Spoof Wars
I learned something today. You see, something had been bothering me about Star Wars. Not the original trilogy, although they had their cheesy moments. I mean the recent ones. The unholy trilogy, if you like.
There was just something about them, something not quite right. At first I thought it was the dialogue, especially what went on between Padmé and Anakin. A plausible theory, but it didn’t feel like the whole picture. Then I considered it was perhaps the transformation of Darth Vader from Big Scary MF to wangsting teenager. Let’s face it, that was a horrible thing to do.
Then the Ninja shared the answer with his loyal, long-suffering minions.
Sped up just a little and put to Yakety Sax (the Benny Hill theme song), the battle for Naboo goes from a little awkward and embarrassing to comic genius. Hot on the heels of that little revelation came another. There was nothing wrong with the dialogue or the characters, the fault lies with the directing.
They were meant to be comedies.