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Finally saw Revenge of the Sith by Fabsy 01/13/2006, 12:59pm PST
I tried to figure out why this movie, though still suffering from the full fury of an unedited Lucas, was so much better than the previous two.

All the painfully lame dialog and romantic elements are still there. Stupid droids still run around going "ow!". R2D2 still does stupid stuff out of nowhere (even after the whole jetpack incident in Clones). The Emperor goes from "only intriguing character in the movies" to "over the top hammy hissing snake".

So what makes it better?

Because there's actually something at stake this time. The audience knew the entire time that it would be about the coming Empire versus defenders of democracy, yet 75% of the new trilogy focuses on Naboo and the Clone Wars, which are all in all boring and meaningless. Soulless clones vs robots (or worse, annoying lizards vs robots), do we really care who wins?

We KNOW that they're both just tools controlled by the emperor, so there's absolutely nothing at stake. The whole opening space battle of Ep.3 was technically fabulous (except for stupid droid comic relief), but it lacked meaning. The movie only gained these things once the Emperor gave the order. Suddenly it was justice vs the evil empire again. Everything was at stake. Things mattered. Plus John Williams finally pulled himself up out of the slump he'd been in (Duel of the Fates being the sole exception) to highlight the third act with some wonderful scores.

For a brief shining moment I actually got caught up in a Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi, despite Lucas's attempts to ruin it with his dialog. I can only imagine how good this would have been had he gotten someone else to write it.
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Finally saw Revenge of the Sith by Fabsy 01/13/2006, 12:59pm PST NEW
    Re: Finally saw Revenge of the Sith by MM 01/19/2006, 7:26pm PST NEW
    Re: Finally saw Revenge of the Sith by Quentin Beck 01/19/2006, 10:27pm PST NEW
        Re: Finally saw Revenge of the Sith by Jeff Fries 01/19/2006, 10:29pm PST NEW
            That happened to me one time, too. by guy who once posted as QB somehow 05/09/2006, 8:26pm PDT NEW
        Overall, yes by Fabsy 01/20/2006, 12:21am PST NEW
    I thought it sucked! by Darth Maker... of BAD THINGS!!! 05/06/2006, 3:12pm PDT NEW
        Ignore that last question, I just found that other thread. NT by MM 05/06/2006, 3:16pm PDT NEW
        yes by Blobbio 05/06/2006, 3:25pm PDT NEW
        Re: I thought it sucked! by Fussbett 05/06/2006, 3:40pm PDT NEW
            (in)Tyranus? (in)Maul? NT by (in)Your face! 05/06/2006, 6:33pm PDT NEW
                in-Revan NT by the realm of games 05/06/2006, 6:56pm PDT NEW
                Tyranus is a truncation too. Maul is actually the odd one. NT by Fussbett 05/06/2006, 7:29pm PDT NEW
                    Truncation of what? NT by ??? 05/11/2006, 10:28pm PDT NEW
                        Don't mind him. 'e 'asn't been the same since I called 'em on 'e's bitch. NT by Quentin Beck 05/12/2006, 2:46am PDT NEW
                            You've done BDR and me. Who's next for QB revisionism? NT by Fussbett 05/12/2006, 9:01am PDT NEW
                        Tyrannous NT by Fussbett 05/12/2006, 8:59am PDT NEW
                    Maul-evolent? NT by Fullofkittens 05/12/2006, 12:05pm PDT NEW
                        Psh, Maul-itov cocktail bomb NT by Tommy Tiptoes 05/12/2006, 8:42pm PDT NEW
                            ha ha, you fags actually think I put that much thought into this crap? NT by George Lucas, counting money 05/12/2006, 8:54pm PDT NEW
                                no, no we don't :( NT by Tommy Tiptoes 05/12/2006, 9:46pm PDT NEW
 
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