Comments on: The Importance of Authenticity http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-475 Therese Walsh Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:40:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-475 Hi Elsie, Though the subject of the blog is writing well, this particular post is on the movie, Star Wars, episode III. Our point is that you can learn more about craft by looking at what works in other mediums as well. :) Therese Hi Elsie,
Though the subject of the blog is writing well, this particular post is on the movie, Star Wars, episode III. Our point is that you can learn more about craft by looking at what works in other mediums as well. :)
Therese

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]]> By: Elsie http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-474 Elsie Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:12:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-474 Great! Where can I buy this new novel, Ep III? The subject of your blog is novels, right? Great! Where can I buy this new novel, Ep III? The subject of your blog is novels, right?

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-473 Therese Walsh Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:03:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-473 Thanks, Tess! Thanks, Tess!

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]]> By: Tess http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-472 Tess Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:27:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-472 Well, I certainly think Ep III was way better than I and II, but still didn't quite capture me like Eps IV or VI. Somehow the magic wasn't quite there for me - I think it's cause I KNEW Anakin couldn't be saved (at least not by Amidala). But I like your take on it :-) Great analysis! Well, I certainly think Ep III was way better than I and II, but still didn’t quite capture me like Eps IV or VI. Somehow the magic wasn’t quite there for me – I think it’s cause I KNEW Anakin couldn’t be saved (at least not by Amidala). But I like your take on it :-) Great analysis!

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]]> By: Elena Greene http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-471 Elena Greene Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:35:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-471 This movie <I>almost</I> worked for me. Though I think a lot of it was very powerful and did go a long way toward explaining Anakien's transformation into Darth Vader, there were spots where the setup could have been improved. Some friends and I discussed this at length over several pitchers of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, just after the movie came out, and we brainstormed several ways to make the rift between Anakin and the Jedi more believable. Unfortunately I can't remember what they are now! I also didn't care for how they explained the Princess's death, something to the effect that she lost hope. A spirited woman with twin babies doesn't just lose hope. I think just a tweak, something to do with the Dark Side, showing Padme fighting to live and finally succumbing, would have made that scene much stronger. Overall, the movie felt like a next-to-last draft. Almost right but not quite. Elena This movie almost worked for me. Though I think a lot of it was very powerful and did go a long way toward explaining Anakien’s transformation into Darth Vader, there were spots where the setup could have been improved.

Some friends and I discussed this at length over several pitchers of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, just after the movie came out, and we brainstormed several ways to make the rift between Anakin and the Jedi more believable. Unfortunately I can’t remember what they are now!

I also didn’t care for how they explained the Princess’s death, something to the effect that she lost hope. A spirited woman with twin babies doesn’t just lose hope. I think just a tweak, something to do with the Dark Side, showing Padme fighting to live and finally succumbing, would have made that scene much stronger.

Overall, the movie felt like a next-to-last draft. Almost right but not quite.

Elena

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-470 Kathleen Bolton Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:01:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/02/21/the-importance-of-authenticity/#comment-470 Wow, you almost make me want to see the movie. I lost interest after Episode One turned into an interplanetary NAFTA story. Characters DO make the difference. Wow, you almost make me want to see the movie. I lost interest after Episode One turned into an interplanetary NAFTA story. Characters DO make the difference.

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