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Saw this today in Dolby Digital EX in a theater with only 25 people (one of the many advantages of living on outer Cape Cod in the off season). It is decidedly better than Episodes I and II and toward the very end almost as good as Episode IV. You get to see Darth Vader don his helmut and start talking like James Earl Jones, you get to see the birth of Luke and Leah and hear their themes, and you get to see how the babies were separated and how they ended up where they are at the beginning of Episode IV. Way cool.
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I loved it. I cried after it was over. That's all. Oh and for the record I'm 33.
Rob CThe world was made for people not cursed with self-awareness
Rico,Took my family to see this on Thursday - and enjoyed it.
Yes, some of the dialogue was stilted. Lucas has givem some good actors really poor lines to deliver.
But, these are films that are aimed at a young demagraphic.
What I like about the film, as with A New Hope, is the fact that Anakin/Darth Vader is not doing things because he is 'evil'.
Pure evil doing nasty things is pretty boring. People doing things out of good intentions, but that are evil, is interesting to me.
For me this made Anakin's slaughter of the 'younglings', don't you just HATE that term, a mistake. I don't know who Mr & Mrs Youngling are but I hope they are being prosecuted!
I agree that the ILM special effects come across as cartoon, rather than reality - as the Weta work frequently does, but it was not generally so bad as to pull me out of the moment.
I would certainly recommend seeing this on the big screen.
Martin
For too long it has been fashionable to trash the SW series. Admittedly Lucas had too weak a grip on the dialogue of his films and could have used some serious help. That much is certain and has always been so. But these are essentially his attempt at a parable/legend/myth creation for the modern age; stories born of archetypes where, lets face it, the subtleties of art-house cinema do not belong. And don't matter.In essence, the story/series might even have worked better as a silent movie (with Williams' excellent score intact) if its intent is to fashion myth - allowing the maximum amount of psychological space for the viewer to insert their own external dialogue, their own internal narration.
I agree that the capitulation of Anakin seemed too facile - more reference to his origin and his peculiar fatherless state (and the ramifications of this - a critical omission) could have added more richness to Skywalker/Vader's 'archetype'. This added richeness might have created more points of contact with the audience or even widened that contact. And yes, the slaughter of the younglings/halflings/little people seemed a false step in the 'Fall of Skywalker'. But in the end I don't know that it matters in the grander scheme of things, a level of 'broad brushstroking' where Lucas is most at home and definitely skilled.
And I find Lucas's extensive use of/reliance upon CGI somewhat ironic, a kind of silver screen karaoke where anyone can suit up and play/inhabit the principle roles. Any takers?
Big J.
I wasn't lucky enough to see an all digital showing, but for me, it put me to sleep.Within the first few minutes of the movie, I wondered "Why do I not like this?" Some of the answers that occured to me:
1. Too cluttered a look
2. It doesn't look like anything real
3. The cartoon looking characters
4. The bad acting -- Those stale scenes with Anniken and Natalie Portman and his horrendous delivery of lines.
5. The ridiculousness of the economics to have such civilizations.
6. Prequel idea not executed well. Ideally, the story should hold it's own and be gripping in its OWN RIGHT. These Star Wars prequels were about setting up the original, rather than coming up with a great story that would involve us.These 3 movies are just far removed from the originals in terms of the quality of the story telling.
I liked this one more than Episodes I and II but had to really try to stay interested. Not surprisingly, another disappointment.
someone uses the same term I used for the previous two films...CLUTTERED, CLUTTERED, CLUTTERED. I think this is the one thing that is keeping me from liking the prequels as a whole, although each one has it's moments. Sith was a step up from Menace and Clones, but certainly not the bridge between the two series as some have claimed. A more tangible story is unfolded, which was nice, but we are still forced to make some stretches. Why does a Sith fight so much better against two opponents rather than one? Maul did a great job knocking around two Jedi as did Dooku TWICE(this time literally throwing two guys around the room), both to be taken down by one man. Just give me some nice sets, a few well-designed spaceships and light saber battles and i'm satisfied. This movie actually had all three in bits and pieces, but was dirtied up again by that one word....CLUTTERED.
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Lucas has said that those under 25 years of age like the Episodes
I-III and those over 25 like Episodes VI-IV.
Was it similar to Attack of the Clones? I did not see Phantom Menace after feeling raped by Return of the Jedi. Granted, it is a long time to hold a grudge. Finally went to see 'Attack', and the dial was, to be charitable, amateurish. There were so many cringe-worthy scenes, I lost count. There was one (1) reasonably interesting shot (to me) in Attack.I am looking for a reason to give George my money, so any help would be appreciated.
The dialog sucked. He simply cannot write meaningful dialog. But as I said, toward the end everything seemed to jell and it really paved the way for Episode IV, which I am now watching. Issues in Episode IV now have new meaning having just seen III.
Big J.
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For a laugh, or the obsessed collector, go to www.collectorsgalleryonline.com. I received their brochure on Star Wars gear in the mail today, and I can only say that some of their prices would make audiophiles blush.
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