Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 140m
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Temuera Morrison
Synopsis:
The Clone Wars rage on at the secret behest of the wicked Chancellor Palaptine; Annakin Skywalker slays Count Dooku, Obiwan in a slightly more even match despatches General Grievous, but the Chancellor has plans for the younger Jedi, who is troubled by dreams spelling the death of his lover Queen Amidala and ripe to be turned to the dark side of the force.
Review:
The plot lurches inexorably on towards the point where Star Wars (1977) began, and there is a certain amount of satisfaction to be gained from the ways in which the characters find themselves where they need to be, as if Lucas had had it all mapped out long ago. But as we move from one stunningly realised setting to the next (save the last - did the climax have to take place amid a volcanic débâcle?) one yearns for the innocent fun of the original, and the unrecoverable sense of awe. Furthermore, where are the humour and dramatic cogency to leaven the lapses into melodrama and clunky writing? Yoda and the Wookies raise the odd smile, but elsewhere the actors are helpless to salvage much from the stiffness of the roles assigned them. All one can say is, it's better than Episode II.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 140m
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Temuera Morrison
Synopsis:
The Clone Wars rage on at the secret behest of the wicked Chancellor Palaptine; Annakin Skywalker slays Count Dooku, Obiwan in a slightly more even match despatches General Grievous, but the Chancellor has plans for the younger Jedi, who is troubled by dreams spelling the death of his lover Queen Amidala and ripe to be turned to the dark side of the force.
Review:
The plot lurches inexorably on towards the point where Star Wars (1977) began, and there is a certain amount of satisfaction to be gained from the ways in which the characters find themselves where they need to be, as if Lucas had had it all mapped out long ago. But as we move from one stunningly realised setting to the next (save the last - did the climax have to take place amid a volcanic débâcle?) one yearns for the innocent fun of the original, and the unrecoverable sense of awe. Furthermore, where are the humour and dramatic cogency to leaven the lapses into melodrama and clunky writing? Yoda and the Wookies raise the odd smile, but elsewhere the actors are helpless to salvage much from the stiffness of the roles assigned them. All one can say is, it's better than Episode II.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 140m
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Temuera Morrison
Synopsis:
The Clone Wars rage on at the secret behest of the wicked Chancellor Palaptine; Annakin Skywalker slays Count Dooku, Obiwan in a slightly more even match despatches General Grievous, but the Chancellor has plans for the younger Jedi, who is troubled by dreams spelling the death of his lover Queen Amidala and ripe to be turned to the dark side of the force.
Review:
The plot lurches inexorably on towards the point where Star Wars (1977) began, and there is a certain amount of satisfaction to be gained from the ways in which the characters find themselves where they need to be, as if Lucas had had it all mapped out long ago. But as we move from one stunningly realised setting to the next (save the last - did the climax have to take place amid a volcanic débâcle?) one yearns for the innocent fun of the original, and the unrecoverable sense of awe. Furthermore, where are the humour and dramatic cogency to leaven the lapses into melodrama and clunky writing? Yoda and the Wookies raise the odd smile, but elsewhere the actors are helpless to salvage much from the stiffness of the roles assigned them. All one can say is, it's better than Episode II.