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

[sandrylene.livejournal.com]

I loved the egregiously large hand loss count.

"duel duel duel.... hand loss.... duel duel duel.... two hands lost.... duel duel duel.... arm off...."

It was patently absurd. As were the love scenes, my god! Anakin and Padme, can we get any more stereotyped dialogue?

Also, the defeat of the Jedi by a handful of soldiers in each case? Not that believable, IMO. Yeah, they weren't expecting allies to turn on them, but they *are* in the middle of a war, and that has to mean heightened alert for a group of people who are already supposed to be pretty attuned to the feel of things. I just can't quite buy it.

And I am *totally* with you on Anakin Goes Evil. He goes from "oh, I can't kill this evil dude! We have to get him to trial." to "oh, maybe he can help me save Padme. I just want to save my wife!" to "these bratlings... who needs 'em?" in the blink of an eye. I just... no.

Oh, and final comment. Why did we wipe C3PO's memory, but not R2D2's? I mean, other than plot consistency. :P Because so far as I could tell, that was totally bloody arbitrary.

Erm. I'm glad I saw the movie. Really I am. There were lots of pretty things in it. :P

oh come on

[etherial.livejournal.com]

That final one is obvious: C-3PO is a blithering idiot.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm glad I saw it too!

As for the jedi, I can rationalize it to myself. They're at a hightened sensitivity - that way. They're not looking to feel what their allies are thinking. Only Yoda did that, after feeling all the Force ripples, and he managed to defend himself. :) But yeah, the fact that I have to rationalize it to myself means that it's a little far-fetched... ;)

3PO is a protocol droid, R2 is a... what do you call him? A battle droid? They don't actually spend that much time together... and 3PO saw a lot more politics. ...also rationalizing. ;)

[diego001.livejournal.com]

R2-D2 is technically an astromech droid.

[alendres.livejournal.com]

1) I need to do a 'lost hand count' across the entire series.
2) The love scenes were short
3) There's only so many laser blasts you can deflect (try playing Jedi Knight with sabers against 15 gius with guns.
4) I dunno. I guess when he broke, he broke. C'mon, 18 years later, he's blowing planets up just to piss people off...
5) Shiny annoying git deserves all he can get.

On falling to the Dark Side

[shogunhb.livejournal.com]

The thing is, the more Dark Side you get, the more it controls and influences you. Technically, he should've been completely consumed and murdering babies for fun after wiping out an entire Sand People village, but eh. Losing faith in the Order (due to Mace Windu being a dick), saving the Chanceller from Dick Windu (a true lightside action if there ever was one... probably his last), and then standing by while Palpatine killed Mace Windu with Force Lightning is kind of enough to send anyone over the edge. Besides, he'd already killed Dookie in cold blood and god knows how many Jedi he had to kill just to get to the Younglings. By then, he's not really Anakin anymore, just a conduit to the Dark Side.