Saturday, May 21, 2005

Revenge of the Sith

Being the geek that I am, I saw Revenge of the Sith on opening day, though not at the mightnight showing as I've done for the last two films. Overall I was very pleased with the movie and it's certainly better than the previous two attempts. Sure it had spots of questionable acting and cheesy dialogue, but that's a Star Wars movie for you. Even the originals had their share of such things. Of course the action in ROTS was great as were the visual effects, but moreso than these it had one key element that made it stand out juxtaposed to the previous two films: it had heart, a certain emotional intensity that put it on par with Episodes IV and V.

By far, the most outstanding performance was that of Ian McDiarmid. His portrayal of Palpatine/Sidious was absolutely wonderful in delivery and variability, ranging from the restrained, seductive Palpatine to the wide-open and positively evil Darth Sidious. Ewan McGregor's performance was equally as good. The performance of these two actors more than compensate for some of the film's more questionable acting.

Of course I'll have to see ROTS again, possibly at some point this weekend.

Summer 2005 Revenge of the Sith viewing count: 1.

1 comment:

Wanting said...

..I thought the fight scenes were cool...especially with Grievous...when he suddenly had 4 arms...