Thursday, February 1, 2007

Lucas restores order to the saga with "sith"

This final installment in the "Star Wars" saga is by far the best of the prequel trilogy and rekindles the passion for Lucas' space opera that fans once had for the original trilogy of years ago. While the film is a great work overall, its story proves to be less than perfect and some of the dialogue screams for Lucas to have run a draft of his script by the team of Brackett & Kasdan (co-writers of "Empire") prior its shooting. To his credit, however, Lucas displays some of his greatest directorial skills to date, with sweeping shots of awesome battlefields and an excellent use of light and shadow to pronounce the dichotomy of the "light" Jedi and the "dark" Sith lords. Furthermore, ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) brings to life some of the best sci-fi sequences that I have ever seen, and for once I found myself craving more CGI rather than yearning for the special effects of old. And, once again, John Williams proves that he is truly the greatest of all contemporary theatrical composers with a score that is, in my humble opinion, outstanding and perhaps Oscar-worthy. To my dismay, however, a few scenes were cut from the original script that really help to bring the story full circle. But, hopefully, these will be added into the DVD version. It is truly a great work (the best of this year's sci-fi blockbusters) and a film that is worth watching again and again.

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