Kermode hit the nail on the head when he said some Star Wars fans are more in love with the idea of new Star Wars films rather than the films themselves.
@@KGMDMusic LOL Well that's not true at all. People are frustrated with what Disney has done with Star Wars more than anything else. Force Awakens was a great start and an overall GREAT film and Great Star Wars film, as well as Rogue one but the mass negative response to Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker proves otherwise!
"George has completely pigged out on CGI." At that point I picture a ten tonne Lucas sitting on a sofa that's been wheeled into his edit suite, chomping away at something disgusting like Ben Stiller in the fat suit at the end of Dodgeball, and slobbering out, "More light thaburth!"
LOL NOT even close. It's Revenge of the Sith that's the BEST prequel entirely so! Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made.
Episode I should have started with an older Anakin - set the scene, introduce characters, and establish the relationship between AS/OWK. Episode II should have been the dark chapter in which Anakin turns to the dark side (the middle 'dark' chapter, like Empire was in the original trilogy). Episode III should have been about the Jedi purge but ending in OWK overcoming Darth Vader (and also his guilt). Those changes alone would have made a huge difference (no young Jake Lloyd, for starters).
So I imagine this trilogy going like this: Star Wars: Episode I - The Clone Wars Star Wars: Episode II - Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Episode III - The Tyrannical Empire
"It's the one that bridges the gap between "Attack Of The Clones" and "Stars Wars: A New Hope", which as we all remember is Star Wars 4 and not Star Wars 1..." Bullshit. When first released in 1977 there was no subheading, simply "Star Wars". It wasn't until one of the re-released before "Empire" that "IV: A New Hope" was added, and Lucas decided there could be REAL money to be made off these films after he got the dark middle section of the arc over with and filled it with Teddy Bears & toys
People put this film on a total pedestal these days, simply because it’s become trendy online to say it’s now somehow one of the best Star Wars movies….. purely subjective of course, as what I’m about to say is simply my own, unimportant, humble opinion…. but Revenge Of The Sith is COMPLETE & UTTER DOGSHITE.💩
+Mark Cookson A New Hope (or Star Wars as it should be called) was an absolute mess apparently before going through editing. I remember listening to an interview with someone on production and they said how surreal the production was and how much of a weirdo Lucas was. I like Lucas even to this day because he's a fascinating person. What must go on in his head sometimes intrigues me.
Star Wars has some truly shoddy direction. It's shot in a semi guerrilla style way that's really unappealing and unfitting of a fantasy film. The Empire Strikes Back is pure filmmaking gold, though. Now that's real fucking *craft*.
Yeah in the past 4 years or so hes gone kinda soft. He uses to be so mean. "Kira Knightly s acting has always been wooden but this was like watching a petrified forrest of woodeness. And when she and Orlando Bland are on screen together its like watching two chairs mating" or sayinf that Rockenrolla was "about the struggle to get [Guy Richie's] career back on track, after [he] sunk it so deep not even submarines could find the wreckage of the last film [he] made".
Well, I thought Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine) came out of Episode III looking pretty good. I suppose his stage experience helped him to rise above the whole "acting to nothing in a green room" problem that left much of the prequel trilogy feeling so stilted.
In the screening I was in, when Vader said "noooo" everyone laughed. I've never been in another movie where the whole theater hated a movie so unanimously. I mean it was hilarious. What an awful film.
Flipped Over Productions awful? NOT. EVEN. CLOSE. Unless you wanna bring up other bad films like X-Men 3, X-Men Origins Wolverine, Hulk (2003) and so on.
It always felt kinda....rushed....to me. Like...Anakin is worried about Padme, Anakin has done a few Dark things, Anakin sort of accidentally helps Palpatine kill Windu, Anakin is suddenly fully Dark Side and happy to kill little kids. It's such a sudden flip. At least when he killed the Sandpeople it was in a rage and he had remorse after it, but in RotS he goes from "Oops, Sorry Master Windu but I sort of need Palpatine" to "Die Little Kiddies Die!" in about five minutes, and that's even after Palpatine admits he can't actually do the one thing Anakin saved his life for.
