Ok I finally saw it. It was decent yet some parts seemed rushed. On one of the Message boards I frequent. Dude brought up some good points about the film Using his quotes, lets get on them.
-Why would the Senate let the Republic become an Empire so easily? Grievous and Dooku had been taken out, the Jedi had been killed, the war was over. How could you have been a democracy for generations and then suddenly not only agree to become a dictatorship, but APPLAUD the move?
Good ass Point!
- Anakin's conversion to the dark side was WEAK. Let me get this straight, the ultimate deciding factor is that Palpatine can keep Padme from dying? Couldn't the Jedi have done the same thing? Wasn't that at least worth asking? You've pledged your loyalty to the Jedi, they've trained you, befriended you, they use the same Force for their superhuman powers that the Sith do, why wouldn't you AT LEAST ask them if they could save Padme?
I think the general reason was love for Padme that made anakin switch sides
Ok, so maybe he didn't think to do that because Palpatine was in his head. So why not SHOW us Palpatine fucking with Anakin's mind? Maybe when he's alone he hears voices. Maybe when he kills Dooku he hears a voice that tells him to do it, rather than "chop chop"/ "oh shit, I shouldn't have done that."
They did a little of that in the game, Palpatine communicating with Anakin mentally.
They also never sold us on the "Anakin's power-hungry" angle either. It was somewhat hinted at, but not really. Show us that that was a factor in his decision, because again, he had pledged himself to the Jedi, who were anti-Sith, and when it came down to it, he just switched sides easily. Cut off Sam Jackson's arm, went into some "what have I done" mode for about 10 seconds, and then just knelt down and switched teams. Switched teams. After his bitch ass was up there talking about the Jedi way and loyalty and nobility and such.
Another good ass point except i'll go further. He feels remorse for killing Windu, yet he doesnt when he deliberatly kills Dooku unarmed. Why is that?
All in all, Anakin came off as a weak minded dude who didn't really measure up to becoming any kind of Lord, let alone the Darth Vader we saw in 4-6.
Maybe it was because Ben owned anakin on the lava planet with one swoop chopping off all of his limbs. Lucas said that once that happened He wasnt 100 percent anymore.
- Since it's come up before, why not tell us more about the ability to see the future? Both the Jedi and Sith seem to have it and either use it or allude to it, but why not break it down really quickly? Is there any way to change what you see? Why can't you foresee your own downfall?
That is good point as well. Thats the half for now. 2nd half tomorrow.
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Kudos to his questions and your answers man. I agree. I thought Anakin's changeover to the dark side was waaaay too easy. To me, the 3 movies never really summed up the totality of his conversion, or the path to his ultimate conversion. Why not go to the Jedi Council to save Padme first? Sure, they probably would have excommunicated him from the Jedi Order, but I don't see them as allowing her to simply die.
And if that's the case, she didn't die from childbirth as he predicted. He killed her. When he switched sides, she simply lost the will to live. Maybe this wouldn't have come to pass had he went to the Jedi Order first, and then succumb to the dark side. That's why I only gave it a 3.5 out of 5 stars. When I'm left with too many questions from a movie, the movie didn't do its job. Visuals kicked ass though as did all of the 3 fights. Dialogue as usual was the worst out of all 6 movies.
"Please hold me like you used to at Naboo"...(!!??!!) Can't wait for your 2nd half man.
Posted by Frank | June 2, 2005 10:20 AM
Posted on June 2, 2005 10:20