Revenge of the Sith
God bless those geeks who waited in line for weeks on end for the new Star Wars movie. I can always point at them and say, “At least I’m not that big of a dork.”
Every boy my age loves Star Wars. This is simply a fact. It isn’t a question of whether or not boys of my generation like Star Wars—it’s simply a question of how much they like it. Pretty much anyone who knows me knows that Star Wars is something akin to religion in my life.
So it stands to reason that I would have high expectations for Revenge of the Sith, the final installment in the Star Wars oeuvre. I’m happy to report that those expectations were met.
In Star Wars speak, I’d say Sith was not quite as good as Empire, but better than Jedi and on par with A New Hope. For the rest of you, I’ll just say that it was incredibly enjoyable.
I know a lot of haters are already picking the film apart. Get over it. Every criticism of the new films can also be attributed to the original trilogy, if you’ll just take your rose-coloured blastshield off. Bad dialogue? Watch the first Star Wars film again. Bad acting? Mark Hamill, kids. The movies drag in the middle? This is true for probably every film except Empire. Corny jokes? “Laugh it up, fuzzball” is corny. I’m sorry, but it’s true.
There’s plenty to cringe at in Sith. “Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo” may be the worst Star Wars line ever, and the hilarious “Nooooooooo!” from newly-masked Darth Vader is worse than anything Jar-Jar ever did.
Still, there’s so much to like in this film. There’s lightsaber battles galore, there’s the cool General Grievous, there’s that opening space battle. And don’t tell me that you didn’t love that Vader kills a bunch of children—how ballsy was that? That final duel over the lava? Completely lived up to the vision I had of it as a child.
And I guess that’s what it comes down to—can you watch this film with the same enthusiasm that you had when you were young, seeing the original films for the first time? Or have you become so jaded and worldly that you feel the need to bitch about every little flaw in the film? If that’s you, then go back and do it for the original films too. You’ll be amazed at how much there is to nitpick. Me? I’ll be watching Yoda throw down with the Emperor again.
Every boy my age loves Star Wars. This is simply a fact. It isn’t a question of whether or not boys of my generation like Star Wars—it’s simply a question of how much they like it. Pretty much anyone who knows me knows that Star Wars is something akin to religion in my life.
So it stands to reason that I would have high expectations for Revenge of the Sith, the final installment in the Star Wars oeuvre. I’m happy to report that those expectations were met.
In Star Wars speak, I’d say Sith was not quite as good as Empire, but better than Jedi and on par with A New Hope. For the rest of you, I’ll just say that it was incredibly enjoyable.
I know a lot of haters are already picking the film apart. Get over it. Every criticism of the new films can also be attributed to the original trilogy, if you’ll just take your rose-coloured blastshield off. Bad dialogue? Watch the first Star Wars film again. Bad acting? Mark Hamill, kids. The movies drag in the middle? This is true for probably every film except Empire. Corny jokes? “Laugh it up, fuzzball” is corny. I’m sorry, but it’s true.
There’s plenty to cringe at in Sith. “Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo” may be the worst Star Wars line ever, and the hilarious “Nooooooooo!” from newly-masked Darth Vader is worse than anything Jar-Jar ever did.
Still, there’s so much to like in this film. There’s lightsaber battles galore, there’s the cool General Grievous, there’s that opening space battle. And don’t tell me that you didn’t love that Vader kills a bunch of children—how ballsy was that? That final duel over the lava? Completely lived up to the vision I had of it as a child.
And I guess that’s what it comes down to—can you watch this film with the same enthusiasm that you had when you were young, seeing the original films for the first time? Or have you become so jaded and worldly that you feel the need to bitch about every little flaw in the film? If that’s you, then go back and do it for the original films too. You’ll be amazed at how much there is to nitpick. Me? I’ll be watching Yoda throw down with the Emperor again.
posted by Amy at 4:56 PM
1 Comments:
First, someone was talking about disposable cameras and said, "I don't think George Lucks will be making Episode 4 with them" Uhh, he already made episode 4 jerk off, please be a little more up to cultra events.
That aside, I was pleased to see George Lucas make something that good. Now I am a big fan of 1 and 2. They were exactly what I was expecting from Star Wars. Good universe, bad dialog, lot of cool shit. I mean seriously, it isn't that great of a story if you just look at the 6 films. It is a remarkable universe, so much imagination, a new world brought to life by George. And for that makes him the greatest film maker of all time. But what makes him a great movie is that he did not do it in puppets, claymation, or make Darth Vader run off to Naboo and sticks Jar Jar in the mask to fool the emporer. Because that is exactly what I would have done. After all the shit that he got for 1 and 2, I am not sure if the fans really deserved the third one. Lucus's empire made 20 billion dollars for the last 5 films (merchandise, deals, everything but child care - we know how children are treated in Star Wars)Seriously. He is 65, a legand, billions of dollars, state of the are technology. Episode 3, pocket change for him. So thanks George, you are a better man than me.
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