I just got back. Maybe it's because I'm very very tired -maybe it's because I'm a fanatical star wars fan- but I absolutely loved the film. Nice and dark. Darker than any of the other films, including Empire. 
Q) I found it considerably easier to connect with the characters in this film than the others.
Lightsaber fights were less than awe-inspiring like they were with EPI and EPII, but I think that's just because the transition between fight sequence quality/complexity in EPVI and EPI was a much bigger difference than between fight sequence quality/complexity in EPII and EPIII. It left me saying "EPI and EPII both had revolutionary saber fighting styles. In this one, Lucas did nothing new. Sigh." The physical fight between Vader and Kenobi ended all too abruptly; however, their emotional battle that continued beyond Vader's significant dismemberment was, IMO, enough to make up for it. You really feel the bond between the two as it finally breaks. McGreggor does a fantastic job with Kenobi conveying his breaking heart.
Flight and space battle sequences were great. The larger ships feel cumbersome and awkward like they should before the Empire really got a grasp on a better design for larger battle cruisers. I don't like the idea of turbolaser turrets actually using shells for their lasers, though. What the hell is up with that? The idea *could* have worked if the battle cruiser mounted turbolasers weren't the only guns in the movie to use shells. They can make bigass battle cruisers with engines the size of entire cities, but they can't make a power cell large enough for a two-man turbolaser? Hrm. Oh well.
Dialogue fell short, as it usually does for Star Wars films. I wasn't surprised. Still, dialogue in EPIII was better than EPI and EPII --AND, as expected, Natalie Portman's character is a complete waste. As I read in a review recently, it feels like Lucas didn't really know what to do with Leia, resulting in a weak character. The same goes for Padme. She sucks. Seriously. All of her lines are boring, cold, and HORRIBLY acted. If it weren't for everything else that I liked about the film, her acting would stand out completely, breaking my captivity that drew me in and made me forget that I'm just watching a movie, screaming "HOLY SH|T, YOU'RE STILL IN A THEATER. YOU PAID FOR A TICKET TO A MOVIE AND I'M A SH|TTY ACTRESS."
Cinematics? Do I really need to say anything here? The film is visually stunning.
Next, the entire audience was completely quiet through the whole thing. Not even a single cough. Not one person got up from their seat -well, unless someone from the only row that was behind me and that's unlikely because I would have heard it. I was VERY impressed. I arrived an hour before the start of the film and had a hard time finding one of the last seats in the theater's biggest screening room. The theater I went to opened up an hour before the show started and played the film on 7 different screens, not caring which one you went to. It was great. Save for Passion of the Christ, I've never been to a film where the audience was more agreeable. I didn't have to deal with one single little sh|t running around, crying, throwing popcorn, fvcking with stupid plastic candy wrappers that make more noise than a jet engine, cell phones, pagers, coughing, talking, and the like.
It was like a movie experience should be -engaging, captivating, excellent. I completely forgot I was in the theater watching a movie until the one or two times I became uncomfortable with my boots having been on all day and longer that I was forced to change the position of my feet.
Overall, I give it a huge :thumbsup: :thumbsup:. I'll be seeing it again this weekend.
Q) I found it considerably easier to connect with the characters in this film than the others.Lightsaber fights were less than awe-inspiring like they were with EPI and EPII, but I think that's just because the transition between fight sequence quality/complexity in EPVI and EPI was a much bigger difference than between fight sequence quality/complexity in EPII and EPIII. It left me saying "EPI and EPII both had revolutionary saber fighting styles. In this one, Lucas did nothing new. Sigh." The physical fight between Vader and Kenobi ended all too abruptly; however, their emotional battle that continued beyond Vader's significant dismemberment was, IMO, enough to make up for it. You really feel the bond between the two as it finally breaks. McGreggor does a fantastic job with Kenobi conveying his breaking heart.
Flight and space battle sequences were great. The larger ships feel cumbersome and awkward like they should before the Empire really got a grasp on a better design for larger battle cruisers. I don't like the idea of turbolaser turrets actually using shells for their lasers, though. What the hell is up with that? The idea *could* have worked if the battle cruiser mounted turbolasers weren't the only guns in the movie to use shells. They can make bigass battle cruisers with engines the size of entire cities, but they can't make a power cell large enough for a two-man turbolaser? Hrm. Oh well.
Dialogue fell short, as it usually does for Star Wars films. I wasn't surprised. Still, dialogue in EPIII was better than EPI and EPII --AND, as expected, Natalie Portman's character is a complete waste. As I read in a review recently, it feels like Lucas didn't really know what to do with Leia, resulting in a weak character. The same goes for Padme. She sucks. Seriously. All of her lines are boring, cold, and HORRIBLY acted. If it weren't for everything else that I liked about the film, her acting would stand out completely, breaking my captivity that drew me in and made me forget that I'm just watching a movie, screaming "HOLY SH|T, YOU'RE STILL IN A THEATER. YOU PAID FOR A TICKET TO A MOVIE AND I'M A SH|TTY ACTRESS."
Cinematics? Do I really need to say anything here? The film is visually stunning.
Next, the entire audience was completely quiet through the whole thing. Not even a single cough. Not one person got up from their seat -well, unless someone from the only row that was behind me and that's unlikely because I would have heard it. I was VERY impressed. I arrived an hour before the start of the film and had a hard time finding one of the last seats in the theater's biggest screening room. The theater I went to opened up an hour before the show started and played the film on 7 different screens, not caring which one you went to. It was great. Save for Passion of the Christ, I've never been to a film where the audience was more agreeable. I didn't have to deal with one single little sh|t running around, crying, throwing popcorn, fvcking with stupid plastic candy wrappers that make more noise than a jet engine, cell phones, pagers, coughing, talking, and the like.
It was like a movie experience should be -engaging, captivating, excellent. I completely forgot I was in the theater watching a movie until the one or two times I became uncomfortable with my boots having been on all day and longer that I was forced to change the position of my feet.
Overall, I give it a huge :thumbsup: :thumbsup:. I'll be seeing it again this weekend.
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