'Star Wars' 3-D Fever

George Lucas has officially crossed over to the dark side.

Who is to blame for this horrific transition? James Cameron.

Ever since "Avatar" came out in theaters on Dec. 18th, 2009, the 3-D mania has been out of control. Suddenly, everything is being filmed in 3-D, and movie theaters have piles of those goofy glasses just waiting for the films to hit the big screens.

And guess what movie is supposed to make its debut in 2012? "Star Wars"- all of them.

Lucas, director of the "Star Wars" movies tells Access Hollywood in an interview he has "never been a big fan of 3-D, but that movie definitely improves in [the field of] 3-D." Upon seeing "Avatar," Lucas decided that Star Wars HAD to be shown in 3-D. What Lucas is forgetting is that the Star Wars phenomenon is dead, annoying, and overdone at this point, and the general public agrees, too.

Ben Fritz of the Los Angeles Times talks in an article of this possibility of the saga meeting the 21st century and its 3-D technology. This article, however, lacks any originality and depth. Almost all of the information was taken from the interviews Access Hollywood had with Lucas, and you would think a newspaper in L.A. would be able to score an interview with Lucas.

The rest of the story was obtained from a press release that The Times was able to get before it was released to the audience. Why would a newspaper run a story that the reported did absolutely no reporting for himself? Were they so completely out of material that they had to get another newspaper's story, use quotes from someone else's interview, and put it in their own? If you didn't do the work yourself, don't run it.


It will be interesting to see if Lucas actually does go through with his plans. Something tells me it won't be as awesome as he thinks it's going to be.

'Easy A' an Easy Watch

Yes, it is hard to believe that yet another cruel high school movie has hit the big screens once again. Mean Girls has done it, Breakfast Club has done it, gosh even Napolean Dynomite did it. So, what would set Easy A apart from the countless others? Two words.

Emma Stone.

Easy A came out on Friday, September 17th, and it made $17,734,040 on opening weekend alone and ranked number two in the box office. This is all thanks to Emma Stone and her unlikely quirky confidence. Why unlikely? Her character is a fly on the wall at a high school full of gossip-hungry teens waiting for someone to slip up.

The New York Times also agrees that Emma Stone is a precious gem in this movie. In an article written by Stephen Holden on September 16th, 2010, the critic wrote the movie "commands attention for the irresistible presence of Emma Stone, playing a good girl who pretends to be bad. Her performance is the best of its type since Alicia Silverstone’s star turn several high school generations ago in Amy Heckerling's 1995 hit, Clueless."

After this is where I completely disagree with the critic's point of view. The comparison he makes to Clueless becomes the driving force in this review, and to be completely honest, that's what took all credibility away from him.

He later states that he believes Easy A "isn’t nearly as good a movie as Clueless."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Personally, I find the whole idea of Clueless even being a good movie nauseating. To say Easy A isn't as good is like saying Abraham Lincoln wasn't as good of a president as George Bush. Blatant Lies.

Easy A deserves four stars out of five and is a great movie for both guys and gals. It is witty, dramatically refreshing, and a clever spin on The Scarlet Letter. I highly recommend everyone sees this movie.

And, no. It is nothing like Clueless.