Revenge of the Sith Thoughts, quotes and more thoughts.

Well, I finally got my chance to go see Star Wars Episode 3, the Revenge of the Sith last night. It was a first for me in many ways. For starters, it was the first time that I got to see a Star Wars movie in theatres, secondly, it's the first time my mom really didn't seem to mind me going (she still thought it was a waste of my time...but, hey, it's progress), and it's the first time I felt Hayden Christianson could actually somewhat partially act something other then angry or mad (though he did alot of that in this movie too).

Well, on to the movie itself. Let's start with the good.
I thought, in general, it was better by far then the other prequels (it literaly soars above those), in both the writing, the plot, and the acting. Grevous was not as bad as I had feared (though he still was too un-bad-guy-ish), and "Order 66" almost had me in tears for a moment (though you kinda have to be a SW fan for that to happen...). The way in which Palpatine took power was really, really well done, as well as the way he turned Anakin to the dark side (though I thought parts of that were a little fast, I can understand pace reasons). Also, Obi Wan was awesome in this one. Being my favorite character, it was great to see him in his full glory. Also, Yoda rocked the house. He even threw a few well aimed taunts "If you're all powerfull, then why are you leaving?" Wow. Yoda. never knew you had it in you. Also, the speaches by Obi to Anakin were really interesting, and boarderline thought-provoking.

Now....for the stuff I didn't care for so much.
First off, and most noticeable, the Dialoge still drags horribly. It's not as bad as parts of Ep2, but one still can't help think that this movie could have been a lot better had it been better written. Secondly, I still have a problem with the ALL incompassing CGI stuff. I like the CGI (I actually like the new CG Yoda better then the old one, the facial movement is awesome.) and all, but only to a point. The newer SW movies seem to be too cgi driven. They really should've taken a que from LOTR, as far as that's concerned. Another aspect of the CGI is this, it's too busy. Every shot is filled to the brim with moving ships and droids and all sorts of things...so much, that it almost takes away from the actual actors. Another thing I didn't like about the film, was the little diggs placed against Western thought (absolutism). I know that this is obviously to be expected with Lucas, but he was really point-blank about it in this one (it's most notable in the line of Obi Wans' "Only a Sith deals in absolutes".). This kind of stuff gets to me, especially when we are supposed to have a hero (if one didn't deal in absolutes, then one side would not be better then the other. There would be no heros in the story, in fact, it would be really boring).
And finally, onto the small matters. I think that Count Dooku died too fast (I didn't like his character, and I was glad when he left the story...but come on! A Sith lord would not die so quickly!), Mace Windu died too quickly (I mean seriously....he's Mace Windu! Ah....well...yeah). And, other then that, I just have a bunch of other minor details against the acting....in general.)

Well, there you have it. Overall, I think I give it a 3/5.