {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jun 10, 09:40

Star Wars Kill Bill aka The Acolyte: [B?] - spoiler fiesta inside for those who dare! MASSIVE SPOILERS. notfabio Jun 10, 10:00

Under Paris (B or D depending on mood), Hit Man (B+), Let the Canary Sing (B+), Jim Henson: Idea Man (A), Godzilla Minus One (A) {nm} gsquared Jun 10, 10:44

Acolyte first two eps (C+ i guess. maybe it gets more compelling as the mystery unfolds. also that cold open was a real choice) {nm} wow platinum Jun 10, 10:47

stax documentary a- little richard b madame web, compared to morbius it wasn't a f- dennkenn Jun 10, 13:48

and godzilla minus one b+ dennkenn Jun 10, 13:50

Late Bloomers C+ {nm} milligan Jun 10, 15:16

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