Episode III
So, I saw Star Wars Episode III yesterday. It was okay.
Star Wars is interesting because really none of the movies where very good. The dialog was awful, the storylines where simplistic, the villins where unrealistically evil. I think that most of us go to see them for nostalgic reasons more than anything else.
I think John William's score is really what carries the series. The music makes the movie. It draws you in. It is interesting when the story isn't. I loved the musical transition in Episode II where Anikin gets enraged at his Mother's death. There is a subtle change where the music transitions from the light side, to the dark side.
I notice deep religous undertones in any successful Sci-fi movie these days.. Anikin was decieved by nearly the same lie as we find in Genesis 3:5. After that, I think the movie chickened out on the topic of sin. Suddenly he was pure evil. I don't think most people turn that way. They are decieved into doing what they think is right, and once they have gone so far down that road they see the deception, they realize they burned their bridges, and they can't go back. The movie went through this whole process, but glossed over it.
The movie ended exactly as I though it would. It is surprizing how bad the writing was. It was written like a actor had died on a TV show, and the writers had to find a quick and easy way to write her out of the script. Overall I was disappointed, but I have always been disappointed with Star Wars, and still bought tickets again.