I think that he does whatever Palpatine asks out of hope that he can help him save Padme and because he feels like the Jedi would oust him and it's too late to turn back, I agree it feels a little rushed but it's still a great film
@@bilalkhares9337'... but it's still a great film' 😂 It's not a film, and it's the exact opposite of great ... in other words: RotS looks like an unwatchable soap opera, created by an accountant who has no clue how to write a movie or how to direct a scene.
@@SteveVdw Lol Just stop talking as you’re laughing at literally nothing here but your own lack of comprehension. Revenge of the Sith IS a film entirely as it IS The movie isn’t perfect but there’s a lot of awesome stuff to it all! It’s NOT “aN uNwatChaBlE sOaP OpeRA” in the slightest as it’s ENTIRELY watchable and a good watch of a movie. It’s NOT “crEaTeD by aN aCcOunTAnT” at all as Lucas did ALOT of good with this movie. Lucas has MASSIVE problems directing and writing films as he’s proven that he causes a lot of issues with filmmaking but he’s done WAY more positives than negatives when it comes with Revenge of the Sith as there MANY good scenes in this movie as it’s entirely watchable. Stop with your hating nonsense, it’s getting you nowhere.
@@lionofjudah6753 You still believe against Revenge of the Sith? Because I don't. That movie was awesome! It's just that the first 2 were so badly made that it gave off pretty bad vibes for the whole.
It's pretty bad, but not "far worse" than lines like "I don't like sand, it's rough and coarse and gets everywhere" or "I wish I could just wish away my feelings"
Lion of Judah The sand one is hilariously awkward but it's just not as terrible. It's semi-understandable and you can think you know maybe he would say that. He's got no flirt game but he's committed. It's awkward and bad. But not entirely out of place and unbelievable. The wish one is terrible, really terrible. I just think it's amazingly fitting, and doesn't make the hilarious garbage any worse than it already is. The "from my point of view-" line makes something almost good actually terrible. It ruins everything. And it is that poorly written, even moreso than entire Attack of the Clones scenes.
you know what man,the bones of a great story was there,instead of handing over script writing duties and even direction to another generation he hogs everything, I mean he still makes a fortune, he said himself he can't write dialogue.
Octavian Caesar Hourigan Originally he wanted Spielberg or Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forest Gump) to direct Phantom Menace, but they insisted he do it.... I think George should have tried to be more persuasive. But even then as shown in the production clips used in the Plinkett reviews, George was surrounded by a lot of yes-men, so that didn't help the quality of the movies. What I think George should of done is hire some writers (like tell them "here are the details I want in the story, now make it work"), hire some good directors or even some new talent to direct the films, and then just produce the films.
Brandon Dozier yep,exactly,I made that argument elsewhere, give talented writers the bullet points for your story and another team for the dialogue, at least you have an excellent frame for the direction,but no,he has to do it all and fuck them up. I think they could have jettisoned completely even finding anakin and started with him as a young Jedi,but hey that's me.
I was struck recently by just how televisual the direction on the prequels is. When you ignore the mess of lasers/ships/fire/soldiers, there's hardly any flair in terms of how the films are shot.
I know the dialogue scense are shot like an episode of Corrie. Character A speaks close up of them speaking character B speaks cut to a close up of them cut back to close up of Character A when they reply.
The dialogue is less than perfect but I am not a 7 year old and I enjoyed it and understood the plot so this was review was definitely over the top. Especially when he mentions there not being correct physics, does he not understand this is in a sci fi movie with lightsabers??
@@nifralo2752 It was all greenscreened and Lucas had no idea what he would put in the background afterwards, often not even storyboards as a guide. So everything is shot TV soap style with bland universal lighting so it'll fit with whatever Lucas picked.
The best Star Wars film, Empire Strikes Back: directed by Irvin Kershner, screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan :D Lucas should have sticked to writing the story and being a producer, as it seemed to work the best.
Bracket wrote a screenplay based on George's story. After she died, Lucas rewrote the entire screenplay, and then hired Lawrence Kasden to work on finishing it for production.
