Episode III reviews trickling in

[Nebulous]

Yeah, the Jedi were a little ridiculously overpowered in the cartoon, but it was exciting to watch. Mace Windu did whip some butt didn't he, and didn't quite reach that level of...mayhem...in AOTC. So while it's not consistent, and there was no character development, the films filled in those aspects more than enough for me. I was happy to see some thrown-down fights.

And while i'm on the topic, what Force powers can you recall seeing used in Sith?

Force Jump
The electrical discharge thingee
Blocking lasers
Basic lightsaber combat

That's all that comes to mind. I was sort of hoping to see a plethora of Jedi mind tricks and new stuff. I think the extended universe has me spoiled.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Yeah, the Jedi were a little ridiculously overpowered in the cartoon, but it was exciting to watch. Mace Windu did whip some butt didn't he, and didn't quite reach that level of...mayhem...in AOTC. So while it's not consistent, and there was no character development, the films filled in those aspects more than enough for me. I was happy to see some thrown-down fights.

And while i'm on the topic, what Force powers can you recall seeing used in Sith?

Force Jump
The electrical discharge thingee
Blocking lasers
Basic lightsaber combat

That's all that comes to mind. I was sort of hoping to see a plethora of Jedi mind tricks and new stuff. I think the extended universe has me spoiled.

Well Sideous pitched quite a few of those floating seat platforms at Yoda, and the Force Choke and some crushing of stuff by Vader, so TK was used. Farseeing by Vader in his dreams.

 

[Nebulous]

Ok, that's good. TK, Force Choke and FarSeeing. And although this was never expressly mentioned, i don't know if Anakin and ObiWan could have survived that lava field so close to the magma without some sort of force protection. Lava is HOT stuff even from a distance. Heck, you ever been near a big bonfire? You don't get too close. Lava is craploads hotter than a bonfire.

 

[Particle_Man]

Jar-Jar had a line?

Man I totally missed that! Was it part of the "congrats you saved him" bit near the beginning or did I miss something?

 

[Henry]

The New Yorker's review is pretty hilarious. *SPOILER warning!*

Wow, what an idiotic ass.

I don't know - I found it funny in a Dennis Leary sort of way, where someone intentionally takes a subject and picks it apart. (I rather liked his description of Greivous as a "Slaying Mantis" and his rant on Yoda's dialogue.) Just because I like Yoda as a character doesn't mean I can't enjoy poking fun at his dialogue; and the rest of his review was so stilted it was written almost to be intentionally 180 degrees inaccurate. It's in a way reminiscent of the review back in 2001 that called the Lord of the Rings movie "hackneyed and cliched in terms of plot - that review cracked me up after I thought about it!

 

[Nebulous]

It's in a way reminiscent of the review back in 2001 that called the Lord of the Rings movie "hackneyed and cliched in terms of plot - that review cracked me up after I thought about it!

now that's funny. The reviewer should be shot. It's fine to not like LOTR, but to not give Tolkien credit for being the father of modern fantasy is unforgivable.