robyn millarReview of new Star Wars Movies
November 5th 2006 21:40
The Phantom Menace (1999)
Attack of the Clones (2002)
Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Written/Directed/Dreamed up: George Lucas
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen
Star Wars: The Next Generation.
One of the benefits of cable TV (my family recently ungraded to digital), is that you get to see movies that time, or perhaps your own protective consciousness, have made you forget about. In the case of the most recent Star Wars films I have to say that it was the later blocking my recollection.
Not to say that the films are all bad, indeed they do have several saving graces; The special effects are brilliant, Mcgregor and others put in some halfway decent performances and, best of all, we finally get to see Yoda in a light sabre fight. But for the most part these benefits are overshadowed by poor scripts (I mean really, a ten year old could write better dialogue), bad acting from whoever is in the central role of Anakin Skywalker (both Christensen and the little kid managed to annoy me) and sense that the films were designed with the video game and merchandise markets firmly in mind.
At this point in the review I usually go through the plots but for these films there hardly seems a reason to: if you’re a fan you’ve already seen them and if you’re not wild dogs couldn’t drag you along. Suffice to say the action follows the life of Anakin from his innocent childhood, to his transformation into the Sith Lord, Darth Vader who we have all come to know and fear. I should add that while the first movie does indeed suck beyond comprehension this trilogy does get gradually better as it goes along, so that the third, if considered separately could be considered a halfway decent nights entertainment.
PM: 3/10
AoC: 5/10
RotS: 7/10
Attack of the Clones (2002)
Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Written/Directed/Dreamed up: George Lucas
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen
Star Wars: The Next Generation.
One of the benefits of cable TV (my family recently ungraded to digital), is that you get to see movies that time, or perhaps your own protective consciousness, have made you forget about. In the case of the most recent Star Wars films I have to say that it was the later blocking my recollection.
Not to say that the films are all bad, indeed they do have several saving graces; The special effects are brilliant, Mcgregor and others put in some halfway decent performances and, best of all, we finally get to see Yoda in a light sabre fight. But for the most part these benefits are overshadowed by poor scripts (I mean really, a ten year old could write better dialogue), bad acting from whoever is in the central role of Anakin Skywalker (both Christensen and the little kid managed to annoy me) and sense that the films were designed with the video game and merchandise markets firmly in mind.
At this point in the review I usually go through the plots but for these films there hardly seems a reason to: if you’re a fan you’ve already seen them and if you’re not wild dogs couldn’t drag you along. Suffice to say the action follows the life of Anakin from his innocent childhood, to his transformation into the Sith Lord, Darth Vader who we have all come to know and fear. I should add that while the first movie does indeed suck beyond comprehension this trilogy does get gradually better as it goes along, so that the third, if considered separately could be considered a halfway decent nights entertainment.
PM: 3/10
AoC: 5/10
RotS: 7/10
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
The 3 hour epic fills in the gaps between Attack Of the Clones and Revenge Of The Sith. You get to see Grevious in full flight and learn how lightsabers are made.....Most importantly it is arguably the best chapter in the new saga.