Foebane72 nothing is flawless, but the 3 new films were utter shyte. if you enjoyed them, then well done, your keeping all the hacks in hollywood rich.
highlandcommando Have you ever thought that the change in feel and tone of the Prequels was deliberate? For a newer generation? I was born in 1972 and love the OT more, but I have a friend who was born in 1990 who prefers the PT more.
+Ken Lopez (Sirfishe) he's not as brilliant a story teller as people give him credit! He certainly has his place in history for that intial spark and the struggles and hard work he went through to make the original star wars, and back then he wasn't the rich tycoon he became! He wrote the stories for Empire and Jedi but didn't write the scripts n didn't direct empire or jedi cause he acknowledged then that they weren't his strengths! The prequels hugely exploit his flaws as a filmmaker and show that the franchise as a business has got to his head!
ASobsessive Again.. He's a crappy director. But his ideas are good. Well some.. Just let someone else direct. Without him, there would be no star wars. Have to at least appreciate that
Ken Lopez true, wont forget him for creating the thing, but he let the power get to his head and seemed to develop a certain resentment to the fans who made him famous in the first place! It's time he was gone from the star wars picture! Episode 7 could be a great fresh start for star wars! Hopefully JJ Abrams and co have delivered
+Onmysheet Old comment but I've found that there are almost no Mark Kermode reviews on RU-vid for films released before 2005, although Mark did start reviewing films with Simon Mayo in 2001 so it is possible that the audio is out there somewhere.
@@guyr3618 Revenge of The Sith is actually a brilliant movie, the Sequels were okay but didn't tie together whereas the prequel trilogy ties together really well
@@bilalkhares9337 the prequel series is a mess of contradictions. Padme is the voice of morality, but she marries a child-murderer. And then in the next movie she's shocked when he murders kids AGAIN. Anakin becomes a child's murderer in the 2nd movie, but then the 3rd movie expects you to still like him, and be shocked when he turns evil somehow. Obi-Wan has no character arc. Anakin only turns evil in order to save Padme - but then when Palpatine tells him he doesn't actually know how to save Padme, Anakin is okay with that. The entire tragedy is supposed to be about about destruction of Anakin and Obi-Wan's friendship, but we almost never see them getting along to begin with, so there's nothing to mourn there. The plot makes no sense, the characters make no sense, the drama is built on nothing. I have no idea how anyone can enjoy this.
I must admit I thought Return of the Jedi was the weakest SW film till 1999. The Star Wars Prequel trilogy - "Be careful what you wish for." I actually thought these films episodes I-3 was just an awful experience. I only thought the lightsaber fight in Episode I was the good thing of that film. Episode II and III were crippled with Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman's terrible lack of chemistry. The biggest problem is George Lucas cannot write. He cannot direct remotely well. Hopefully the new Disney Star Wars films will be a return to form.
LOL coming back to this comment right here. People are frustrated with what Disney has done with Star Wars more than anything else. Force Awakens was a great start and an overall GREAT film and Great Star Wars film, as well as Rogue one but the mass negative response to Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker proves otherwise!
I'm glad he rightfully dismisses The Phantom Menace. I'm sick of this, "oh come on, there was a lot of expectation... there was a lot of pressure... it was okay." Bollocks. It stank.
@@nikosvault lol what? What is “DNA” are you talking about here? What? What are you even saying here at all? The clone wars is a FANTASTIC series as a whole!
spectre isn’t that amazing but there’s more positives than negatives with the film! And yeah Star Wars the Clone Wars is a PHENOMENAL series as a whole entirely so!
Couldn't agree more with Kermode. It was the best of a bad trilogy, which wasn't saying much. What gets me is that movies like Batman and Robin for example get universally panned while somehow the prequels have been left relatively unscatched. Yeah, the prequels did have their detractors but when I see scores for each one being 6.5, 6.7 and 7.6, on IMDB, I have to seriously bury my face in my hands and ask myself WHY! WHY, GODDAMMIT!
