Cast: Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L Jackson, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels and Christopher Lee.
Director: George Lucas
Release Date: 2005
Running Time: 2hrs 14 minutes
Genre: Action/Sci Fi
Rating: PG-13
Format: DVD
Synopsis:
It's been three years into the Clone wars, the Jedi manage to rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi council and Papatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.
Revenge of the Sith! The new trilogy comes to an end. This is where Star Wars starts to get really, really good! No? It does for me personally. There is probably some argument in what order you should watch the movies in? Now that "Rogue One" has been released, it all changes. This is where Star Wars starts, this is where it starts to get really good? It's hard to say why people dislike this trilogy over the original's, are there too many special effects? Is that what's ruined it? The fact that the movies from the 70's looked more convincing? I prefer this movie over the previous episodes purely because I love the direction that the characters go in. It becomes clear to audiences that Anakin is turning over to the dark side. Anakin starts to show a very complex personality in "Revenge of the Sith", in the first episode we were introduced to a young boy who had dreams of becoming the best Jedi to ever live. Now he is being lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy? His relationship with Padme becomes very complicated, although this might be due to some very surprising news that he receives early on in the movie. Something snaps inside of him, something changes.
Unfortunately I'm still not overly impressed with Christensen's performance, the relationship that he shares with Padme, although it's complicated is still not particularly convincing. Christensen's performance just doesn't support his character of Anakin. The storyline is saying one thing, but his character is doing another. Lucas is a director I am very familiar with, being a huge fan of his hit trilogy "Indiana Jones" it baffles me really as to what went seriously wrong with these movies? Or really, the first two episodes? The pacing and the speed of the film is nicer in comparison to the original two, there's more action and the characters are far more complex, the climax is absolutely fantastic! On first viewing it's not always what you expect. I honestly can't place my finger on what infuriates me so much about Portman's performance, her acting just isn't believable and she has absolutely no chemistry on screen with Christensen. Lucas however really knows how to make a movie look good!
Episode 3 is a stunning looking film, easily the best looking out of the trilogy, the detail in some scenes is exquisite. Its one thing I will never fault about "Star Wars",the visuals are truly stunning, there is so much going on in the background in each and every scene that you have to watch the film several times just to take it all in. As I have mentioned in the previous two reviews I love how Lucas has chosen to switch between each scene as if turning a page over, it shows the film in chapters really nice and just adds a nice little touch. There is a wonderful close up shot of Anakin, when he's essentially been brainwashed and turns over to the dark side, just from the way in which it's been filmed, you know shit is about to go down, the film really starts to become suspenseful as it builds up to it's climax! The special effects as always are absolutely brilliant, there's nothing worse then watching a film and you can see poorly edited special effects, this is not the case with "Revenge of the Sith" it looks very believable and convincing and adds to the tone of the film fantastically. Everything is in it's place, the effects look gorgeous alongside the wonderful set designs. Everything looks really fantastic. The best films are the ones you get lost in because they are so convincing.
Personally this is the movie I would recommend to those who have not seen the films before to start with, purely because the other two are so awful, however each film does run in order. Full of action, full of suspense and a fantastic climax! Highly entertaining.
4/5 stars
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