Star Wars Episode I in 3D or Another Reason for Jar Jar Binks Haters to Complain

Movie Poster for Star Wars- Episode I: The Phantom Menace

On Friday, almost 13 years after its initial release, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace returns to movie theatres only this time in 3D.  If you listen closely, you can hear the collective groans and gripes of Star Wars purists worldwide.  The reason for this sense of dread varies among the fans that you ask.  Some claim the addition of the character, Jar Jar Binks made the film unbearable to watch, while others claim that then nine year-old Jake Lloyd’s portrayal of the boy who would be Darth Vader as wooden, thus nicknaming him Mannequin Skywalker.

Whatever the reason, there are sure to be complaints about the first Star Wars film is rereleased into theaters on Friday.  That will not stop people who happen to enjoy the film or those who are wanting to see it for the first time the way it’s meant to be seen, in a theater.

Super Bowl XLVI Commercials: Movies and Pop Culture

Today is the time-honored tradition of the Super Bowl.  For some, it means watching the game and cheering for your favorite team.  Then there are those of us who watch to see the latest advertisements that movie studios trot out for the upcoming months and any commercial that is bound to become a part of pop culture.  Here is a rundown of the ads airing today during the Super Bowl:

This year we see the second coming of Ferris Bueller, sort of.  In this commercial, Matthew Broderick calls in sick to his agent.  What ensues is a series of adventures akin to Broderick’s hit film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.  All the while, the product that the commercial is selling is the Honda 2012 CR-V.

The next video, titled “The Bark Side”, comes from Volkswagen.  The commercial has a group of dogs barking “The Imperial March” from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.  Among the motley crew of dogs, you can see dogs dressed like Chewbacca, an Ewok, C3PO, Princess Leia and Darth Vader.  At the end of the commercial, a greyhound comes across the screen dressed like an AT-AT from the Battle of Hoth.

In the Super Bowl spot for the superhero team film, Marvel’s The Avengers, the term “less is more” couldn’t ring more true.  While the commercial is only ten seconds long, we are treated to our first peek at the Hulk in the upcoming film.

Finally, capitalizing on the 2012 end of the world nonsense, Chevy gives a commercial where a group of men are driving through the post-apocalyptic world to meet up.  One of the guys asks where their friend Dave is and the one of the other guys says that Dave didn’t make it because he drove a Ford truck.