Rate Revenge of the Sith *SPOILERS*

[Sammael]

Seems like there's an awful lot of limb-cutting in the movie for such young boys to handle... let's see:

Count Dooku: both hands, then head (off-screen)
Mace Windu: hand
General Grievous: two arms
Darth Vader: other hand and both legs, followed up by terrible burns

Did I miss any?

 

[qstor]

This movie could have been so much better. It was ok, but it really could have been glorious.

I agree, I gave it a 7.

The Windu/Sidious battle was pretty good but the ending wasn't that great for the battle. Mace should have been aware that the force lighting might come again.

I didn't have a problem with the Wookies. For me it was the flow of the movie, too much cutting back and forth. I didnt get the feeling that 9 months for the pregnancy had gone by more like 2 weeks at most.

Christopher's Lee and scenes were too short. And as media film reviewers have mentioned Lucas STILL can't write romantic dialogue.

Good parts, seeing new planets and the shots and colors were great! I loved the shots of Alderran and the lava flows. Thos looked fantastic. The opening space battle and the light saber fight between Windu and Sidious.

Mike

 

[wingsandsword]

I gave it a 10. It was everything the final Star Wars movie was supposed to be. This was the geeks dream, and everything the fanboys wanted from the prequels.

The Clone Wars come to an end in a incredible battle, Check.
The Emperor rises to power, Check (Bonus Fanboy points for stating that Palpatine knows the secret of immortality, validating the Dark Empire comics).
The Jedi are wiped out, Check (Bonus Fanboy points for not negating the Expanded Universe, they left in loopholes for some Jedi to survive)
Mace Windu gets his Blaze of Glory, Check
Anakin has a believable fall to the Dark Side, Check.
Huge, over-the-top duel between Anakin/Vader and Obi-Wan, Check and then some.
Tying up all the loose ends, Check.
Explaining the appearance of Force Ghosts, Check

Bonus points for the Yoda/Palpatine duel (and Yoda just knocking out the Royal Guards with one wave was spiffy too).
Bonus points for Kashyyyk. A fan favorite planet gets shown.
Bonus points for R2, he was cool.
Bonus points for the Tantive IV, another good tie-in with the OT.
Bonus points for not pulling punches with the younglings (I sat next to two young kids and their mom who brought them to a midnight show, those kids were terrified when anakin flicked on his saber).

So the dialog was wooden, Star Wars always was, and I thought this one was better than usual. Star Wars was always supposed to be action-packed two-fisted epic tales as a reincarnation of old serials. This movie was everything it was supposed to be, and it did far exceeded expectations.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

Watched it. Loved it. In my opinion, it was probably the best of the six.

I had a few questions afterwords though:

1. I got the impression that Darth Plagus was Sideous' master. So, Sideous knew the secrets of immortality and creating life. Right? So did Sideous create Anakin? If so, why didn't Anakin react more to this revelation? "Anakin! I am your FATHER!"

2. Padme's death. Did she die simply bacause she didn't want to live (pretty selfish since she had two kids to raise) or because Sideous was keeping her alive?

3. The dreams. Real or planted by Sideous?

4. The Prophecy. What happened with this. I figure the Jedi misunderstood it as Yoda implied. Instead of killing the Sith, he estabolished a true balance. There were two Sith, and in the end, there were two Jedi.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

I really enjoyed it and gave it an 8. I can sympathize with some of the woodness of the characters, though. Mediocre writing and poor delivery make for some seriously painful dialogue, and neither Christensen or Portman can get it quite right when they're together. McGregor is easily my favorite actor in the movie. He and Christensen complement each other well, and when one of them delivers a line poorly the other helps out. Also, as little as I like Christensen's acting, he definitely gets the most improved award. I could sense much more of his character's conflict: with the jedi and palpatine, with Obi-Wan, with Padme, even with himself. Most importantly, the visuals were gorgeous: the space battles, the duels, everything. I liked the speed of the lightsabers. I could feel and see Anakin's fury, and that's all I needed. Also, Palpatine is an incredible villian, and though we don't see the full effect until this movie, his scheming and plotting puts him right in my Top 5, as far as I'm concerned.

