Rate Revenge of the Sith *SPOILERS*

[demiurge1138]

The only two nitpicks I really consider noteworthy here:

2) Why didn´t Obi-Wan finish Anakin off? I mean, come on, your old friend is lying there, lost one arm and two legs, and just suffered a severe burning that will probably eventually kill him. Okay, maybe he has betrayed you, your order and the people you care for, but doesn´t he deserve a bit of mercy? If Anakin had died, it would probably have been the worst imaginable one...
Well, maybe it was the Force that made Obi-Wan do it, it "knowing" that Anakin still had to fulfilll the prophecy...

Obi-Wan was obviously disgusted, both with Anakin's fall to the Dark Side and his own failings as a teacher and a friend. He couldn't bear to stay and watch his best friend die, even if he was an evil shell of his former self. It's not as if he knew the Emperor was coming to turn him into a mechanized killer.

Demiurge out.

 

[Waylander the Slayer]

Voting a 10 on this movie means that it is better than Gladiator, Braveheart and LOTR right? .

Voted a 4 on the movie for the following reasons:

Liked the following:

1. Good Action scenes
2. Palpatine- Excellent manipulation and very well acted.

Disliked the following:
1. Darth Vader - After seeing these three movies 1 feel that i can kick his *** and based on the portrayal; whiney, bitchy and also completely unbelievable and unmasculine in any scene; One of the worst casting jobs on the planet.

2. "Turning to the dark side" - why was this again??? oh! he had dreams that his Padme was going to die and he was told by a SITH LORD that he could be taught how to save lives?? (dumb and dumber and this is supposed to be one of the greatest anti-heros in movie hiistory), maybe he should have contacted some doctors etc? oh yeah, and to save his love (which, as written and acted is impossible to believe to be that strong/ unrequited / passionate) he goes and KILLS....kids; oh and then he almost STRANGLES and KILLS the woman for whom he turned to the dark side for? whaaat?
3. The Jedi - Honestly, with the mediclorians and this bunch of morons( they "feel" a lot of "shifting" and eeeeevil, but stand around and talk a lot), who cares? the Jedi, ultimately are unimportant and this movie took away anything heroic or tragic about them. We all know if it was not for Hans Solo and Chewy the Empire would have ruled for ever. Muhaha!!!!

George Lucas cannot direct - enough said.

 

[David Howery]

saw a commercial for ROTS with some reviews.... Ebert and Roeper gave it two thumbs up (but it seems they like everything, don't they?) and some doofus said it was better than the original SW!! Now, I haven't seen ROTS yet, but, judging from the comments on here, I highly doubt the latter review...

 

[John Crichton]

Yep. Five days later and *many* scenes from the film will just pop into my head throughout the day.

1. Anakin marching up the steps of the Jedi Temple with a platoon of clones behind him.
2. Bail arriving at the scene and witnessing a young padawan (Jett Lucas I believe) sans master being overwhelmed by clones and then the clones chillingly telling Bail to just leave while he can.
3. Yoda showing up to confront Palpatine *by himself* after Mace and several Jedi *Masters* were all slaughtered in that very room.
4. The battle of Kashyyyk; Yoda decapitating two clones in one leap and then jumping onto Chewie's back for a ride.
5. The opening space battle
6. Kenobi taking on Grievous one on one just to distract him long enough for the clones to arrive.
7. The Anakin/Obi-Wan duel! Who says that 20+ years of expectations can't be met! Amazingly awesome!
8. Obi-Wan saying, "I'm sorry Anakin, I've failed you..."
9. Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Bail on the Tantive IV
10. The Jedi purge
11. The last shot of the Tatooine sunset
12. The juxtaposition of Padme giving birth and Vader being reconstructed.

I really could just list almost every scene in the movie if I continue. I didn't even bother reading over the posts of the people who didn't like it. The film met and *far* exceeded my expectations, and that's just awesome. I can't believe I just saw a Star Wars movie that both awed and kept me on edge throughout the entire picture, just like when I saw ANH and ESB in the theaters as a kid.

I loved it. My wife loved it. In our household this will be a movie long remembered....

Wow, I couldn't agree more. I, too, have mostly been ignoring the posts of folks that didn't like the film. It was too much damn fun. I can't believe I've only seen it once so far.

