Revenge of the Sith

[juldea]

**1/2 andor B-

The action sequences were quite awesome.

But I've reread The Invisibles this week, and so I think I was just tuned in for cerebral stories. Which this wasn't. This was an Action Film.

I didn't really get Anakin's motivations. I didn't FEEL them. I guess that's just Hayden Christensen's acting, though. Or maybe my lack of seeing enough of the animated Clone War series. Like, how can one go from protesting how good the Jedi are, to killing kids, in a matter of days? It just didn't reach me.

I did cry. During the slaughter of the Jedi, during Padme's revelation of what Anakin has become, and especially sobbing during the final scenes with the placement of the children. The Tattooine imagery was too much of a connection to Episode IV... *sigh*

Yoda remains awesome.

Dude, the fights were just great. And often. ;)

I was especially pleased with the final battle between Anakin and Obi Wan, and Obi Wan's emotional outburst at the end. THAT, I could feel. "I loved you!"

Also, great line:
"This is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."

Comments

[invader-haywire.livejournal.com]

Anakin has previously killed women and kids. He killed an entire tribe of tuskan raiders in the second movie.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

They were "those guys" though. Not his own people.