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Date Posted: 20:41:41 05/28/05 Sat
Author: Flair4theGold
Subject: I am a diehard
In reply to: The Rhino 's message, "I finally saw it" on 16:55:06 05/28/05 Sat

. . . but I'm long past dissecting it. It leads to the same trap as a wrestling board. I don't think I'll ever truly enjoy wrestling again because too much dissecting it has ruined it and killed that sense of wonder that it once held for me. While I do frequent Star Wars boards, I rarely take part in the conversations because I don't really feel the need to justify my likes or dislikes about the film, particularly to people that claim to be fans, yet find nothing better to do than berate the films.

That being said, I really liked ROTS. It was the best of the new films, though that really doesn't say alot. My only real beef was with Padme's death and some of the editing. For having been such a strong character in Ep. 1&2, Padme seemed to really wuss out at the end by dying of a broken heart. I was always of the belief that people lived for their kids, but I guess that may not be true in a galaxy far, far away. From a purely "film theory class" viewpoint, you can say Padme is representative of the Republic or liberty or democracy and her death also symbolizes the death of those things. OK, fine. But even as much as I never particularly cared for the idea of midichlorians, I would've preferred some sort of weird medical excuse involving midichlorians than just "losing the will to live."

Also, I understand Lucas is famous for his "faster, more intense" directing style and it obviously shows in his editing style. But truthfully, when Padme and Anakin are having a quiet, loving conversation about nothing particularly notable other than their love, do we need to cut to a different angle every 3 seconds? Sometimes a nice long, lingering shot and using a camera dolly is OK, even in a Star Wars film. It just seems Lucas has got that MTV attention span gene also and I just don't think it's always necessary. But that's just a personal preference.

Overall, I left the theater very satisfied and actually teared up a bit at the end when they showed Owen in that all too familiar pose on Tatooine looking at the twin sunsets. The two suns hold even more significance now as the galaxy looks ahead at their two best hopes for peace in the coming years.

The buildup was so much better than I anticipated with the key being that Obi-Wan and Anakin were so much more friends than they appeared in Ep. 2. You truly felt a friendship was destroyed with their split. The execution of Order 66 really illustrated the forethought and extensive work that went into the Emperor's plan from day one. The way that Palpatine played Anakin was a thing of absolute beauty and worked perfectly with some of the mixed messages he was getting from the Jedi Council. The imagery from Anakin as a flaming piece of charcoal to the look of fear in the younglings when Anakin attacks the temple carry great weight.

I agree with Silk that a part of Anakin seems trapped by his fate as Vader, particularly since his supposed reason for turning to the Dark Side has died (at least according to the Emperor). The ultimate evil we are introduced to in Ep. 4 does not seem quite so evil now, but I think it's important to portray that little bit of "oh crap, now I'm stuck as Vader" just to help set up his redemption at the end. Still, (and this is all just personal opinion now), I think once he comes to the realization that he no longer has Padme, he realizes all he has left is the darkness within him and he embraces it fully, at least until he learns of his children. Heck, I don't know, that's just what I tell myself. He's still the best kick-@ss movie villain ever IMHO, despite all these lame BK commercials he's done recently.

All the loose ends were tied up for me. The soundtrack was extraordinary, which may or may not be fair of me to say because I liked it because it included a lot of the stuff from the original films. (As a side note, the Throne Room March was the recessional in my wedding). I actually loved Ewan in this film and it was the first time I could truly envision him becoming the Obi-Wan of the old movies. Hayden stepped up his game tremendously and even the clunky love stuff didn't seem too bad. Ian McDiarmid was incredible in this one with evil literally dripping from his pores. I'm sure I'll see it a few more times because that's just how I am.

Of course now I'm really looking forward to the redemption of the Batman franchise with Batman Begins.

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