I so want to say it was awesome! I want to be in line with my husband and kids and claim it made the last too shameful attempts at prequeling worth while. And I really, really want to say Anakin had no more corny love lines at Padme and didn't cry. But I can't. I can say that the movie was not filled with Jar Jar exclaiming "Meesa think Annie gone bombad!" (And you atheists thought there was no God!).
Truth be told, I saw the movie Saturday and I have spent the past few days trying to figure out exactly what it is that was missing. I mean, as far as special effects and sci fi goes, it was entertaining. But the groom and I are on polar opposite ends of the spectrum of Star Wars fan philosophy. First of all because he is way more geeky than I am and I have a better sense of style. But second, he as a Star Wars fan has blind loyalty and thinks anything that George Lucas comes out with is great. I on the other hand am a more cerebral (ha ha) fan and am even more dissappointed because I expected better from what I have come to know to be Star Wars caliber. This was just another expensive Lucasfilm B movie just like Episodes I and II.
Part of the problem is the prequels were written after the story with many holes that you just aren't supposed to think about. And they were more attempts to get characters we know on the screen than an opportunity to be loyal to the story. Now if you are like my husband, and if seeing Chewbacca standing there gives you a thrill, than you will love the movie. If you are like me, wondering if Chewbacca and Yoda knew each other so well, prior to Episode IV, why didn't ever mention anything? Why did Leia claim to remember her Mom in Return of the Jedi when in fact Padme died (of a broken heart of all things)? So I guess whether or not the movie was good is a matter of perspective.
I am so dissappointed with Anakin in general. I mean it was bad enough when they took his helmut off in Return of the Jedi and he was nothing more than a crusty old white guy. But that annoying little kid ("hit the nose!") and the whiney Jedi with the cheesy lines and bad acting ("I hate sand. It's coarse, rough and irritating and gets everywhere. Not like here everything here is soft...and smooth" or"I killed them all! Not just the men! But the women and the children!"). In the third movie he is stupid ("Gasp! You're the Sith Lord, aren't you?")Betcha didn't know that the sky is blue and cake is good either Anakin! Gosh, I was like shoot me now.
My husband and kids thought so much of it, they have seen it twice already. They went last Wednesday night (or technically Thursday morning) for the midnight showing. OK, now I thought my husband needed some major intervention to realize his Geek problem. But at the midnight showing, a limo pulled up with a bunch of Jedi clad wannabees. How bad is that?