Episode III was the better of the prequel films, but then that's like saying that one turd is better than the pile of crap it came from... Episodes IV-VI will ALWAYS be classics.
"It's like chewing the edge of a table." Mark Kermode on Revenge of the Shit (Is there a way to have this permanently copied so I can paste it everywhere?)
LOL Do you still think the nonsense you're saying right now? Because Revenge of the Sith isn't anywhere near as bad as you're saying to think it's "sH!t" at all because it's REALLY not at all because it's NOT "reVeNgE oF thE sItH" at all in the slightest.
@@JamesCarmichaelLOL Not at all. Disagree entirely from being "sTilL prEtTY bAd" at all. Revenge of the Sith needs WAY more appreciation as it's at least TRYING to tell a good story that connects the sage to one another. Revenge of the Sith is still awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made enough that's for MOST people to watch the film!
The good thing about this film was that it was the least boring of the prequels. The writing was still shitty and Anakin's transformation was just unconvincing.
Those movies might be bad, but still not as bad as Phantom Menace. Not one single scene in Phantom Menace makes any sense! There isn't enough room here to go through the film one scene at a time and break down exactly what is wrong with it, I wish there was. Phantom Menace is still my #1 worse movie ever made.
This film really points up how the idea that darker=better is a total fallacy. I'll take the garishness of IV and VI over the protagonist killing children in what's meant to be a space adventure any day.
LOL What? Just because it's a "space adventure" doesn't mean it can't be super dark and serious and very good in quality. What you're saying isn't true at all. Being darker doesn't mean good but it usually IS when they push the characters to they're limits while exploring complex dark themes. And I love Kermode but I have to disagree with everything that which he's saying here about this film. Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made.
And I love Kermode but I have to disagree with everything that which he's saying here about this film. Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made.
I am a Star Wars fan since I was able to watch a tv and sorry to say, but Mark is 100% right here. Phantom Menace - Ungodly in every way (save for Liam Neeson) Attack of the Clones - Again, nonredeemable. Had some great potential though, sadly Revenge of the Sith - Could have been so, SO much more if it hadn't been laden with Lucas's non existent abilities. To this day it still baffles me why in the hell Lucas took the reigns himself. As a consultant and producer he was able to get Empire Strikes Back out there as the icon of Sci Fi cinema by sticking Irvin Kershner in the drivers seat, and a great screenplay from the pens of Brackett and Kasdan. Such a shame, heres hoping that J.J. Abrams doesn't do a lens flare crazy sequel and brings back the magic :-)
I think George Lucas was surrounded by yes men and idiots. The prequels had both great (Liam Neeson, Ewan MaGregor, Sir Christopher Lee, Sam L Jackson) and awful actors (Hayden Christensen - the prime example) working with an insipid infantile film, he's completely in love with computer graphics. He can't direct with any brio or flair. His writing is just abysmal, his direction is perfunctory at best and I'm sad to see what he did to Star Wars. I'd weep if I gave a stuff.
The original Star Wars had so many production problems and Lucas had to change so much and had so many constrictions that had to be overcome by a whole team that he produced a great movie - the prequels demonstrate what would have happened if the original Star Wars had been done entirely on Lucas's terms.
+GTG I was speaking rhetorically. Lucas had complete creative control over all of the movies. There was some studio interference during the first one, but he still retained control. He wrote them, payed for them, owned them, etc. Lucasfilm was privately owned until 2012. They were, in effect, his independent films.
yeah but he wasn't the director and had people that challenged his decisions at times, when he did the prequels noone questioned him and he had no challenge at all. So it goes to show that everyones imput makes a film not the ideas of one dude.
+GTG Source? The prequels had a much larger cast and crew. They still had all the same positions as the originals. In ROTS, Spielberg directed some of the fights and George mentions how he has to say "This is how stephen wants it" because of all the grief he gets for some of his ideas from the crew. All movies are a collaboration. The prequels were also.
So many things wrong in so few words. How quickly people run to 'over-rated' in their fever to be contrary. Try actually watching the reviews. Properly.
ferris wheel Meh, someone might have sent it to him. I've got no real interest in star wars but as a piece of criticism it's amazing. IMO It should be recommended on University courses in Film Studies.
