140 Character Movie Review – #140RVW
The prequels go out with a bang; ROTS is the best & tightest of the bunch. A great SW film, it is still nearly as frustrating as the rest…
Spoiler-free Movie Review of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith:
Ten years ago today, what we believed at the time (because everyone involved swore up and down it was so) to be the final Star Wars film came out in theaters around the world. The first two Star Wars prequels had been met with equal parts adoration and derision, but everyone seemed on board with the final chapter. The return of the man in the black mask. THIS is what we’d all been waiting for…
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is certainly the best prequel, even if that is somewhat damning with faint praise. An argument can be made that it is on par with Return of the Jedi, and many people actually rated Episode III higher than VI at the time (me included).
With time I think I realized that no matter how much I liked Revenge of the Sith, it really couldn’t be said to be a better film than Return of the Jedi. But Episode III is a very fine film.
With a new Star Wars film coming out later in 2015, I’m going to be writing in-depth pieces on each film, so I think I’ll leave more discussion of Revenge of the Sith for later. (Particularly as my first draft is already a couple of pages long and I haven’t even started talking about the story yet.) For now, enjoy the 10th anniversary of Episode III (and the 16th of Episode I) and try to see the forest for the trees. While Sith is probably the sloppiest of all the films and has a tendency to feel like a to-do list at times rather than a unique film, it carries the most depth and emotion of all of the prequels and adds perspective and import to the Original Trilogy.
More coming soon…
Poster:
Trailer:
Opening Crawl:
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith – Opening Crawl on Disney Video
Bechdel Test:
Fail
The Representation Test Score: D (3 pts)
(http://therepresentationproject.org/grading-hollywood-the-representation-test/)
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| Main Cast | Hayden Christensen Anakin Skywalker Natalie Portman Padmé Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi Samuel L. Jackson Mace Windu |
| Rating | PG-13 |
| Release Date | Thu 19 May 2005 UTC |
| Director | George Lucas |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
| Plot | As the Clone Wars near an end, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious steps out of the shadows, at which time Anakin succumbs to his emotions, becoming Darth Vader and putting his relationships with Obi-Wan and Padme at risk. |
| Poster |  |
| Runtime | 140 |
| Tagline | The saga is complete. |
| Writers | George Lucas (written by) |
| Year | 2005 |