The scenes you mentioned are all the ones I would, too. The only one you left out was the scene of Anakin burning and Obi-wan leaving him there. I can't get that one out of my head no matter how hard I try.

 

[stevelabny]

Disliked the following:
1. Darth Vader - After seeing these three movies 1 feel that i can kick his *** and based on the portrayal; whiney, bitchy and also completely unbelievable and unmasculine in any scene; One of the worst casting jobs on the planet.

Yikes. It rears its head again. This has NOTHING to do with casting. He was WRITTEN as a whiny, bitchy, unmasculine, flip-flopping, angry bratty kid. Hayden did an EXCELLENT job of portraying the angry bratty kid. The fact that none of us wanted Darth Vader to be an angry bratty kid doesn't mean Hayden can't act.

I feel bad for this poor kid. His career is gonna be destroyed from people that can't seperate his acting from the script.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

The fact that none of us wanted Darth Vader to be an angry bratty kid doesn't mean Hayden can't act.

That's some mighty big generalizing...

 

[Kai Lord]

Voting a 10 on this movie means that it is better than Gladiator,

Oh goodness yes. YES.

Braveheart

Yep.

and LOTR right? .

Oh I don't know about that, but LOTR are 10's also. There's more than enough love to cover both ROTS and LOTR.

 

[Kai Lord]

The scenes you mentioned are all the ones I would, too. The only one you left out was the scene of Anakin burning and Obi-wan leaving him there. I can't get that one out of my head no matter how hard I try.

Yep, that's a big one, but I had to stop somewhere. Almost every negative emotion you could imagine exuded in one mangled form. Hate, agony, rage, jealousy. And then Obi-Wan's heartbreak. One of the most pivotal scenes of the entire saga, and it was executed outstandingly. What an achievement.

And to add one more scene just because it was my wife's favorite:

A very pregnant Padme telling Anakin, "You're breaking my heart, where you're going I cannot follow..." My wife said it almost moved her to tears.

Then there's Anakin using the Vader choke trick for the first time *on his wife*.
Nute Gunray pleading for his life, utterly confused as to why he was about to be executed. No "ha ha, you've been tricked, your usefulness is over," just a merciless killer that shows up and slaughters his entire entourage and Gunray himself in one ruthless stroke. I actually felt half sorry for him.
And don't even get me started on Anakin tempting Padme to rule the galaxy together. Ah! What a great movie! I'm an excited nerdy kid all over again. I'm even thinking of what dorky Kenner toy I can get from the movie and display on my desk at work. Good times.

 

[takyris]

Wow, I couldn't agree more. I, too, have mostly been ignoring the posts of folks that didn't like the film. It was too much damn fun. I can't believe I've only seen it once so far.

The scenes you mentioned are all the ones I would, too. The only one you left out was the scene of Anakin burning and Obi-wan leaving him there. I can't get that one out of my head no matter how hard I try.

And yet, if someone posted and said, "I thought this film was lame, and I'm ignoring all the posts by people who didn't think it was lame," I imagine that would result in some kind of negative feedback.

As someone who did think the film was lame, I'm even reading the posts that disagree with mine. I'm reading with a mixture of surprise, incredulity, and disappointment, but I'm reading nonetheless.

Some wonderful moments, some excellent visuals, a good setup for Anakin's fall, and then a massively disappointingly thuddingly clunky script that provoked more unintentional laughs than tears in the theater when I saw it.

Nevertheless, all matters of enjoyment are inherently subjective. I'm glad the movie worked for most folks. I just wish I'd heard less glowing praise beforehand. I would have gone in without huge expectations and been much more satisfied overall.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

And yet, if someone posted and said, "I thought this film was lame, and I'm ignoring all the posts by people who didn't think it was lame," I imagine that would result in some kind of negative feedback.

As long as they're not calling out individual posters I doubt that would happen, ENworld is a very friendly place after all.

Its just very hard to figure out how someone’s 9, in my case, could be someone else’s 4, at least I think that’s what you gave it but I apologize if I’m wrong. I would rather not come off argumentative and most people on the internet have already made there opinions and your not going to change them that its very hard to reply to post that are so different.

I am sorry you didn’t like the movie but the old saying that you can’t please everyone is very true it seems.