Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 18 May 2005, 23:24

Just came back from the premiere over here. Definitely the best out of all the three new episodes. It is hard to write about it without reveiling parts of the story, but I can only say that there are many scenes in which you will think, "God, please no! Don't make it happen!", although you know it is going to happen, according to the old episodes.

3.75/5

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 19 May 2005, 02:32

I'm off to the midnight premiere now.

I originally had a very hard time having any hope at all for this based on the absolutly horrible "attack of the clones", but everything i've heard suggests that this one is going to be good.

can't wait

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 19 May 2005, 08:02

If you thought AOTC (2) was horrid I wonder what you thought of TPM (1). :twisted:

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 19 May 2005, 14:51

I thought TPM was better then AOTC! lol

AOTC had some of the most horrible acting and writing i've ever seen in a major production. Some scenes were just painful to watch. The special effects were very good for the most part (although i thought the CG Yoda looked really crappy). But overall it was just a very poor film, IMO.

Thankfully, Revenge of the Sith is much better then the other prequels, but still suffers from very poor writing in quite a few scenes.

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 19 May 2005, 17:12

Well from what I gather it is George Lucas writing them, and he has shown that he has no talent for writing dialogue with every Star Wars film, so I'm not going to be surprised by a poor script.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 May 2005, 21:34

How does it compare to the original trilogy comparison? Pants I imagine.

I'll be seeing it soon. AOTC was much better than the god awful TPM but both were very poor. I'd never pay money to own them.

Thankfully we weren't forced to buy a 6 film box set ONLY!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 19 May 2005, 22:19

Haven't seen any of the second trilogy, but The Phantom Menace is on ITV on Saturday so I might watch it then. I wonder if they'll show Attack of the Clones the following week?

Beer · Post by **Beer** » 20 May 2005, 08:10

Hi all,

yesterday night I was at the fan premiere in Melzo (at the Arcadia, the biggest screen in Europe: 32 meters wide!).

The movie and the event were hosted by Steve Sansweet http://www.starwars.com/bio/stevesansweet.html: no George Lucas, but a nice guy nonetheless.

Well, the movie lives to expectations!

The first 15 minutes were not great, with a little too much comedy relief. Then, it gets darker and darker. No gore, but the last 30 minutes were really mean... a true descent to hell!

Overall, it is MUCH better than Episode I and noticeably better than II: the sheer visual impact is something to behold, the pace is frantic, and of course the plot while predictable for a fan is still engrossing. The 2 hours of the movie rushed without fatigue, rest assured!

Minor complaints: still a couple of Dawson Creek-style scenes like in II, a too abrupt transformation from good and dumb boy to beastly killing machine for Anakin.

But you won't be disappointed...

Technical note: the movie was projected in digital format, and my scepticism towards digital had to fall. Even on such a big screen, the blacks were blacker than with any normal film print. No digital noise or flickering, saturated colors, crisp detail, and of course the beauty of no print damage... goodbye to micro scratches and dust. Sure, the equipment in Melzo is state of the art, but now I finally appreciate why Lucas chose to shoot digital. The resolution is supposed to be inferior to that of conventional film, but I certainly did not notice (and I am a photography freak, so I am particularly picky on these things).

Beer · Post by **Beer** » 20 May 2005, 08:13

bradavon wrote:How does it compare to the original trilogy comparison? Pants I imagine.

Different... A comparison can't be made, as III is soooo polished and loaded with eye candy which at times detracts from the "genuinity" that IV, V and VI had...

Personally, I found III worthy of the original trilogy. Not up to V, but IMHO almost as good as IV and VI.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 May 2005, 12:26

Beer wrote:but IMHO almost as good as IV and VI.

Crikey that's saying a lot.

Beer · Post by **Beer** » 20 May 2005, 12:36

Hey, I said ALMOST... :mrgreen:

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 20 May 2005, 14:31

Ok... so it's almost as good as the original trilogy, but the REAL question is: Is it as good as Catwoman!?!?

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 20 May 2005, 19:31

IMHO, none of the prequels should even be spoken in the same sentence as the original trilogy.

Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy III much more then I expected, but IV, V, and VI are on a whole 'nother level.

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 25 Nov 2005, 17:56

I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that the Phantom menace has the best light sabre battles of both original and prequel trilogy's. Also did anybody else notice that the light Sabres are "Fatter" in Revenge of the Sith, giving them more glare which in turn helps to cover up the less than adequate light sabre fights which were supposed to be the best yet? I checked after watching my revenge of the Sith DVD and compared with the Phantom menace and they are indeed "fatter"!

Darth Maul was the best character of the prequel trilogy in my opinion And Christopher Lee's Count Dooku was an extremely poor replacement. They should have got someone like Donnie Yen in the role tocarry on the good work of Darth Maul!