Saturday, May 21, 2005

More Great Lines from Anthony Lane

The general opinion of "Revenge of the Sith" seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones." True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion.

He's pretty good on Yoda too:

Also, while we're here, what's with the screwy syntax? Deepest mind in the galaxy, apparently, and you still express yourself like a day-tripper with a dog-eared phrase book. "I hope right you are." Break me a fucking give.

You can read the rest here.

Note: This is about applauding Anthony Lane, not trashing Star Wars about which, truly, I have no opinion.

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