It's unfair to say that George Lucas is just an accountant. He has always been the one with the vision -- the bigger picture and greater story. It is true that he has always needed much help developing that vision, because he's not good at writing a finished script alone. Especially dialogue. When he has taken that help on, his films have turned out great! It's also not fair to simply write him off as a filmmaker. It's true that he doesn't know how to direct actors, but he has always been closely involved in the production design. Many of the big and small decisions, that have made the original trilogy great, have been Lucas's.
I love Kermode but I have to disagree with everything that which he's saying here about this film. Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made.
@@EmperorJ123 exactly! The WHOLE TRILOGY should have dark from the get go as soon as episode one started and should have progressfully gotten darker from there on our. It’s Darth Vader’s origin story. You don’t expect a military tyrant warlord’s origins to be very nice at all.
@@Gadget-Walkmen well that does give the saga a symmetry and an honesty but I think it's an OK start, just two onto three could have been darker and been more detailed regarding the fall of Skywalker and rise of Vader.
@@EmperorJ123 Nah, Phantom Menace is unfortunately IS one of the worst block buster films of all time and one of those reasons is BECAUSE of it's super childish tone. It's FAR from an "ok" start at all. It's an atrocious start to the trilogy as it's considered one of the worst films ever made. Close to nothing of little boy anakin within the movie makes you think he can grow into Vader at all. That could have been better if lucas took the material seriously and stopped saying "star wars is for kids" when it's meant for ALL ages and mainly older audiences and it's only passable for kids to watch themselves. Star Wars is at it's BEST when it takes itself seriously. But phantom menace doesn't do this much with it's tone and especially with it's characters like Jar Jar. It's actually embarassing that lucas in his position with the amount of resources and influences he had in HIS position that the prequel EASILY should have been better than original trilogy but it's overall unfortunately not. I love revenge of the sith but I can't really dismay the people who heavily hate it at all either as some of their reasoning criticism does make sense despite my love for the movie!
@Salmon1BWFC Forget that! How did nobody notice that Anakin and Padme were living together in the same apartment? Do they not have paparazzi in a galaxy far far away? Did Anakin never have Obi Wan over for beers or something? Did no one notice a famous Jedi knight and a famous senator from Naboo spending an awful lot of time together?? GAH!
I thought Phantom Menace was awful until I saw Clones... then I saw Sith and thought it couldn't get any worse and we got The Force Awakens... Star Wars is an illusion, we want it to be as good as Empire promised, but we will never get there again.
You just established that the movie's greatest weakness is Lucas' crap writing and directing. Why then rip on Hayden Christensen? Non of the other so-called fine actors like Ewan McGregor were able to save the movie and we are content with this among other problems proving that it is the lame writing, directing and overuse of SFX. This is a recurring pattern in your reviews. The structuring of some of your reviews sucks.
mark has sometimes got a habit of closed mindedness and favouritism in his reviews. I agree that non of the other acting performances in the prequels, Ian McDiarmid aside, were able to hold up as passable. Ewan McGregor did his best with what he had, but his performance was that of an undirected man. Bad dialogue didn't help either. Samuel L Jackson was plain one-note n boring as Windu. Natalie Portman was just a colourless vacuum n robotic. Hayden Christensen couldn't deliver any of his lines with any sort of conviction whatsoever: mildly less annoying to listen to than Jake Lloyd or Jar Jar Binks, but still produces a less convincing performance than those 2.
I've been so immersed in the awesome Red Letter Media/Mr Plinkett reviews of the prequels for so long, it's kinda weird hearing someone else trash them. Still good fun though. I like Mark Kermode. I can watch/listen to 10 Kermode reviews in a row before I get bored. This is probably number 7 I think. Thank you for reading.
@loveallthepeople1000 What are you talking about mate. It's a great movie. And you do realize that movies are just for entertainment right? so why do you criticize about something that Lucas never related to MONEY? The story line was all about politics and ideas that he put together. And yet you get 38 thumbs up for a cripped critic comment for a hard worker. Oh my God what is wrong with the YT community.
