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After setting up characters and situations for the first two and a half movies, Episode III finally comes to life. The Sith Lord in hiding unleashes his long-simmering plot to take over the Republic, and an integral part of that plan is to turn Anakin away from the Jedi and toward the Dark Side of the Force. Unless you've been living under a rock the last 10 years, you know that Anakin will transform into the dreaded Darth Vader and face an ultimate showdown with his mentor, but that doesn't matter. In fact, a great part of the fun is knowing where things will wind up but finding out how they'll get there. The end of this prequel trilogy also should inspire fans to want to see the original movies again, but this time not out of frustration at the new ones. Rather, because Episode III is a beginning as well as an end, it will trigger fond memories as it ties up threads to the originals in tidy little ways. But best of all, it seems like for the first time we actually care about what happens and who it happens to.
Episode III is easily the best of the new trilogy--OK, so that's not saying much, but it might even jockey for third place among the six Star Wars films. It's also the first one to be rated PG-13 for the intense battles and darker plot. It was probably impossible to live up to the decades' worth of pent-up hype George Lucas faced for the Star Wars prequel trilogy (and he tried to lower it with the first two movies), but Episode III makes us once again glad to be "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." --David Horiuchi
DVD features
Say what you will about the new Star Wars films--and plenty has been said already--but the DVDs continue to set the standard for technical excellence. From the opening of the first scene, the Dolby 5.1 EX sound is thrilling, and the picture, transferred directly from the digital source, is fantastic. A commentary track is again provided by a combination of people, including George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, animation director Rob Coleman, and ILM visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Roger Guyett. Lucas admits that the film is political and that he was influenced by Vietnam, but makes no mention of the Bush administration, as is widely speculated.
The main documentary on the second disc is probably the most granular DVD feature ever. "Within a Minute: The Making of Episode III" takes 67 minutes to deconstruct one minute of the film, an excerpt of the duel on Mustafar. The idea is to cover all the aspects that go into creating that minute, from writing to set construction to accounting. Fortunately, many of the concepts such as costumes apply to the movie as a whole, but having producer Rick McCallum tell us the importance of food seems a bit overkill. Two other featurettes are "It's All for Real: The Stunts of Episode III," an 11-minute discussion focusing mainly on the lightsaber duels, and "The Chosen One," a 14-minute examination of Darth Vader's evolution over the six films.
The six deleted scenes were no great loss from the film but are all worth watching. Natalie Portman in particular gets some much-needed screen time as one of the co-plotters of an anti-Palpatine movement, and an early action scene ties in to the Clone Wars animated series. There's also a 15-part series of 5 to 7 minute Web documentaries on topics such as the creation of General Grievous and Ewan McGregor, and an Xbox sampler of Battlefront II (if you're lucky, you can play as Obi-Wan Kenobi cutting through an army of droids) among other supplements. --David Horiuchi
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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 19 May, 2005 |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | NTSC |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| UPC: | 024543212775 |
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Customer Reviews of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
A failure in narrative, just like the rest of the prequel trilogy. Well, here we are, the big one, the one that was supposed to blow them all away, the one that was supposed to be the meat and potatoes of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, the big downfall that turned Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) into Darth Vader. The final result is a bit... underwhelming. <
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>To be fair, this is probably the least annoying of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, some of the acting is sturdier, the violence is grand as always, there are some very decently dark atmospheric moments, and the lack of the loathsome Jar Jar Binks is appreciated (too bad he had to appear at the end mourning the death of what's-her-name), but it still cannot touch the original Star Wars trilogy. If viewed as a stand alone film, Episode III may not seem all that bad by itself, but when the final turn of Anakin into Vader comes, it's hard to take it seriously or feel affected at all because of the weak story foundation of the previous entries, "Phantom Menace" and "Clones", and the fact that Lucas failed to build Anakin up to be a sympathetic character. So what if we all knew where he was going to end up? Lucas should have worked a lot harder on Anakin's character ark instead of fiddling around the special effects. Star Wars, once one of the great space operas of cinema, is now and forever truly synonymous with the term "style over substance", quantity over quality, flogging a dead horse for the sake of the all mighty dollar, and George Lucas's name really is now permanently connected with "hack". Yes, I'm well aware that all Hollywood films are for money, but this prequel block buster trilogy is just poorly and insincerely concocted that it makes the eyes and the ears bleed. <
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>Ultimately, all that crap starting in Episode I with Anakin leaving his mother for no bloody good reason, taking ten years to get back to her for no bloody good reason, all the various stretches of logic and credibility (like the Jedi being killed by robots and clones) and the poorly handled friendship between Obi-Wan and Anakin amounts to a mind numbingly banal experience. That's the real heart of the problem: the friendship between Obi-Wan and Anakin never becomes real or believable, despite how hard the actors try, and this all goes back to the fact that Episode I failed to properly portray the beginning of the beginning of their friendship, choosing instead of focus on that pointless waste of time called Qui-Gon Jinn (and this is coming from a person who generally likes Liam Neeson's films). <
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>Ewan McGregor and Samuel L. Jackson do their best, and while they're more bearable to watch than some of the other actors - McGregor does a great job of portraying Obi-Wan's horror and anguish when the big duel between him and Anakin is done - they can't save this movie. Ian McDiarmid (the Emperor) is hammy as usual and Natalie Portman is as flat here as she was in the first two prequels, lacking the Earthiness that made Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia so endearing. Hayden Christensen tries hard to squeeze something resembling sympathy from Anakin, and while he's not exactly the greatest actor of all time, the truth is his failure is unsurprising. Odds are that Anakin would have seemed like a hollow jerk regardless of who was playing him, given how bad Lucas's dialogue and direction has become over the years. <
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Worth watching for the first and last 20 minutes
As my family will tell you, I didn't enjoy the prequel trilogy all that much. The first two films suffered from underwritten dialogue and insufficient characterisation. Fortunately Episode 3 is a big improvement over the first two prequel films.
