Revenge of the Star Wars

[fuzzybluemonkeys]

So, I saw it. It was good. Way better than Attack of the Clones. On par with The Phantom Menace, I guess. But somehow not nearly as exciting. I think it's ruined a bit by the fact that you know that certain things have to happen. I mean Annakin turns to the dark side. Yoda winds up on Degobah. Leia is adopted by Bail Organa of Alderaan. Obi-wan and Luke end up on Tatooine. All the Jedi are exterminated. R2 and 3P0 wind up with the Alderaanians. Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic becomes Emperor Palpatine of the Empire. And I have to pause here to give mad props to Ian McDiarmand who did these awesome subtle things with his voice throughout the movie that were really cool. In addition to becoming Darth Vader, Annakin has to get all burned up and need the suit. I also like the whole reusing of the Revenge of the Jedi title with the more appropriate Sith substitution. I mean the whole thing was cool. But somehow it didn't manage to get me excited. It's not like after The Phantom Menace when I was just like "Wow! That was so awesome!" Someone asked me what I thought of it and I said it was "Beyond words". That sort of feeling was so lacking for this one. I don't know if it's because Attack of the Clones was such a disappointment. Or because it's not the first new Star Wars movie since the 80's. But as much as I enjoyed it, I left the theater feeling a bit like "That was it?"

Comments

higher standards

[tobimonkee.livejournal.com]

i think we just have higher standards now cuz of farscaspe and witty joss writeing andrew even says hes episode 1 bored and the anticipation was what made episode 1 wowish now we r not as in to the fandom so its not as much of a big deal and all