Revenge of the Sith is terrible. In my mind Phantom Menace is the best of the prequels - in fact, the best of all the Star Wars films (sorry, I'm a kid of the 90s - and to make up, episodes 2 and 3 are my least favourites)
because the kids that Star Wars is aimed at don't care about what adults perceive as garbage story and acting. Light sabre fights, laser guns, spaceships, monsters, familarity & simplicity. That's what Star Wars' target audience wants and thats what the films deliver very effectively. How many 8 yr olds do you know that would say "actually, I'll give Star Wars a miss because of the garbage storyline and acting" ?
The passion, insight, energy, wit, pacing, breadth (and sheer endurance required for delivery of this rant) are all admirable. Of course, it helps he’s bang on target in all the particulars.
First, that should be "you're dumb." Second, Lucas did NOT write the script for Empire Strikes Back. It was written by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett, with Lucas getting credit ONLY for the story. It is well established that Empire had less of Lucas' involvement that the other films. So maybe YOU shouldn't talk nonsense when you are (1) wrong and (2) incapable of proper grammar and punctuation. Instead of calling someone "dumb" when they are right, you should focus on your own ignorance.
Why does everyone say that the prequels get better and better, the reality is they get worse and worse. In 1 there's an actual story about two guys trying to rescue a kid, 2 and 3 aren't even films really, just a guy finding a giant army and doing nothing about it, another guy gets burned alive and brought back with a special suit. Christopher Lee is a ray of sunshine in 3, but he's a much brighter ray of sunshine in 2, where he's actually doing something, in stark contrast with everyone else.
@pirateking193 Sorry, my comment seems a little mean doesn't it?. I don't think star wars [the originals at least] is "worthless crap". All I was trying to say that I feel that they are over-rated - it has been quite a long time since I've seen them so you're probably right about the dialogue in the original trilogy [it's just my recollection], What I should have said was that I just prefer Spaceballs :)
I never really understood the hype over Star Wars. George Lucas is a terrible director and all the dialogue i every segment is simply people explaning the plot to each other. I just don't get it.....I'm sorry I've seen them all, and I found them all incredibly boring (it is true that "Empire" is the best one but it's still not great). American Graffiti is his best film [and it's not a masterpiece]
The worst film ever made is Batman and Robin. It turns a very clever, dark comic book into a Star Wars-esque plastic toy film, full of bad ice puns and bat credit cards. It had so many talented people involved in it, and yet they turned out that cesspool of cinema. Phantom Menace was pretty bad, though.
The worst things about TPM are (1) wooden acting/dialog, and (2) horrible comic relief - read: Jar Jar Binks. But those aren't enough to make it the worst movie ever. It's not even George Lucas's worst film: that dubious honor goes to Howard the Duck.
@therock19 Revenge of the Sith better than Return of the Jedi ? Im calling the police because you are on drugs. I guess your brain jizzed when you saw frantic lightsaber swinging and humming with some occasional epic music.
Bridges the gap - utter shite, Lucas. There's no attempt at consistency at all. As if you could possibly follow the dark, violent, but still cobblers Episode 3 ending, with the fun, light-hearted spirit of the original Star Wars.
oh and if "it's aimed at kids" could you explain to me why you would take a child to see a movie where you see a man have his legs sliced off and nearly burn to death?
I admit Lucas messed up with the prequel trilogy because even though he finally got what he always fought for, creative control to make his own movies, his way. The problem with Lucas is he just used too much green-screen and I think that weakened the actor's performances, also yes the script quite drab.
Gotta disagree that the "script is quite dRaB" AT ALL as the overall plot was pretty compelling and enjoyable as a whole! Despite the dialogue not being the best. I love Kermode but I have to disagree with everything that which he's saying here about this fight. Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made.
me and my friend went to see this and when the word "younglings" was mentioned, people in the cinema started to chuckle. but when anakin pulled out his lightsaber at the kid jedi, only me and my mate said YES! it was great
Yeah exactly! Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made.
