Star Wars III Blows

What a disappointment. A success, yet a disappointment.

This movie blows big time. Great effects, some of the best action sequences I have seen, but otherwise, awful.

First of all - knock it off with the horrible vaudeville comedy. I'm talking about Yoda. He's a funny man, but the character ruins great action moments but using him as a segway into the next battle scene. You know what I am talking about. His poses and grunts. He is a character that we are supposed to respect, but he lost his dignity.

What's with the Tarzan call the Wookie makes?

HORRIBLE acting by Natalie Portman. SUPREME acting by Ian McDiarmid.

There was a plot with no storyline. I would have liked more drama. Anakin's transition to the darkside should have taken longer. But all of a sudden it was "you're my new master." I didn't get his need to turnover at all. The film was all battle.

We should feel sympathetic for Anakin, but we don't. We just think he's a moron.

Now when I think of a movie, I think of a beginning, middle, and end. This film obviously takes place in the middle of something, but even still, all other Star Wars films have had beginnings and ends. This one did not. It's ending signified something in the future - but the audience had no clue what it would be, unless they are familar with the Star Wars story.

Therefore, the film was an awful movie. However, it did not need to be a movie. It's part of a series - and that's why it is successful. It filled in the final gap.

Even though it was part of a series, I like a movie to work on its own as well. This did not. If you didn't know the story, nothing would make sense.

In the five other movies, the films worked on their own. This one was made merely to fill in the gap.

I would have liked the ending to be extended. Show us Yoda training Obi Wan to contact his former master.

Those are my scattered thoughts. I was entertained, just a bad movie.

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Thank you so much for assuming your 'review' is so important that it deserves it's own thread, despite a very clearly marked thread about the movie being about five threads down the board.

Usually, I would jump on myself and others for doing the same, Popa, but, I have had a very bad day - involving a 911 call - and I don't want to read 200+ posts in the thread to catch up. I already have a "Muppets Oz Blows" thread, so this is my "SW3 Blows" thread.

I'll spank myself for being bad. But those are my thoughts on the film.

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Good to hear. My friends, who are die-hard SW fans, thought it was brilliant. Then, I figued that they would probably say that even if the movie sucked.

Well, if Star Wars III blows then that's a $50 million dollar blow right there...

Your life, CapnHook, is going to hell in one of Martha Stewart's most fabulous muffin baskets.

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I'm sure...LOL

Like I said, when I think of a movie, I think of a beginning, middle, and end. Say this was the ONLY Star Wars film. It wouldn't make sense. I think of all films independently. This film, on its own, would be missing chunks.

However it's part of a series, and made that way. Therefore it fulfilled its purpose.

Then again, all other 5 Star Wars films worked independently - still a sense of a "the story's not over yet" - but works on its own. All three Lord of the Rings films worked independently, too.

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Again, like I said, these films were not meant to be independent films. However, *I* like to look at ALL films as independent in judging a film. Independently, this film doesn't work. But it does work as part of the series.

Why doesn't this make sense to you all?

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Being an 18 year old girl and having no knowledge of Star Wars (I've led a sheltered life,) I promised my bf I'd go see it if he sees Rent with me.

Anyhow, I thought it was...alright. Too many light saber fights gives me the same feelings as too much Quidditch: stoppppp already!!

I thought the movie was cheesy. Was the dramatic "NOOO!" really necessary? Was that scene of silence between Padme and Anakin really necessary? Blargh I say.

For a virgin Star Wars baby, I found it tolerable and well, sort of cool.

Conclusion: I like R2. And, Hayden can't act.

Suck it did, younglings...

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I so unfortunately disagree. Hayden can't do anything right for me anymore.

That said, I think Episode III stands as one of the best of the 6 (I have to go with the reviewer who states it's 3rd after Empire and A New Hope).

Difference of opinion and taste.

HOWEVER, I must STRONGLY disagree that this film was NOT one of the best STAR WARS films in ANY point of view: independent movie or series movie.

Melodramatic (moreso than any other, except for the ending of the 70's/80's films.). Melodramatic, too much battle, no drama. Just pure spectacle. And HORRIBLE acting. Was even disappointed in the acting of EWAN! In the "YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!!" scene. Natalie Portman was god awful. She did nothing for the film at all. R2D2 was better than her - and it's a robot. Perhaps they should have made a robot play Padamae's part in this film.

Enjoyable, yet awful.

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