The galaxy is weary after three long years of war. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi have become legendary heroes in their campaigns against the droid forces of the evil General Grievous. Anakin and his secret wife, Padme Amidala, have been separated for months, and he finally reunites with her to learn that she is pregnant. He is plagued by visions of her dying in childbirth, haunting images of a possible future. Anakin is determined to stop her from dying--no matter the cost. This leads Anakin down a dark path to commit terrible deeds. Obi-Wan Kenobi must face his former apprentice in a ferocious lightsaber duel on the fiery world of Mustafar.
Also Known As:Revenge of the Sith Star Wars Episode 3
Production Status:Released
Genres:Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Sequel
Running Time:2 hrs. 22 min.
Release Date:May 19th, 2005
MPAA Rating:PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images.
Distributors:20th Century Fox
Production Co.:JAK Productions, Lucasfilm, Ltd.
U.S. Box Office:$380,262,555
Filming Locations:Sydney, Australia Guilin, China Mt Etna, Italy Grindelwald, Switzerland Phuket, Thailand Tozeur, Tunisia England
Produced in:United States

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Too much effects, not much substance

How do you end a saga? George Lucas probably wasn't ready to culminate his grand opus. Anybody could have written the script (or the lack therof). The dialogue was bordering to cliché, and often times corny. There were too much fight scenes and special effects, it was almost nauseating or rather, you will no longer get excited with the succeeding fight scenes since you've already got your fill in the first 5 minutes of the movie and you have been immunized. Count Dooku died in the first 10 minutes, and Mace Windu died in the next 20... and their death scenes weren't even satisfying. Yoda became the comic relief. The scenes between Padme and Anakin were ludicrously written, it lacked the needed pathos. The revealing of Darth Sidius was also pathetic. The transformation of Anakin to the dark side was wanting and a dud. I was anticipating a twist like in episode 2 where Senator Palpatine manipulated Jar Jar Binx to motion the senate to give him emergency powers, but none came. I couldn't find any saving grace in this movie other than, at last, an era has ended. (It's now no wonder why someone was snoring behind me.)

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