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Star Wars Episode III is one big family reunion.Review created: 05/21/05
by: cntaur5-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Movies
Pros:
The climactic lightsaber battle scene against Anakin and Obi-Wan is awesome.
The climactic lightsaber battle scene against Anakin and Obi-Wan is awesome.
Cons:
A few weak acting scenes between lead characters.
A few weak acting scenes between lead characters.
Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith opened May 19, 2005 with early reviews giving this film more publicity than all of the force in hyperspace. While I consider myself a Star Wars fan, I'm not one of those hardcore fans that were willing to wait 10 hours in a line that wrapped around the theater for the 12:00 midnight viewing. Instead, like many I waited for the first weekend so I could make it a family affair to view this state of the art masterpiece.
Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith is really like one big family reunion were all the key characters that spawned Luke and Leia come together. While you don t have to have watched the first episode to follow the plot, it might help if you are totally foreign to the Star Wars genre. The films dramatic and brilliant opening will quickly let viewers know why this film made $50 million dollars the first day it was released. The viewer is literally pulled right into this epic plot, as the film effortlessly updates fans filling in all the gaps as Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) becomes Darth Vadar eventually losing everything he loves including his secret wife Sen. Padm Amidala (Natalie Portman) while Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) lives another day so that he can eventually train Luke Skywalker in a previous episode. For me the real mystery is the making of the episodes; where somehow all of the films make sense twenty something years later (My hats off to George Lucas). One of the saddest scenes in the movie is when the Jedi Knights were betrayed and the "younglings" were killed.
The acting in the film was average as I felt the movie focused more on cinematography and galactic realism as if that could honestly be accomplished. At times it was if the lines between Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman appeared forced and perhaps contrived as this ill fated couples seem to lack cinematic chemistry. The actors that did well in my opinion were veterans like Samuel L. Jackson, and Jimmy Smits. It should also be noted that Ian McDiarmid pulled off a magnificent performance as he represented the dark side. McDiarmid's mannerisms and stalking gesticulation made his role exciting making him the perfect villain. Despite the run of the mill acting, I really enjoyed this film and think it deserves 4 stars. The costumes, fighting scenes, spacecrafts and the aliens of different races were enough to make a sci-fi fan do cartwheels in the popcorn line. The best and yet saddest scene was the fight between Obi-Wan the master and Anakin who had now turned to the dark side. After watching this scene the questions still lingers, did Anakin choose the dark side because of his childhood? Did he choose the dark side because of fear, or thirst for power?
My caution on this film goes to parents with small children. Most of the advertising and merchandise for this film was made and printed when this film was not rated. This film has a lot of material that is inappropriate for young children. There are beheadings of druids and dismemberment of key characters via light saber and a hearty serving of violent action that's definitely unsuitable for young viewers. The PG-13 rating is appropriate, due to the dramatic and dazzling sci-fi violence however, from what I observed in the theater today, many parents have thrown caution to the wind on this one. Moviegoers will probably have some flash backs to some of the Star Wars TV parodies, especially when the film opens with, "A LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." while I think the famous opening is fantastic keeping true to the series, I also think it has been spoofed an awful lot in other films making it a bit ordinary.
Being one of the millions of viewers who has now watched, Star Wars Episode III, on its opening weekend I can now put my plastic light saber away. The advantages of watching this film on the opening weekend are numerous. First all of my answers from 1977 regarding the Star Wars series have been answered on the silver screen. In addition I can enjoy all of the marketing and collectables offered at Burger King and maybe collect all of their Super-D Toys. Maybe the next time I go to the movies to see Star Wars, I'll wear one of the impressive outfits the main characters wore in the movie.
Bottom line, Revenge of the Sith is the Picasso of sci-fi films serving as a cinematic masterpiece worth the wait and all of its installments.
Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith is really like one big family reunion were all the key characters that spawned Luke and Leia come together. While you don t have to have watched the first episode to follow the plot, it might help if you are totally foreign to the Star Wars genre. The films dramatic and brilliant opening will quickly let viewers know why this film made $50 million dollars the first day it was released. The viewer is literally pulled right into this epic plot, as the film effortlessly updates fans filling in all the gaps as Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) becomes Darth Vadar eventually losing everything he loves including his secret wife Sen. Padm Amidala (Natalie Portman) while Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) lives another day so that he can eventually train Luke Skywalker in a previous episode. For me the real mystery is the making of the episodes; where somehow all of the films make sense twenty something years later (My hats off to George Lucas). One of the saddest scenes in the movie is when the Jedi Knights were betrayed and the "younglings" were killed.
The acting in the film was average as I felt the movie focused more on cinematography and galactic realism as if that could honestly be accomplished. At times it was if the lines between Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman appeared forced and perhaps contrived as this ill fated couples seem to lack cinematic chemistry. The actors that did well in my opinion were veterans like Samuel L. Jackson, and Jimmy Smits. It should also be noted that Ian McDiarmid pulled off a magnificent performance as he represented the dark side. McDiarmid's mannerisms and stalking gesticulation made his role exciting making him the perfect villain. Despite the run of the mill acting, I really enjoyed this film and think it deserves 4 stars. The costumes, fighting scenes, spacecrafts and the aliens of different races were enough to make a sci-fi fan do cartwheels in the popcorn line. The best and yet saddest scene was the fight between Obi-Wan the master and Anakin who had now turned to the dark side. After watching this scene the questions still lingers, did Anakin choose the dark side because of his childhood? Did he choose the dark side because of fear, or thirst for power?
My caution on this film goes to parents with small children. Most of the advertising and merchandise for this film was made and printed when this film was not rated. This film has a lot of material that is inappropriate for young children. There are beheadings of druids and dismemberment of key characters via light saber and a hearty serving of violent action that's definitely unsuitable for young viewers. The PG-13 rating is appropriate, due to the dramatic and dazzling sci-fi violence however, from what I observed in the theater today, many parents have thrown caution to the wind on this one. Moviegoers will probably have some flash backs to some of the Star Wars TV parodies, especially when the film opens with, "A LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." while I think the famous opening is fantastic keeping true to the series, I also think it has been spoofed an awful lot in other films making it a bit ordinary.
Being one of the millions of viewers who has now watched, Star Wars Episode III, on its opening weekend I can now put my plastic light saber away. The advantages of watching this film on the opening weekend are numerous. First all of my answers from 1977 regarding the Star Wars series have been answered on the silver screen. In addition I can enjoy all of the marketing and collectables offered at Burger King and maybe collect all of their Super-D Toys. Maybe the next time I go to the movies to see Star Wars, I'll wear one of the impressive outfits the main characters wore in the movie.
Bottom line, Revenge of the Sith is the Picasso of sci-fi films serving as a cinematic masterpiece worth the wait and all of its installments.
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