Revenge of the Sith
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richardf8Morgan and I took our friend Betti to see Revenge of the Sith last night.
Point the first: To those who say that this film redeems Lucas for I & II I say "Hogwash!" The fact that this film was good does not absolve Lucas of inflicting that TRIPE on the world. This film is the only prequel that was needed.
The film was well wrought and visually beautiful. General Grievous' inexplicable cough made no sense, although watching him wield 6 light sabres badly, was fun. Threepio's pneumatics were disracting during the most emoionally intense scenes. Artoo's an excellent fighter.
Rule No. 1 of the adventure genre is followed religiously: If you leave your enemy for dead . . . he isn't.
The final showdown between Anakin and Obi-Wan contained some of the worst dialog and best acting I've seen. Alright, Lucas, you wanna take a pot-shot at Bush, you won't see me complaining. But the following was awful:
Anakin: You're either with me, or you're my enemy.
Obi-Wan: Only a Sith thinks in absolutes, Anakin.
Umm excuuuse me? The Sith are the ones who argue that "good" depends on point of view. Hardly an absolutist position. It is the Jedi that define good as the exclusive province of the light side, and yet we see flashes of anger in Mace Windu's and Yoda's eyes with practically every parry, and we hear childish disillusionment in Obi-wan's voice as he slices Anakin's legs off. We have, then, a twisted evil paired against a hypocritical idealism. For Sith and Jedi alike, the ends justify the means. It will take Luke, of course, to realize that there is such a thing as jusifiable anger and that it can be used to good effect so long as one remembers to reign it in.
That said, Ewan MacColl pulled off that disillusionment with perfect aplomb.
Padme's death was . . . lame. "Lost the will to live?" C'mon, Lucas, it ain't that simple, especially since she was a stronger character than that.
Point the first: To those who say that this film redeems Lucas for I & II I say "Hogwash!" The fact that this film was good does not absolve Lucas of inflicting that TRIPE on the world. This film is the only prequel that was needed.
The film was well wrought and visually beautiful. General Grievous' inexplicable cough made no sense, although watching him wield 6 light sabres badly, was fun. Threepio's pneumatics were disracting during the most emoionally intense scenes. Artoo's an excellent fighter.
Rule No. 1 of the adventure genre is followed religiously: If you leave your enemy for dead . . . he isn't.
The final showdown between Anakin and Obi-Wan contained some of the worst dialog and best acting I've seen. Alright, Lucas, you wanna take a pot-shot at Bush, you won't see me complaining. But the following was awful:
Anakin: You're either with me, or you're my enemy.
Obi-Wan: Only a Sith thinks in absolutes, Anakin.
Umm excuuuse me? The Sith are the ones who argue that "good" depends on point of view. Hardly an absolutist position. It is the Jedi that define good as the exclusive province of the light side, and yet we see flashes of anger in Mace Windu's and Yoda's eyes with practically every parry, and we hear childish disillusionment in Obi-wan's voice as he slices Anakin's legs off. We have, then, a twisted evil paired against a hypocritical idealism. For Sith and Jedi alike, the ends justify the means. It will take Luke, of course, to realize that there is such a thing as jusifiable anger and that it can be used to good effect so long as one remembers to reign it in.
That said, Ewan MacColl pulled off that disillusionment with perfect aplomb.
Padme's death was . . . lame. "Lost the will to live?" C'mon, Lucas, it ain't that simple, especially since she was a stronger character than that.
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Date: 2005-05-24 10:15 pm (UTC)