STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH [Blu-ray]

BEST MOVIE EVER

I first saw this film in the cinema on it's first release night. I came out quite disappointed, it did not seem to reach my standards.However I had to get it on dvd, the first day it came out - I needed to complete the trilogy. When I watched it in the comfort of my own home - without the busy cinema surroundings - I loved this film.It felt like quite a long film when I originally at the cinema however with the bonus of the pause botton for the DVD for toilet breaks and drinks etc it seems to fly by.In the first week of owning this dvd i found time to watch it 3 times within a very busy time schedule. I just had to rewatch, noticing more and more everytime I watch it.The DVD quality is great. It is a fantastic salute to the success of the original films. After watching the film on DVD I want them to redo the old films.The use of special effects is great, especially the use of light and dark. The fight scenes are thrilling and Padame's last scene rings in your ears for the next week. Darth vader's physical change is quite unexpectedly gruesome but when you watch the great array of special features on the two discs you understand why this ending is like it is. Oh and I have read that somewhere on the dvd is a hidden special feature of Yoda dancing and rapping.Such perfection to detail!!Definately get this DVD and book the whole day for the whole saga, you wont be disappointed!!

Ian McDiarmand shows why he is such a superb Shakespearian actor with a master class performance as the devilish Chancellor / Emperor . Yes it is a violent & depressing film but given the fact that Darth Vader finally turns up what else can one expect ? The suspense , drama and twists & turns keep the viewer gripped untill the powerful conclusion when the New Trilogy rejoins the continuity of the old one as filmed between 1977 & 1983 and we see it all as pattern of a story . The tale is about the rise , triumph , fall and redemption of Darth Vader . As a film the writing is not too bad - the dialogue could have been worse . It avoids being poor like Independence Day whereby special effects are relied upon while the scripting and acting is poor . But in Revenge Of The Sith the cast rise to the challenge very well and as a tragic warning about the perils of greed & fear driving a person to make mistakes it works very well . Unlike The Phantom Menace this more recent Star Wars film does manage to live up to the hype . I really enjoyed seeing it again the other day - an absolute must for sci-fi fans ! Well done George Lucas !

From the opening onslaught of the now over-familiar theme to the poignancy of the film's emotionally silent finish, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a guiltlessly enjoyable sci-fi romp, encompassing the now familiar Lucas themes of Love, Regret, Responsibility and Greed.From the iconic use of original dialogue ("This is where the fun begins!") in the oddly calm opening battle, to the poetic justice of Obi-Wan's tainted victory over the corrupted Anakin, ROTS is unique, the end of a dynasty, a film saga that is truely timeless, despite all the criticisms of the new prequels ("Too many SFX", "Pathetic dialogue", "irritating characters").Fortunately, ROTS manages to address many of these problems (except the FX, still billions of those). Yes, the dialogue is still occasionally cringe-worthy, but who cares when it looks this good? The film that Star Wars fans have always wanted to see, with all the things we wanted to see. Clone Wars. Check. How the Jedi got wiped out (and SO cunningly!). Check. How Palpatine ended up like a prune. Check. Obi-Wan V Anakin/'Vader'. Check. Yoda V Emperor Palpatine. Check. Kids being born. Check. What happened to Mum. Check. How Anakin became the asthmatic poster boy of the Empire. Check, check and check mate.ROTS is everything you could possibly want, minor quibbles aside: 'What? He had 28 YEARS to write the opening crawl, and he came up with "War!"? Oh, Bra-VO!', 'Why are the Clone Troopers all random colours like Red, Yellow and Green when they all look the same in the future?', 'That's our lot for Kashyyyk? After waiting for that for 28 years too? Utapau is better!', 'What? He turned to the Dark Side just like THAT? Jeez...', and the best one, 'DARTH VADER DOESN'T TALK LIKE THAT!!!'But it dies away. While the opening space battle isn't quite as billed, it is intriguingly shot, showing the calm serenity that the Jedi can exude in the most turbulent atmosphere, further exemplifying the cruel sadness of their unbeknown fate. Also, Lucas moves the action along at a cracking pace, with some terrificly boys-own set-pieces, as well as freneticly gruesome lightsaber duels, the standout obviously being the duel between the two Jedi on the delectably designed Mustafar, with a quite ghastly coup de gras, fully deserving of the 12A certificate bestowed upon the film (the common Star Wars mythos still doesn't quite prepare you for Anakin's horrifying destruction).To further complement it, Ian McDiarmid is outstanding, compensating somewhat for the slightly wooden Ewan McGregor (who almosts seems disbelieving in some of his deliveries) and the woeful Natalie Portman, whose transformation from strong individual to pathetic floozy is startling over three films. The scenes between McDiarmid and Hayden Christensen (a real star turn this time), especially in the the Opera sequence, are among the best in all six (!) Star Wars films, although, as noted, Anakin's final capitulation to his dark inklings is woefully underplayed, but that should be contributed to Lucas, not his cast.All without mentioning John Williams' masterful score, fully embellished in the tragic segment following the murders of the Jedi Order across a far-flung array of war-torn planets. To call it a minor triumph is like saying how relieved fans were to see that Jar Jar Binks only managed a single line, "Excuse me", which is, incidentally, unnoticeable.Tying up loose ends, being loud, and proud with it, ROTS is popcorn fun all the way, just as Star Wars always has been, even in the much-maligned prequels (I saw The Phantom Menace no less than 3 times at the cinema and enjoyed it every time. Hell, I even liked Jar Jar.)And I challenge you not to get AT LEAST a lump in your throat when Yoda chokes on his words: "Failed, I have".Only when I stop watching. Only then.

Wow is simply all I can say!after the star wars does spy kids episode 1 and the so so episode 2 we have the greatest star wars film since the empire strikes back.The film workson the most part due to Steven Spielberg having an input into the action set pieces which makes the film far more fun and shows what a jedi and sith can really do in a fight, the battle between the palpatine and yoda is amazing.I can only dream of what the first two films would have been like if Spielberg had looked after the action instead of the boring plot and same action we have seen before, to be fair though the pod race was cool in episode 1.Episiode 3 is a sci fi version of macbeth, the heartbreaking cruelty of what palpatine puts anakin through and the unyealding ethics of the jedi order, it puts the original trilogy in a new light. If only anakin had a friend like han solo then the sith plans would have been stopped.the effects are top notch while the script could have done with a little more work but all in all an excellent film.

A film series that you don't get tired of