Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
A little late, but still: I finally got to see Star Wars Episode III last friday — it was dark and it was good.
We finally get to see the fall of Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader — which is driven by love and fear of loss. Even though one sees how he strugles with the choice between the Light and the Dark Side, then the outer transition was a little quick for my taste: at one moment Anikin is in dispair, and in the next he pledges his loyalty to the Dark Side.
Seeing the film was a bit strange, for even though there were some twists and turns in the plot that surprised me, it was somewhat constrained by the three following films — there was a lot of things that just had to happen. For example, you knew that Anikin Skywalker had to become Darth Vader, that Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia had to be born, and lots of other things, including the rise of the Empire towards the end when things go really bad.
I liked the style of the film, and I really enjoyed how the design of the space ships and the uniforms changed to become more like what we see in the fourth episode, “A New Hope”. It was a nice feeling of déjà vu. The other clues and small comments shattered throughout the film were also a nice touch.
All-in-all I will say that the seing the film is a must for anybody who has seen the other films. With it the final piece of the story has been filled in and the saga is complete.
I agree that the transition is much too quick, but I still think this is the best of the three new Star Wars episodes. Time to see the old ones again — they are still the best by far.
May the Force be with you
Hey Mikkel, good to see you stopping by!
I would love to see the old ones again — they had a special quality about them that’s hard to describe. But right now I don’t think I have the time (exams are coming in just a month) so I’ll wait a bit.
Star Wars III — when are we going to see realistic space battles -with no sound? There is no oxygen in space. And if you argue that the sound contrivance makes it more compelling, no. It would be much more compelling if done with no sound - what could be more frightening than being in a battle unable to hear anything?
And still with the jet-propelled spaceships? So how do those robots float around the operating room? Magic? Laser-sabres, but no antigravity technology?
And as for the stupid laser/light sabres, why couldn’t they make one a bit longer than 4 feet or whatever? Say, 10 feet. It’s completely ridiculous. And why couldn’t someone just toss the light-sabre at their opponent, burning a hole through them? Or, better yet, why not just get a FUCKING LASER PISTOL AND BLAST THEM AWAY, like ObiWan finally did when he lost his precious light-sabre. Oh, and after he did save himself using a laser pistol, why did he dump it and pick up his stupid light-sabre again? It would’ve been much more interesting and believable if he thought, “Woh! I think I’ll just keep THIS awesome weapon; screw the fuckin’ light-sabre!” But no-o-o-o-o-o!
Why? Well, for one thing, the whole last 3 episodes could not evolve beyond the first 3 episodes of the epic. Suppose anyone DID think of doing these things — they couldn’t do it, because you got episodes 4-6 already out there. Next time, maybe start with the beginning, George.
And finally, jeez, ObiWan, you are much crueller than we thought, burning off your apprentice’s legs, then letting him slowly burn alive! We hardly knew you! Now really, wouldn’t a noble jedi at least deliver the coup de grace and put him out of his misery? After all, they’re supposed to be based on Samurai, and even Samurai don’t allow a fellow to suffer after he has committed hara-kiri, he gets his head neatly sliced off pronto. So bravo to you George Lucas for delivering another unbelievable fairy tale. I’m still waiting for a truly realistic space film.
:-D That brought a big smile to my face! But really, it’s very much fits with the Jedi way of thinking to use light-sabres — like you said, it’s more the Samurai way of combat. (But I have to admit that I also sometimes think it would be more effective with a quick shot with a blaster…)
As for a realistic space film, then I guess Arthur C. Clarke’s classical 2001: A Space Odyssey is your best bet (if you ignore the strange stuff happening at the end of the movie). In that movie the empty space is truely empty with no sound waves or anything like that. And the space ships also don’t have artificial gravity.
It’s actually very interesting to see what people thought of the future (of computers) back in 1968 when the film was made. For example, the computers have no problem with voice recognition, but the graphics produced on the navigation controls is very primitive. Strange how people tought it would be more difficult to through some textures on a screen than creating and understanding voices…
Star Wars is meant to be an unbelievable fairy tale, not a documentary.
And how can you deflect blaster shots with a blaster pistol? This COULD explain why he wants his sabre back. And by the way, they DO throw their sabres around (at least Vader does it in Ep. VI).
I do agree that sound in space is bad, and that Obi Wan should have killed Vader while he had the chance…
For a documentary, then go see Apollo 13, which is a great movie IMHO. They tried hard to make everything as authentic as possible.
Yes I loved Apollo 13, but I’m not talking about documentaries, I’m talking about why does he go to all the trouble to make an imaginary advanced culture so breathtakingly realistic with the most advanced mind-blowing digital techniques, and then ruin it with these stupid, major, errors in basic physics??? It’s very disappointing.
I disagree. If it was meant to be unbelievable, why go to so much trouble to create such breathtakingly realistic fantasy cities, planets, spaceships, weapons? Admit it, they just didn’t think these things through the way I would have. I’ve spoken to friends about this, and they all say, “If there was no sound in the space battles, my son would walk out.” No they wouldn’t. That’s a case of not thinking it through. They wouldn’t walk out. They’d be enthralled by a vision of actual space battle that has never been seen before.
And, is it possible for a warrior to carry TWO weapons? Or, perhaps there could be a protective FORCE FIELD around the jedi, as we see in a truly wonderful film, The Incredibles.
Another thing: the scene where the ship is dealt a tremendous hit, and begins lurching to one side, and everyone is sliding down the deck as the ship tilts alarmingly to one side. Excuse me, aren’t we in SPACE, not on the OCEAN. This is a spaceship, not an oceanliner. I think Lucas wants to make a seagoing epic, with mightly battleships and destroyers — he carries his analogy to the sea too far! Where are those people are falling towards — the sea??? If there is an artificial gravity on the spacecraft in the first place, which keeps them anchored to the deck, when the ship tilts, they would still be anchored to the deck. It is absolutely the most absurd moment in the movie — I laughed out loud. The whole idea of being in space is there is no UP AND DOWN! YOU’RE IN SPACE, NOT ON A PLANET!!!
Sorry. You are wrong, it is obviously supposed to be imaginary, but not that stupidly unrealistic. Someone wasn’t thinking.
How am I wrong about this? Obviously their goal was to make wildly unrealistic space battles - if they break the laws of physics, then so be it. It IS supposed to be this stupidly unrealistic, and it does bother me, but not nearly as much as it seems to bother you.
Something that annoys me much more is the poor acting we see some scenes. I simply can’t see why Anakin turns to the dark side so quickly.
I don’t think you’re not wrong — Star Wars have never been about making the physics 100% correct (the whole idea of the Force doesn’t really work then, does it?) but instead about making a good story of Good versus Evil.
Combine that with some cool characters like Han Solo, a master bad guy like Darth Vader, some silly robots and you’ve got a good and entertaining film. Make three of them and you’ve got a legendary film series.
Now go about 20 years ahead and buy some big computers. You can then finish off the story by making the first three episodes, using your big computers to make bigger and more spetacular space scenes than ever before.
People will of course realize that the first three are still the best because of their classic feel — the new ones somehow feels a bit ‘plastic’ like with all those magnificent space ships flying around being all reflective and all… :-)
I think you take this too seriously. Maybe you get into the film more than most. I think the film is more for entertainment and escape than a documentary. I like your way of thinking though, much more in depth than most…..very sexy. I suggest we get together and see 2001: A Space Odyssey and see if Martin is right.
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It’s been a while since I saw it, but I can remember that the space scenes are very empty and very silent.
Oh, and please report back on the dating! :-)