Well, I abused a close friend when he failed to promptly post a review on his blog, so I feel compelled to get up my Mod-Blog review right away!
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith is truly the darkest film that Lucas has made in the series - perhaps the darkest movie he has ever made. The film starts off with a bang in the midst of the first really big space battle of the prequel trilogy, and right away begins diving into the shadows. Anakin's slide from Jedi to Sith is relentless, following a cold logic with only a few leaps of faith required of the audience. The new baddie his time around completes Lucas's trend of producing villain after villain that prefigues Darth Vader. Darth Maul foreshadowed Vader's savagery, Count Dooku the manipulative treachery of the Dark Lord, and now General Grevious shows off the merging of man and machine that is the last Darth. This is also a film of treachery. Aside from Darth Sidious/The Emperor, every character walks out of this film feeling betrayed by the thing s/he holds most dear. We finally understand why Kenobi could not imagine the redemption of his former student in the original trilogy.
At the same time, this is definitely not a film without flaws. Many lines are stilted and ineffective even when delivered by the best actors. There are still leaps of faith required of the audience, and many times when Lucas produces beautiful (or terrible) vistas and then gives the audience no time to sit back and enjoy them.
But what is my final verdict? Well, it is Star Wars. Even more-so than the other films in the prequel trilogy. And it does a great job of bridging the gap between old and new. I plan on seeing it at least one more time in the theater, plan on buying it on DVD as soon as possible (even bootleg if needed), and I plan on making it part of the regular DVD rotation for years to come. Is it really possible to offer a better recommendation than that?
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