At last, the circle is complete.

[jchrisobrien]

By this point, most people have a very firm opinion of the Star Wars movies for good or bad.  Well, like it or hate it, it's over.  The  full story has now been told, and you can either light a cigarette and revel in the after glow, or pour out a 40 on it's grave and move on. 

Episode III was very satisfying, but had it's cringe worthy parts.  They were few and far between, numerous improvements were made on problems from the other movies.  Anakin grows and changes in each film, and Hayden actually pulls off some acting in this movie.  I was a little overwhelmed after watching it, but the post movie discussion brought home some more points, and fueled my desire to see the movie again (and likely, again).

Rest assured.  This is the best of the first trilogy.  This doesn't make the first two films great, but I think they get a little better once you see the big picture.  I really liked Hayden in this movie, I really liked the duels (soooo many throwdowns in this film), and I really liked the ultimate commentary on the light and dark sides of the Force (which you really need to see all of the films to fully appreciate it).

Thanks, George for giving us a worthy ending.  You've regained a little appreciation.  You still need to work on your editing though.  And please remember how to write a love scene.  Remember that bit in Empire Strikes Back when Lea is trying to fix the ship and Han accosts her?  That worked. 

Comments

[alonewiththemoon]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but George Lucas strikes me as the Anne Rice of scifi films--creative, but direly in need of a tough and talented editor.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

soooooo true.

I want to make my own edits of the Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Trim out the fat and see how much nicer it is boiled down.

M and I were having a contest to see what the scenes from the movies would be like with other directors.

[cosmicserpent.livejournal.com]

It was the best of the first trilogy, but sadly I was pretty bored throughout. I think Lucas is only capable of cool fight scenes and not much else. Glad you enjoyed it though!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

The whole trilogy was hampered by being a prequal. You know where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Yoda all end up. All you can find out is how they get there. There is no real tension, and that hurts the movies overall. Lucas gave us the Jedi, and a pretty cool universe. As a director, yes he needs some help. I'm sorry your experience was so bad. At least we have episodes IV through VI!

[rishikanta.livejournal.com]

Remember that bit in Empire Strikes Back when Lea is trying to fix the ship and Han accosts her? That worked.

I really believe that worked because George didn't direct, plain and simple. The prequels have some amazingly talented actors who've shown us amazing work, time and again. The cringe worthy scenes in each of the last movies, I think they could have been rescued by a different director. George seems to be able to do montage and non speaking shots very well, but through any dialogue into it...

[alonewiththemoon]

Also, we're talking Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford rather than Natalie Portman and Hayden Christiansen--not that the latter two aren't necessarily talented, but I think it's fair to say at the very least that Hayden is no Harrison :)

[silas7.livejournal.com]

hayden does improve his performance this time around. honest.
but yeah, at his best I don't think he'll be a match for Harrison. He just owned.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I completely believe you. A better director could have made these films truly amazing. It's like lucas turned off the acting button for most of the performers in these films. A damn shame.

Ooooh wait! Light sabers! Explosions! Cool! :)