Revenge of the Sith

So I've seen it and I have to say it did pretty much everything I thought it would do. It's a film that has to be viewed within the confines of the saga itself - and the foibles therein previously exhibited. All the usual faults are there; substandard dialogue and inconsistent acting (diarmid is superb but McGregor is, ahem, weak).

This, like you would hope, is very reminiscent of Empire Strikes Back. It's a sad conclusion to the first half of the saga (bar the births of what know now to be the key to the defeat of the Empire). But the feel good factor is (possibly unique in cinema) that you have witnessed all the loose ends, from both the sequels and prequels, tied up rather neatly and you are satisfied that the sinking into the dark side of Anakin is fully believable and is shown to be a far from simple decision. There is quite a complex piece of writing going on here.

I felt elated after coming out of the cinema simply because Lucas didn't cock it up. This was a big fear. But no, he embraced every aspect of modern filmic technology, regained his focus on the twelve year old target audience and answered every IV V and VI question posed in a highly satisfactory way.

I'm not going to go into content as that would spoil it but I can promise you that if you were waiting for an episode III that did what a Star Wars fan would want an Episode III to do then George has done just that.

So we can now relax, save up for a high def DVD player and for the I-VI High Def DVD box set.

Nerf Herder!

Revenge of the Sith

Come back soon when I'll review the final Star Wars film once I've seen it today.