STAR WARS EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH REVIEW

[JCVaughn]

From Scoop:
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith continues to dominate the competition at the box office. The film, which has been ranked number one since its May 19, 2005 release, has brought in more than $275 Million in the United States alone. According to www.Boxofficemojo.com, the picture added $255 Million in international receipts through Tuesday of this week.

FilmStew.com reported that Star Wars creator George Lucas will receive the American Film Institute's 33rd Life Achievement Award on June 9, 2005. The event is scheduled shown on USA Network on Monday, June 20, at 9:00 PM.

[Kwong]

Saw this on the first day. The intro was great, something you'll only remember if you watched it on the big screen. It's a bit like the sense of awe at the awesome size of the coliseum in the gladiator film. When you see those huge ships in the battle you just get a scale of the conflict. That was perhaps the best part.

Star of the Show: Yoda. ironic that a cgi character upshows even the more established actors. As a friend of mine says you don't go to watch a G.Lucus film for acting, you go watch it for special effects. Special effects is in abundance and I'd be surprised if some thing else outdoes this film when the oscars come for this film year..

Needless to say the only actor worthy of mentioning is Ian McDiarmid. Perhaps the only actor in the film that really showed any true enthuasam in his work. The scenes with Samuel L Jackson were too short to really make much of his acting performance.  Ewan McGregor? Well for an actor of his calibare this was a far below par performance of his acting abilities. Miss Portman? Completely unimpressive, unconvincing and as wooden as her counterpart Hayden Christensen.

There are some moments of sheer brillance, R2-D2 with the oil slick. But these are few and far between and seem to only be centered around this droid god!

Lightsaber fights were well done some were a wee bit short because of anticipation of the power of some characters. Notably General Grevious vs Obi-Wan, and Yoda vs Emporer. Grevious was defeated far too easily for a Jedi Slayer IMO. The final battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin was excellent except the end but for some people this battle would have been far too long. For me the balance was about right.

Story well, can't really do much about it as you go into the film already knowing what happens. There are major plot holes here and there but those are only really for those people who are obsessed with attention to detail.

The CGI on its own is worth the entry fee to see, but don't expect too much of a story or acting. Too much special effects and not enough substance. Regardless the best of the three films about anakin

[jsniderfamily]

Ian McDiarmid was born in Tayside, Scotland, in 1944. He studied for an M.A. in Clinical Psychology at The University of St Andrews, but eventually found that his calling was in theatre. He went to the Royal Academy in Glasgow, where he received the prestigious gold medal for his work. He now has a highly successful career as a theatre director, and from 1990 until his retirement in 2001 was Joint Artistic Director of London's Almeida Theatre in Islington