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

hmmmmsmokedgouda

[tlluria.livejournal.com]

I think that Padme might have been able to bring Anakin back when she went to visit him on Fireyplanetwhosenameidon'trecall if ObiWan hadn't suddenly been looming in the doorway.
Even if she had not been able to bring him back fully, she would have kept him on edge long enough - I believe - to bring him back around.
As she said at the very end, there's still good in him.