May 19, 2005
Episode III
Okay, quickie review before bed, because it's freaking 3 AM. Does it suck? Eh... No. It doesn't. Is it good? Well, there's no need to be hasty, now is there?
Jar-Jar has no lines, and we finally get the Wookie army we should have seen in Return of the Jedi. But dang if Natalie Portman hasn't been turned completely into eye candy. Not that she's bad at that or anything, but holy crap, that's some bad dialog. Fortunately, for the plot - though not the scenery - there's less of her in this one than in previous episodes.
So, yeah. It's okay. Does it make up for the sins of The Phantom Plot and Attack of the Gay Name? Not entirely, but it helps. As millions of Americans return, codependent, to the man who has aesthetically abused them twice before, we are finally treated right. Or at least decently.
I gotta say, I liked it a lot. More than I thought I would. I do think it redeems the past two...(Oh, and by the way, in hindsight, the title of "Attack of the Clones" is actually my favorite part of that movie)...
Point is, what I liked most about Episode III was that it reminded me how amazing the old movies are, and how content I am with just those. Basically, at the end, I was left thinking "Okay, that was a nice wrap-up to a completely unnecessary trilogy." We didn't need any of these movies. Really--the best parts of Episode III were the parts that reminded us of Star Wars, and The Empire Strikes Back and even Return of the Jedi.
PS. Any news on converting the old VHSs to DVD??
Posted by: Tyler Grisham at May 19, 2005 05:49 PM