Film: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

[wanderlust]

ah the dialogue... a downfall
the first half hour had some around me laughing while i was groaning in disappointment at the hackneyed lines that are supposed to be (i guess?) clever humdingers or something

 

[Dan1584(2)]

It was great, I still don't think it can compare to The Empire Strikes Back, but it is difficult to compare the two trilogies...

I think that's what is really getting in the way of HARDCORE fans really enjoying Episodes 1, 2 & 3. The two trilogies should be viewed separately. They were created many many manu years apart and they are totally different in their point. Yes in reality it is a 6 Part series BUT I still think that the two trilogies should be separated if your going to judge them individually. Comparing and contrasting them isn't (IMO) something that should be done. They are totally different for many reasons, and they were meant to be that way.

 

[Finder]

I saw this earlier this afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, I did cringe at some of the dialog, but as a whole, the film was entertaining and held my attention. I don't feel the driving need to badmouth this film like I felt after the last one.

 

[TiberCross]

i was enthralled from beginning to end and that is saying alot. yeah, the love scenes were a little choppy but everything else was top rate.

 

[sourlemone]

Almost every moment in the movie where there were no actors on screen and every moment where there was no speech kicked ass.

Unfortunately, I thought the other half of the movie (i.e. Lucas' talking heads) sucked ass. The dialogue was fucking woeful, the acting wooden at best. Did keep me laughing for the most part (even if only at the ridiculous script) but descended into pure tedium about an hour in.

 

[kubenzi]

i just saw it...james earl jones is the man

 

[Sideways_Falling]

obi won: anakin is the father?
padme: yes.
obi won: i'm sorry.

i don't know about anyone else but the second time i laughed.

 

[physix]

Almost every moment in the movie where there were no actors on screen and every moment where there was no speech kicked ass.

Unfortunately, I thought the other half of the movie (i.e. Lucas' talking heads) sucked ass. The dialogue was fucking woeful, the acting wooden at best. Did keep me laughing for the most part (even if only at the ridiculous script) but descended into pure tedium about an hour in.

you have to admit, Ewan McGregor pwned all the other actors
with his ability TO act... as did the guy playing Palpatine, when
he wasn't gnashing his teeth like a rabid vampire dog...

 

[physix]

obi won: anakin is the father?
padme: yes.
obi won: i'm sorry.

i don't know about anyone else but the second time i laughed.

i kinda did too...

like 'ooh, sorry about your about-to-be bastard of a child...'

 

[silverwheel]

obi won: anakin is the father?
padme: yes.
obi won: i'm sorry.

i don't know about anyone else but the second time i laughed.

I thought that was an especially cold, powerful spot. I always thought Obi-Wan was above saying something like that.

Yeah yeah, the dialogue stinks. But moviegoing seems to be a lot more cynical than it used to be - as with the original, the story moves along at a breakneck pace and there's no time for anything but bluntness. And yet, I think this movie may be the most morally ambiguous and mythologically dense of them all. Palpatine, frankly, has amazing stuff here, and in a series not generally praised for its acting, I want to give major props to Ian McDiarmid's unforgettable work from Return of the Jedi through today.

The best thing I can say about it is that with the narrative gravity, and a new, visceral edge to the effects, it sucked me in so completely that I could roll with any punch the film threw at me. It was all really happening. I was watching people making horrible decisions, betraying friends and conscience. I cried.

It's all adolescent fun in the end, but this one burrowed into my imagination quickly and completely.

 

[physix]

I thought that was an especially cold, powerful spot. I always thought Obi-Wan was above saying something like that.

he's apoologizing thta he has to kill the man she loves
and the father of her child-to-be... he's apologizing
for failing her ultimately, by not being able to facilitate
proper jedi tutelage...

he'd be cold NOT to say it.

 

[Banquo]

this movie kicked ass. i will have to think about it some more before i can write anything substantive.

 

[John Candy]

Originally posted by Finder

And Hayden Christiansen? He couldn't show emotion if you set him on fire.

Well, funny you should say that. In fact I think that it was his best piece of acting to date.

 

[John Candy]

This movie sucked. Where was the build-up to the wookie war? There was no build-up. Uugghh...I can't be stuffed going through all the shit that sucked about this movie, it will all be said by others I know.

If "...it was better than the first two" is the highest praise that can be said when judging this hackneyed slag of cinema history, that is to say that you should be able to control your urge to walk out, get yourself a hotdog, and then casually stroll back to the movie, the way that a lot of people I know did with the first two.

Ultimately, I knew from the first two that things weren't gonna get any better. And I am truely not dissapointed, in fact I am a little pleased, after all "...it was better than the first two".....right?

 

[ralph_monsters]

pretty much everything i wanted to point out has already been said. i will say that the dialogue/acting was so laughable that it almost entirely ruined the experience.
Its not like the story demands a poetic screenplay, but i think that the scenes with dialogue were so choppy, poorly shot, and disjointed from the movie that they dig into the legacy of the series, making you wonder how you ever liked this saga in the first place.

I mean, is George Lucas really that bad of a director?

and lastly, it has been like a decade since i saw the originals, but did they try to employ the same kind of cheesy moments of cheap wit that the new ones have continuously abused?
If i had to point out one thing that really takes away the feel of the original movies it would be those one liners that get thrown in all over the film as some kind of 'comic relief' for the 12&under demographic.

 

[Finder]

Originally posted by John Candy
Originally posted by Finder

Well, funny you should say that. In fact I think that it was his best piece of acting to date.

Did you notice the date that was posted? 14-11-2004. I caught a really early sneak preview.

 

[wanderlust]

hrm, i thought the 'i hate you' scream was a bit off and wrong in that ^ piece of film

 

[Blue_Lava]

Just saw it this morning. 11 am on a sunday is a good time to go.

Anyway, I liked it. I wish I wasn't such a big star wars fan though. I think I kinda took the fun out of it by seeing too many trailers, pics, and reading spoilers. I wasn't surprised by anything. It still had some cheesy dialog like many of the others, but at least it was largely de-kid-afied. No jar jar. My bf wanted to see more of the wookies like another poster here mentioned. I think a little more time and care could have been spent on the moment Anakin turned. Seemed a bit abrupt. Other than that, it's what you've come to expect from star wars films. Breath taking scenery, incredible detail and imagination, lot's of blasters and whirling light sabers, cololsal events, of epic proportion. Though this one had decidedly darker material than the others.

 

[Sideways_Falling]

he's apoologizing thta he has to kill the man she loves
and the father of her child-to-be... he's apologizing
for failing her ultimately, by not being able to facilitate
proper jedi tutelage..

it's still very funny the way it comes out....

 

[Ester~of~WoodRosin]

A fantastic movie!
It gave a star wars fan, me, little bit of things I wanted. R2 stole the show. He certainly was tricked out.
As for the Wookie Home World, it barley had a mention in the novel.
I am glad I did read the novel first, as the movie I though was a bit chopping in Anakins down fall to the dark side. Some critics say it was to quick, but if you read the book, Anakin and Palpatine speak quite often.
And Anakin is already consumed with the guilt of his mother being killer by the hands of the Sand People, , his vision of Padme dying, and there is nothing he can do about, but go to the dark side to save her.
And of course that is the trap of the Sith.