May 24, 2005
Revenge of the Sith
Warning: Minor spoliers.
The office went to see Revenge of the Sith today. I went into the theater not expecting much, after being very disappointed in The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Happily, Revenge of the Sith is a better movie than other other prequels, but it's not great. The special effects are awesome and the action is fast-paced, but when you don't really care about the characters, none of this matters.
I found it almost impossible to form any kind of emotional connection with any of the characters. Anakin would be the most likely character to care about, but it's pretty hard to do so when his attitudes bounce back and forth between good and evil like a ping-pong ball. One moment he's threatening to arrest or kill Palpatine, and then, 30 seconds later, he's calling Palpatine his master. This kind of inexplicable shift in attitudes happens 2-3 times, which really kills any kind of bond you might have with his character. The painful love scenes and occasionally terrible dialog don't help either.
The key to enjoying this film is to have suitably low expectations. If you've seen the first two prequels, then you should be set.
(Note: I am a huge fan of the original Star Wars trilogy. When I was in middle school I wore Star Wars t-shirts to school. If you think Revenge of the Sith is great, then I'm happy for you. But please don't try to insinuate that this prequel can touch any of the films from the original trilogy. The original trilogy is the one true Star Wars. Have a nice day.)
Posted by Dirtae at May 24, 2005 01:17 AMI agree with you 100%. I went into this movie with low expections, seeing as how PM and AotC were two of the worst movies ever, in my opinion. The action in Sith was great, but other than that, nothing.
There was no emotion in the movie at all. The acting was terrible, the dialogue reminescent of the first two prequels, and you hit the nail on the head: if you don't care about the characters, then how can you possibly care about their struggle(s)?
Padme's death was supposed to have people crying. I did, but nearly with laughter. "*grunt* Luke! *grunt* Leia! (keels over dead)" And yeah, my manager Ron, being the fanboi that he is, actually cried at that scene. PLEASE! I was just glad for it to be over so I could go HOME!
This movie reminded me a lot of The Matrix sequels. If you have all action/special FX w/o any substance, no one will care. That's why the original Matrix is still great: great action, great FX, and great story/characters. These Star Wars prequels are terrible, and will hopefully soon be forgotten.
Posted by: dlc2k at May 24, 2005 01:04 PMThere were extremely excellent and the best scenes in the movie "Revenge of the Sith".
Good originality and great imagination, great story in this movie!
Here's Photo gallery for Hayden Christensen(Anakin) of this movie. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159789/photogallery-ss-0
I love Star Wars series the most!
