# Episode III - Mr. Plinkett's review is up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962 "2010-12-31T16:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/21 "2011-01-02T05:47:36Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > Because “The Matrix” is a pretty good movie. I suspect his review of The Matrix would be much the same as his reviews of Avatar and the new Star Trek; “Look, this is dumb and commercial, and here’s how, but as a movie, it’s fun as it works.” ---
**Author:** ![Lightsaber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Lightsaber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightsaber)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/22 "2011-01-03T02:17:28Z")
I love the made up conversation between Grevious and Palpatine in part 2. Haha, hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/23 "2011-01-03T03:24:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I suspect his review of The Matrix would be much the same as his reviews of Avatar and the new Star Trek; “Look, this is dumb and commercial, and here’s how, but as a movie, it’s fun as it works.” I actually think he would have more praise for the first Matrix than that. The 2nd and 3rd, though, he would tear apart. I actually like the 2nd Matrix. The 3rd, though, is beyond horrible. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/24 "2011-01-03T04:12:25Z")
The bit when he pointed out the couch was hilarious and sad. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/25 "2011-01-03T04:16:50Z")
I loved his reviews of the other Star Wars and Star Trek movies. But this one just isn;t doing it for me. I Only watched 20 or so min. of it so far, but it just dosn;t seem as good as the rest to me. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/26 "2011-01-03T22:16:48Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Gee I dont know what kind of program he uses but everytime I log on his personal site it wrecks havoc on my computer, would appreciate a youtube link. The reviews used to be on Youtube and [Blip.tv](http://Blip.tv), now they’re just on the latter. My mobile broadband just isn’t up to the task it seems of the big chunks of reviews ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/27 "2011-01-04T01:36:49Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > The bit when he pointed out the couch was hilarious and sad. Combine all the couch sitting with George sitting in his chair with his coffee watching it being filmed, and you get an idea of what it was like making these movies. I mean, his comparison of the movement in the new Star Wars prequels with the way Kirk moved in the new Star Trek was excellent. I would have compared it to Lord of the Rings, too, which filmed at the same time(more or less), used advanced special effects, but looks way more real. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/28 "2011-01-04T23:16:13Z")
Pointing out the couch-sitting as well as pointing out the bland master-shot/over-the-shoulder/reverse editing was damning. I was particularly impressed with the comparison of the characters Anakin/Vader and Charles Foster Kane done along with the contrast of the storytelling/presentation of the prequels and Citizen Kane. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/29 "2011-01-05T19:51:13Z")
My favorite part was the Mein Kampf comparison. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/30 "2011-01-05T22:49:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Combine all the couch sitting with George sitting in his chair with his coffee watching it being filmed, and you get an idea of what it was like making these movies. > > I mean, his comparison of the movement in the new Star Wars prequels with the way Kirk moved in the new Star Trek was excellent. > > I would have compared it to Lord of the Rings, too, which filmed at the same time(more or less), used advanced special effects, but looks way more real. Yeah, it’s as though there’s a direct relationship of a director’s physical involvement in filming the movie in the forming of running along the camera, raising their hands during certain scenes, etc. versus the quality of action scenes. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/31 "2011-01-05T22:51:06Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Pointing out the couch-sitting as well as pointing out the bland master-shot/over-the-shoulder/reverse editing was damning. > > I was particularly impressed with the comparison of the characters Anakin/Vader and Charles Foster Kane done along with the contrast of the storytelling/presentation of the prequels and Citizen Kane. It looked like Lucas was going for a Citizen Kane remake in spaaaaaaaaace. ---
**Author:** ![Sablicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/32 "2011-01-08T10:21:17Z")
[Review](http://www.redlettermedia.com/) No matter how shit you thought the prequels were, you didn’t know _how_ shit until now! ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/33 "2011-01-08T10:39:54Z")
[I think we had a pretty good idea.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591202) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/34 "2011-01-08T10:53:14Z")
> [@Sablicious](#): > > [Review](http://www.redlettermedia.com/) > > No matter how shit you thought the prequels were, you didn’t know _how_ shit until now! Cool. I just finished the previous one, and was reading Darth and Droids, which still isn’t finished with the trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/35 "2011-01-08T12:34:54Z")
I knew there were many things I hated about Revenge of the Sith, but I couldn’t quite put a finger on why it felt \*quite \*so stale. The whole thing about half the movie taking place while the characters were sitting on couches, and also about how little room they had to actually physically maneuver with the greenscreens made it all click. Plinckett’s reviews are like Film-making For Dummies (in the best sense), and nobody needs to see them more than George Lucas himself. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/36 "2011-01-08T12:56:26Z")
Oops. I didn’t mean to submit that until after I’d watched it. Meh. He still has some good points, but it’s horribly disorganized. I did prefer the sellout jokes to the rape jokes, but I didn’t like where they went with the secondary story–although it was a good demonstration of what the prequels lacked. But I can’t help but find myself bored. He didn’t have as much to say, but wanted to make sure the review was just as long. There’s no excuse for the stuff at the end being the most exciting part. Nor for a stupid cliffhanger. You’re a reviewer–I should be able to watch what I want to see reviewed, not have to watch reviews to understand a story. That only works if subject of the review is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/37 "2011-01-08T14:18:22Z")
I don’t really get what was going on with “Palpitine” and Nadine. When he appeared, and then got her to go down into the basement I thought it was a riff on what he’d just been talking about, how supposedly intelligent and shrewd people just believe a creepy looking guy spouting nonsense for no explained reason. I was expecting her to be then locked back in the basement by the very obvious Mr. Plinkett. It appears though that there was no trick, so what was the point of that scene? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/38 "2011-01-08T14:38:55Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > I don’t really get what was going on with “Palpitine” and Nadine. When he appeared, and then got her to go down into the basement I thought it was a riff on what he’d just been talking about, how supposedly intelligent and shrewd people just believe a creepy looking guy spouting nonsense for no explained reason. I was expecting her to be then locked back in the basement by the very obvious Mr. Plinkett. It appears though that there was no trick, so what was the point of that scene? Have you seen all his reviews? Basically, he did kidnap her and keep her in the basement, but she escaped after watching Episode II with him. In this one, she comes back to get him, but he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/39 "2011-01-08T14:39:55Z")
Uh, we’ve had a thread on this for a while that is still on the front page. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962/40 "2011-01-08T14:48:35Z")
Yes, I have seen them all, and know the backstory. I just don’t get what the “Darth Sidious” character is about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iii-mr-plinketts-review-is-up/565962.md?page=3)