May 28, 2005

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Micro-Review: Definitely the best film of the prequel trilogy. Possibly better than Jedi; in particular, the Emperor's seduction of Vader was subtle and effective, compared to his buffoonish attempt to woo Luke. Palpatine's Dark Side-mediated facial transformation will launch a thousand bad fanfics, some of which will be official novels.

However, points off for clownishly-ridiculous dialog between Anakin and Amidala, and for the inaction of Amidala as stay-at-home impending baby-momma. In addition, you can't emote in the Vader armor, and you look silly if you try.

Here's probably the greatest measure of the film's success: I now want to watch Star Wars and Empire again to see if an apperception of Anakin can be imposed on Darth.

Posted by Greg at May 28, 2005 1:52 PM

Comments
#1 ::: Tim ::: May 28, 2005 6:51 PM ::: link

I love the fact that you worked in the term "baby-momma" in this review.

Also, much agreement on many of your points. My review has been much simpler, seein' as how my standards changed after Ep.'s I and II.

The three things I was looking for to make me happy with Ep. III: more Yoda, more Wookies, and more R2-D2. Since it delivered on all three points, I was pleased. Everything else beyond thos three things, good or bad, was just bonus, since I could appreciate or snicker at it, respectively.

Back to the working on the final project for my quantum computation class...

#2 ::: Jason Modisette ::: May 28, 2005 7:37 PM ::: link

Micro-micro-review: Bah!

#3 ::: Mason ::: May 31, 2005 10:02 AM ::: link

Speaking critically, I found nothing in the prequel trilogy -- not even Jar-Jar -- as offensive as Jabba's Muppet Palace or the Teddy Bear Army from Return of the Jedi. When I was twelve, Jedi was my favorite. But I was twelve, and still susceptible to the cute-and-fuzzy tactic. It fell to last place in due order, and it stayed there, even after the arrival of The Amphibian Menace.

I agree with Greg that Revenge of the Sith is the best of the prequel trilogy, but that damns it with faint praise. It was adequate at most. And a far, far distant third in my Star Wars heirarchy.

#4 ::: Jason ::: May 31, 2005 6:13 PM ::: link

Alla's review of this is also up. It is less negative than mine, and somewhat to my surprise attributes to me an even less negative review.