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

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.