Post by George Willson on Nov 2, 2005 10:56:13 GMT -5
KIM rating: 2.7.0
Well, I did the geek thing and I went to Wal~Mart at midnight on the 1st to get my very own copy of Episode III with the bonus disc...and then I watched it the same day.
Visually, it's spectacular. All the stuff on screen just overloads the senses. It's got one of the coolest space battles I've ever seen, and certainly two of the coolest lightsaber fights. Plotwise, of course, it's meant to fill in the gap between Episodes 2 and 4, and it does this seamlessly. All the stuff built up in 1 & 2 finally gets played out in 3. Unlike the original trilogy, the pre-trilogy plot covers all three movies to play itself out. This has made some people go nuts on 1 & 2 since the plots were incomplete, but I really like the way it all came together.
Dramatically, this movie pulls out the stops. It's mostly watching what you know is going to happen all play out. All the characters' individual struggles come to a head as Anakin crosses over to the dark side, betrays everyone he knows even though he doesn't see it, and then culminates in the final scenes which serve to admirably setup the trilogy to come.
Some weaknesses...Anakin/Padme love dialogue: yuck. Dear Lord, George, get an editor on this tripe. I know they're in love and it's very cute and all, but but the dialogue is just terrible in these scenes. In the scene where Anakin does finally pledge his allegiance to Palpatine (this isn't a spoiler for all but those 5 people who never saw Star Wars), I think he finally does it too quickly. He's been leaning towards the dark side building to this scene, but the decision seems to come too easily for him.
Minor things in a film that works great to complete the current Star Wars saga. If you haven't seen it yet, you're really missing out. This is not only the best of the prequels, but a top installment of the series.
As a side note, after watching this, I immediately put on Star Wars IV, and the kind of impact of knowing all that backstory going into the classic really makes you see EVERYTHING in a whole different light. I don't know how much George let Alec Guiness in on the backstory to his character, but hm, did he flash a bit of recognition at seeing R2 and Threepio? Does Owen recognize R2 and Threepio before he buys him and immediately demands their memories wiped? How does Obi-wan really feel handing Anakin's lightsaber to Luke? Is Obi-wan thinking "The time has come"? If only Leia knew she was talking to her daddy at the beginning...wild stuff.
Well, I did the geek thing and I went to Wal~Mart at midnight on the 1st to get my very own copy of Episode III with the bonus disc...and then I watched it the same day.
Visually, it's spectacular. All the stuff on screen just overloads the senses. It's got one of the coolest space battles I've ever seen, and certainly two of the coolest lightsaber fights. Plotwise, of course, it's meant to fill in the gap between Episodes 2 and 4, and it does this seamlessly. All the stuff built up in 1 & 2 finally gets played out in 3. Unlike the original trilogy, the pre-trilogy plot covers all three movies to play itself out. This has made some people go nuts on 1 & 2 since the plots were incomplete, but I really like the way it all came together.
Dramatically, this movie pulls out the stops. It's mostly watching what you know is going to happen all play out. All the characters' individual struggles come to a head as Anakin crosses over to the dark side, betrays everyone he knows even though he doesn't see it, and then culminates in the final scenes which serve to admirably setup the trilogy to come.
Some weaknesses...Anakin/Padme love dialogue: yuck. Dear Lord, George, get an editor on this tripe. I know they're in love and it's very cute and all, but but the dialogue is just terrible in these scenes. In the scene where Anakin does finally pledge his allegiance to Palpatine (this isn't a spoiler for all but those 5 people who never saw Star Wars), I think he finally does it too quickly. He's been leaning towards the dark side building to this scene, but the decision seems to come too easily for him.
Minor things in a film that works great to complete the current Star Wars saga. If you haven't seen it yet, you're really missing out. This is not only the best of the prequels, but a top installment of the series.
As a side note, after watching this, I immediately put on Star Wars IV, and the kind of impact of knowing all that backstory going into the classic really makes you see EVERYTHING in a whole different light. I don't know how much George let Alec Guiness in on the backstory to his character, but hm, did he flash a bit of recognition at seeing R2 and Threepio? Does Owen recognize R2 and Threepio before he buys him and immediately demands their memories wiped? How does Obi-wan really feel handing Anakin's lightsaber to Luke? Is Obi-wan thinking "The time has come"? If only Leia knew she was talking to her daddy at the beginning...wild stuff.