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>The first twenty minutes of this film are absolutely stupendously breathtaking. As far as humongous droolworthy space battles for the modern era - this is the one to end them all. Seeing those two Jedi Starfighters flit between these lumbering behemoths and massive explosions is worth the price of admission alone. Another great aspect of this film is the obvious close camraderie between Anakin and Obi-Wan. Great big kudos to George Lucas for FINALLY giving his two stars a chance to shine. There's a lot more fire and passion to Ewan MacGregor's and Hayden Christensen's performances this time around. And the dialogue in those first twenty minutes are as good as anything you'll find in the original trilogy.
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>The film begins to sag towards the middle, despite the inclusion of a great fight sequence between General Grevious and Obi-Wan Kenobi. And then the last 30-40 minutes the pace really picks up - THESE are the moments that George Lucas has been aching to write (and we've been waiting to see) for these past nine years. It really is great to see that origin finally up on screen, and the passion shows - both in the actors performances and in the way those sequences are written. And, as John Williams promised, his music absolutely totally soars here. I was actually moved almost to tears by the ending to this film - and that's quite remarkable considering just how much I really hate these prequel films.
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>So would I recommend seeing this film? Much to my surprise, yes! But only for the first 20 minutes and the last 40 minutes of the film. I think George Lucas and co. have done a much much much better job in this film than in the other prequels. The acting - particularly from the three leads - is much much better than in previous films. The dialogue has that slight spark that made the original trilogy such a joy. And John Williams music - especially right at the end - is really given a chance to soar. And despite the apparently bleak ending, the music (did I mention that already?) along with the visuals give us an incredible sense of hope that all is not lost.
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I wish I had followed my first instinct....
After viewing the horrible atrocities that were the first two movies, I vowed that I was done watching these new star wars fiascoes. After hearing how episode III was the "best of the series" or how they "had finally gotten it right", I broke down and watched it.
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>Like many star wars fans, I grew up with the original movies and cherished them dearly in my youthful years. I don't consider myself a star wars nut or fanatic, but I do have a warm place in my heart for the original movies. Perhaps it is because thinking about the originals takes me back to a time when I was an innocent pawn of the marketing giants and played blissfully unawares with the figures, creating my own richly elaborate plays of death and heroism. Perhaps it is because these creations were based upon the movies themselves which somehow captured my imagination.
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>Sadly, that mood was not recaptured with the new trilogy. I think that, in the end, that was why I watched all three of them. I somehow hoped that the magic would be rekindled and that I would be transported back to happier times and filled again with the wonder of childhood.
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>So, is it really the fault of the movie that it sucks? Or is it my own beaten and cynical viewpoint that is to blame. I don't know. All I know is that this is not a movie that I would consider well put together. I don't like wasted scenes or characters and this movie has plenty.
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>I think this stems from the fact that it tries too hard to tie in to the original series. Does yoda really have to go to wookie world and bid a fond farewell to chewbacca? Does C3PO and R2D2 really have to be in these movies? What point do they serve? I can only be thankful that Jar Jar has only about three seconds of screentime in this one. But really, couldn't he have been brutally murdered somehow?
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>I can't explain it, but I started out kind of liking this movie, but as it wore on, it became tiresome. Once again, I can't really explain myself adequately. All I know, is that if you're a star was fan, you probably, like myself, will have to watch all three of these movies. There is nothing I can say that will help you to avoid wasting part of your life on these things. I can only caution you not to buy them outright. Rent it first and then decide. It is this caution that may save you some hard earned money. But nothing will save you from the sadness that a wonderful series from your youth has been horribly corrupted and will never be the same again.