Every one of these lines settles well in the mind because we know of the countless battles to come and we know they will end up trying to kill each other many times.
Skywalker and Kenobi take down Count Dooku (Sith Lord Tyrannus) early on in the first real saber scene. Dooku is arrogant and feels he cannot be killed. Skywaker matches that arrogance:
Skywalker: My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count.
Count Dooku: Good. Twice the pride, double the fall. (A dual reference to twins Luke and Leia?)
Early on in the narration, the deaths defied were too deft for reality; the mechanization and computerization of the scenes was too obvious. There were many lines that you wondered why George Lucas after so many years couldn't come up with something a lot less ... cliche and, frankly, stupid, such as when Anakin lands - improbably - half an ablaze ship through the various -osphere's from space and the final runway impact is barely more than strong turbulence. Anakin turns to Obi-Wan: "Another happy landing."
Silence, as a short PSA before the film reminded us, is golden. It certainly shines more than a brick.
People, beings such as Jedi, who have the power to focus and use The Force, should be able to act better in conversations; they should by all logic be able to lie better and not come up with the clunky lines that plagued the love story here between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala.
These exchanges of words do not help us see into the depth of their love. They do not portray a deep and foreboding cold grace under pressure, though the ways of the Jedi to control that force are legion.
They do not portray the depth of felling that would compel Anakin Skywalker - that little boy of the pod races who loved his mother - to turn away from all that he knows.
Saying that, Hayden Christensen has the brooding unpleasant cast in his brow and his eyes to otherwise be convincing in his rapid transformation from the Jedi way over to the Dark Side.
I guess, on one level The Force is all about a certain level of chemicals in the body. Like the number of white blood cells that dictate an inner strength in fighting off the invading forces of evil and illness.
Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Excellent, Temple, especially this;
"People, beings such as Jedi, who have the power to focus and use The Force, should be able to act better in conversations; they should by all logic be able to lie better and not come up with the clunky lines that plagued the love story here between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala."
I'd never thought of that! Fantastic.
Great Spoiler warning too!
2 - swingingpuss
Palpatine's insiduous statement that Skywalker / Vader killed his pregnant wife (and presumably the baby inside that Anakin knew about) was a spine-breaking last stab into the heart, as if to say, "There's no going back now."
Here are some of my grouses against Lucas
a) How come Anakin did not know that his wife was carrying twins given the kind of advanced technology they had?
b)When Padme runs down the ramp to meet Anakin on that lava planet she looks barely three months pregnant and delivers twins way bigger than what her bulging womb was shown to be.
c) She never waddled...sacrilege !!
BTW, liked the review, T
3 - Temple Stark
It was the amazing in and out pregnancy to be sure.
Good point on the size of the babies as well - they were huge. also if the force WAs with her - how come she couldn't use it better to push out the kids.
There were other things I noticed - but I'm a big picture guy - no pun intended - who tends to look at story and how well the main points work.
The only part that did not work for me was the love-plot - though i have not seen Attack of the Clones where, I believe, much of that relationship is shown.
>>These exchanges of words do not help us seek the depth of their love
I need to change "seek" to "discover" I just discovered.
Thanks for the like words, both.
4 - Aaman
You also probably need to change "Stars Wars" to "Star Wars", methinks:)
5 - Jose
Disastrous. That was how I would describe my family outing to watch this movie. We got hung up in traffic, walked in a few minutes into the movie to a pitch black theatre, groped around the back row and fell into what were thankfully empty seats, our popcorn spilled all over. Then we got into the movie for an hour or so, when suddenly there was a huge gush of water from above us and ceiling tiles crashed down all around. People screamed, ran out, the lights came out, mass confusion. They turned the movie off, gave us back our money and we left dejected. So, I only half read your review, since I only half saw the movie, but I half agree with you. Jose
6 - Victor Plenty
George Lucas really owes Jose an apology.
7 - Temple Stark
I think if I had been through what Jose had been through i may not have liked the film as much.
:-)
Terrible.
8 - STEVEN
THI IS BY FAR THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 - eriqo
You know, i started watching star wars in order just the other day. I don't know if anyone else felt this but its not a good feeling going from 'Revenge of the Sith' which was made recently to the fourth one which was made AGES ago. I didn't make it to the end ('Return of the Jedi', if i'm not mistaken). Can anyone fill me in on how it ends??
p.s Just because i'm writing here doesn't mean that i like star wars, I hate star wars, and i swear its not because my girlfriend has the hots for Anakin Skywalker(christensen...something)
10 - Maribel
It's about love, but it's sad that Anakin went from a gracious young man to a ruthless, arrogant person, just so he could save his wife from dying. Palpatine tricked him. Reminds me of the endtimes in the bible on Matthew chapter 24. Jesus said, Be compassionate just like your Father is(Luke 6:31-36). Recieve the charity of God or you'll spend eternity in the lake of fire.
11 - Kristen
I Like Anakin so much that I dream about him everyday and night