Plot Holes and Pizza Rolls

I've been meaning to post about RedLetterMedia's "Plinkett Reviews" for a while now. While the site has apparently been doing reviews of Star Trek films for a while now, it gained the most recognition for its review of Star Wars: Episode I, which clocks in at nearly half the length of the film itself. The latest review, of Episode II, takes things even further.

While the reviewer-as-serial-killer "subplot" (hard to explain until you see it for yourself) is hit or miss, the critiques of the storytelling and filmmaking are mostly spot on, and I found myself nodding in agreement with many of the insightful criticisms. As a taste, here is the site's (relatively short) review of Avatar, a film most of our faithful readers have probably seen:

Sunday Night Videos

I would never, ever attempt to be like these guys ...



... for fear of ending up like this guy:



Steve Nash is more consistent at free throw shooting than I am at ... breathing ...



... though I am better than this girl at explaining the plot of Star Wars:

The Hero with Two Faces

A funny synopsis of Star WarsHarry Potter:



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Star Wars and Harry Potter are just two examples of stories based on the same archetypal structures found in mythology throughout history, famously explored by Joseph Campbell in his work The Hero with a Thousand Faces. George Lucas, in fact, has discussed the direct influence of Campbell's work on his space opera.