Revenge of the Sith

[author_by_night]

(Note: SPOILERS. Click back if you have not seen Revenge of the Sith).

 

Okay, should be safe.

Tickets: $22. (Went with father and cousin).

Drinks: $10.

Two actually believable villians: Priceless.

 

Anakin is desperate. He feels the Jedi Order does not trust him, and wants to prove he is powerful. Meanwhile, he is plagued with dreams in which his wife, Padme, dies in childbirth.

The Chancellor tells Anakin that the Jedi do not think well of him, and that Obi Wan takes advantage of him. He also claims that he has "power" he can teach Anakin that will save Padme from her death.

No commedia dell arte-like evilness. No Snape-like sarcasm that provokes yawns.

Manipulation and deceit.

I found myself actually seeing the Chancellor's point; of course, it was wrong in itself, but you could see how Anakin fell for it. And trusted it.

I also loved the irony of it all; one of the turning points in Anakin's "fall" is the desire to protect Padme, and yet in a sense, he ends up killing her. Obi Wan, who tried to help Anakin live without anger in his life, ended up almost being murdered by the very one he tried to protect. (And, I believe, is murdered in the original  first Star Wars movie).

The only thing they needed to change were a few lines, especially the exchanges between Anakin and Padme. Blech.

Otherwise... perfection.

Comments

[moonlinnet.livejournal.com]

Yay! I loved it too, excluding the scenes between Anakin and Padme.

[valerie-valerah.livejournal.com]

I thought it was such a good movie. I actually saw it before watching the original triology (and thus becoming an obsessive Luke fan *note icon*). You're right, Vader does kill Obi-Wan in A New Hope, which is why the line from Attack of the Clones ("You're going to be the death of me.") is so ironic. You know a character is well-rounded when, even though he has obviously turned evil, you can still feel compassion for him and identify with him. I cried when he became Darth Vader in Return of the Sith :(

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

I was very moved by how how the scenes shifted between Padmé giving birth and Anakin being ''dressed'' in the Vader suit.