Taking Sides: Star Wars episodes 1 to 3 v. The Lord of the Rings films

They both suck in my opinion, the new SW trilogy lacks the pure fun of the original, it's basically like watching a video game you can't play. LOTR is just boring as hell, it looks pretty but lacks the spirit of great fantasy, the only thing that seperates it from the usual crap churned out by Hollywood week after week is the skilled direction of Peter Jackson. I think overall the SW films are more enjoyable but the LOTR films will almost certainly last longer.

By the way, Harry Potter kicks ass.

If this was three cornered battle also featuring the Matrix films, which way would you jump?

my own view - the LoToR films are G*R*A*T*E, and seem to be continuously improving. Star Wars gave us an interesting first film and then slid into shite with the second. I reckon the third will be an excruciating lurch from special effects driven shite to special effects driven shite, and they will fundamentally fluff the fact Anakin has to go definitively EVIL in it.

the third LoToR film will be TOTAL CLASSIC. All who reject will be eliminated.

"That'll be a DV thread, then"

The three sharks in Finding Nemo are played by australian actors: Eric Bana (Chopper/The Hulk), Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), and Bruce Spence, whose name I only vaguely recognized. A quick trip to the IMDB shows that he's the gyro pilot from Mad Max 2/3, and he's about to ascend into geek heaven by appearing in The Matrix Revolutions, Return of the King (as the Voice of Sauron) and Episode 3.