Rate Revenge of the Sith *SPOILERS*

[John Crichton]

Funny, this may be a reason that I gave it relatively low rating (6), same as AotC. I saw it this morning, and the guy next too me was muttering and commenting non-stop. Really spoiled it, making it difficult to get into and just watch and experience. If I can see it again with better theater and fewer distractions, it might go to a 7 or 8. Or it might not.

-RedShirt

Ah, if I heard it loud next to me I would have been pissed, too.

But I made sure to muffle myself or at least slap a hand over my mouth if I was about to get really into it (like during the last duel). I did ask my sister afterwards if she heard me and she said no, but that could have been because she was really into it. The guy to my other side was FRICKIN' SLEEPING. Unbelievable. At least he didn't lean on me like this blob-kid did during Episode One.

 

[John Crichton]

Saw it an liked it. It's definitely the best of the prequels, though I think it falls short of the originals -- ESB at the least.

Things that bugged me:

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-- Padme's death is a disconnect with the later series. When Luke and Leia are having the discussion about their mother(s), Luke says "I have no memory of my mother", while Leia remembers her as dying when she was small; she was "stong, but sad". I expected Padme to live on for a bit with Leia before dying of grief. Or are they supposed to be talking about Mrs. Organa

I thought, at first, that this was true as well and it really annoyed me. Until I went back and actually heard what Leia said again. I don't have time to properly quote it or go very far as I'm on my way out the door but if you do that and really pay attention to was she says it could be viewed as right on. Something about feelings and such. Makes me think they were Force-induced memories rather than real ones.

-- Flying, fighting R2D2. As much as he kicks ass in this movie, they don't explain where it all went to.

R2 was awesome. He provided the comedy and his early action was one of the great surprises of the movie. I love that little guy. 20 years have passed and if he was in the rebellion the entire time then it could easily be reasoned that his extras were damaged and unable to be repair in that time.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Better than Return of the Jedi not as good as Empire Strikes Back

 

[Kanegrundar]

I gave it an 8. There was a fair amount of cheese. Anakin and Padme's dialog was hard to listen to. However, the emotion in the scenes with Obi-Wan and Anakin were top notch. There were a couple missed opportunities, but over all I'm very happy with RotS and I look forward to seeing it again next weekend!

Kane

 

[Flyspeck23]

Shaak Ti does, too, but her scene being cut down by Anakin in the Jedi Temple was cut from the movie. Hopefully it'll be on the DVD.

This seems wrong... wanting to see a person die.

But I agree, of course

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

This seems wrong... wanting to see a person die.

But I agree, of course

Hey, I had to watch my favorite Jedi, Plo Koon, get gunned down in his fighter...I'm just making sure ALL the Jedi get what's comin' to 'em so all's fail.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

After reading through the thread, most people addressed what I liked, what I didn't like, and questions I had ... with one exception:

Is there a reason why Anikin wears black? All the other Jedi have a dress code except for Anikin and that hot blue Twiliek chick. Not that I'm complaining. I'm just curious.

 

[Trickstergod]

After reading through the thread, most people addressed what I liked, what I didn't like, and questions I had ... with one exception:

Is there a reason why Anikin wears black? All the other Jedi have a dress code except for Anikin and that hot blue Twiliek chick. Not that I'm complaining. I'm just curious.

Actually, quite a few Jedi wear something other than traditional Jedi robes. It's just that most of them aren't blatantly different. Ki-Adi-Mundi, Shaak-Ti, Plo Kloon - all of them are wearing something other than the robes of Windu or Obi-Wan. Heck, Anakin's not even the only Jedi in all black; I don't remember their names, but the two Jedi women who are always together, the master and student - they're decked out in black.

 

[shilsen]

I think the opposite is true. If it weren't Star Wars, even Episodes I and II would have gotten a lot more slack. Or, for example, if this were the first Star Wars movie, if we didn't have any others, people would be touting it as the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I agree. I thought this was a good, entertaining movie, without being amazing. I saw it with a bunch of people who like the Star Wars movies without being anywhere close to fanboys and the sort of things that bothered a lot of people on this thread (and some of which I commented on post-movie) didn't seem to matter at all to them. They figured the original Star Wars series included an interesting storyline, fun characters, some good and come campy acting, some snappy and some hammy dialogue, and cool special effects, and so does this one (and, to a lesser extent, the other prequels). I've spoken to a number of other people in the "casual viewer" category and they mostly seem to have the same reactions. Midichlorians? Minor plot holes? The average viewer doesn't really give a damn about these things.

 

[drothgery]

I gave it a 6, good effects, bad dialog (with way too many internal logic errors even within one movie, to say nothing of consitency with the other five), nice nods to the original series and other works. But I'd have to be feeling really generous to give Empire (easily the best Star Wars movie) better than a 7, and really nasty to give Phantom Menace a 4.