My daughter and I went to see the final installment in the Star Wars series, and all I can do is shake my head in disbelief, wondering what in the hell George was thinking when he was working on the screenplay for this monstrosity. Never mind--I'm sure he was thinking "Oh, I'll just toss together a formulaic, hacknied bit of crap and sit back secure in the knowledge that the vast comminuty of sheep...err, fans, will cough up enough money to make me even richer than Bill Gates just to see it based on brand recognition alone."
The plot was tissue paper thin, the dialogue painfully stilted, and the acting horrid, though to give the actors credit, the script left them little in the way to go on for character protrayal, save for an overabundance of glowering looks on the part of of the purported Anakin Skywalker. This was filled with gratuitous battle scenes, mainly an excuse to indulge in special effects and thrill the hearts of the early adolescent male. Hell, I'm sure the average Star Wars fan could have written a more plausible script than this garbage. Battle scenes were to be expected, given the nature of the storyline, but they should not be tossed in pell mell just for the sake of having them in there. The characters themselves were single notes rather than complex individuals--paper dolls instead of flesh and blood people you would grow to care about. The idea of tying up loose threads and answering questions is a good one, but do it some actual justice George. Don't insult our collective intelligence with this tripe!
I had high hopes for the film, as someone who went to the original in 1977, and enjoyed the various sequels and prequels thus far, but this offering left me feeling utterly dissapointed, not to mention disgusted at such a shallow ploy to squeeze more out of a once healthy cash cow. I think I'll just rent the original and enjoy that one again for the masterpiece it was and remains to this day.
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my husband and I went to see it and I guessed who the bad guy was in the first 5 minutes, I thought Skywalkers decision to go to the darkside was really quick, and that Natalie Portman looked horrible in 1/2 of the film. I am glad to hear that I wasn't the only one that was upset by the film. My husband said that considering you had to know the ending, it was bound to be predictable. Also, I could swear that Leah says that she remembers her mother as being very sad in one of the earlier Star Wars films but they kill Natalie off?
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Keep in mind this was a sequel for the first two parts you had to do your homework and see 1 &2 to appresiate 3 .
I saw it. I liked it. But then again, everyone is different.
I did see the first and second parts of the prequel and liked them a lot.
Woah! Really? I agree on your analysis of episode III pretty much. Though there were a couple parts that were chilling (Plan 66 and both times when anakin went on a killing rampage (the tuskan raiders and especially the children).
What surprised me though is you like II better than III? At least I could find SOME redemable moments in III. II's problem was probably that it was predominantly dialogue. Dialogue written by Lucas that is. BLECH!
It kicked the shit out of the last two. I also appreciated the fact that it did a damn fine job of tying the last two into the 3 older films that I grew up loving. Predictable? Where the hell were you for the other 5 films, of course it was predictable, there have already been 5 other films telling you what happened. On the other hand, the acting sucked wet noodles and thier attempt at witty little comments were just awful throughout the entire movie. That being said, I highly doubt you were the target audience Lucas was shooting for. Go watch Bridges Over madison County and bring a tissue.
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