I consider myself a big Star Wars fan, but grievances I have with this movie I could probably pinpoint in any one of the original trilogy. They're campy sci-fi movies with mediocre acting and bad writing. But the special effects have always been gorgeous, and the grand scheme of the movies has always been stellar. Underneath the campiness is a good story, perhaps a little obscured, but by no means buried.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Watched it. Loved it. In my opinion, it was probably the best of the six.

I had a few questions afterwords though:

1. I got the impression that Darth Plagus was Sideous' master. So, Sideous knew the secrets of immortality and creating life. Right? So did Sideous create Anakin? If so, why didn't Anakin react more to this revelation? "Anakin! I am your FATHER!"

I got that impression too. The way that Palpatine spoke as he told it, almost as if he was reminiscing, gave me the impression that Darth Plagus was his own master before Palpatine killed him.

2. Padme's death. Did she die simply bacause she didn't want to live (pretty selfish since she had two kids to raise) or because Sideous was keeping her alive?

Yeah, that kinda disturbed me a little as well. It's implied that Padme died from a broken heart because Anakin fell to the dark side (as the medical droid said "Medically she's perfectly healthy, but for reasons we don't understand we're losing her."), but you'd think that having children would give her something to cling to life for.

3. The dreams. Real or planted by Sideous?

I vote real, as they did end up coming true (even though Anakin probably could have prevented the death by not falling into evil).

4. The Prophecy. What happened with this. I figure the Jedi misunderstood it as Yoda implied. Instead of killing the Sith, he estabolished a true balance. There were two Sith, and in the end, there were two Jedi.

Actually, by bringing balance to the force, I think that it meant eliminating the sith. In the end, it was Anakin/Vader (not Luke) who killed Palpatine.

 

[Frilf]

This is my opinion as well. IMO, he took two movies for basic setup and one movie focuses on what the whole trilogy should have focused on. He could of had so much more depth to everything without kiddie Vader in Ep I. It kinda makes me sad he missed the mark by so much. I think maybe he had visions of certain scenes and created the movies around those visions instead of working one long story board up and then dividing it into three films.

Here's a possibility for what the prequels could have been, see if you think this is better:

The prequel trilogy (Eps I-III) begins when Anakin is accepted as a padawan under Obi-Wan (or even Qui-Gon) and goes forward from there. Events that were important in Anakin's backstory could be explored via flashbacks/nightmares, etc. In essence, expand the last half of Revenge of the Sith (Anakin's fall) into a 3-movie story arc, where more character development is possible. We don't really need a lot of the material from Eps I-II as they are. We want to see how Anakin falls from being a decent person into the ultimate galactic bad-@$$.

The following is bizarro history, but could have been interesting (at least in my little mind): A common villain (Palpatine) and his ONE apprentice (Darth Maul) could be the primary forces of evil behind the scenes in Eps I-III until Anakin turns evil and Darth Vader is realized in full (without the "NOOOOOO!"). Imagine a Vader/Maul showdown for who will continue as Darth Sidious' one and only apprentice.

Any thoughts? Rotten fruit?

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

I give it an 8. I won't repeat my review/thoughts here, since I've already posted them on GenSit:

http://www.generationsit.org/archives/96

 

[Desdichado]

For those of you with young kids, I took my 7 and 9 year old boys. It was their first time seeing that kind of movie in the theatre, though they've memorized the first 5 movies. They handled it just fine.

My wife and I were both thinking, "this ain't so bad; let's bring the kids again later this weekend," right up until Anakin burst into flames. Then Julie leaned over to me and said, "the kids will not be seeing that anytime soon!" I regretted it, but she was right.

 

[Mystery Man]

OK help me out here!

Mace and Emperor battle, my position is that the Emperor was playing helpless and could have put the wood to Mace anytime he wanted. He was just doing that to get Anakin to turn.

Agree? Disagree?