It was awesome! I am so glad we went to see it tonight because both Zane and I were so excited. I was afraid something would ruin it (movie too packed, out of control children) but the whole experience was great.
I wouldn't call myself obsessed with Star Wars, but I've always been a fan, especially of the prequels. I admit it, I'm in it for the love story too, LOL. I'm sure that made some die hard fans get cold all over for no reason, but they need to learn the love story had to be an element of the plot.
We went to the new movie theatre in town, which just opened a few weeks ago. Star Wars III, Revenge of the Sith, was in FOUR theatres, so we had tons of showings to pick from. the one we went to was over 3/4 full, but it wasn't crowded because most groups of people had a seat between them and the next person. Every time I've been to a movie with many children, some kid always kicks the back of my seat or pulls my hair or screams, but all the children in this showing were REALLY behaved. I hope our future children are well behaved when we take them out, I'd hate to have them be the "bad kids" in the theatre.
I really liked the movie - granted, most of it was given away in all the trailers and promo spots Zane and I watched, but it never occured to me that Padmè would be the reason he would go to the dark side. Ok, in my head I knew she'd probably end up dead before the end of the movie, and even though maybe it would be childbirth - I knew it wouldn't be having her go in search of Anakin/DV to turn him back to the Light side and be killed, or something crazy like going into hiding on Alderaan and be blown up along with Leia's adoptive dad, with Luke and Leia never knowing she had been hiding there.
I just never guessed it would be that Anakin would see a premonition of her dying in childbirth and that Sidius/Palpatine, soon to be "The Emperor" would tell him that he could save her with Dark force powers, so that is why he did it. Granted, he had his other reasons, like believing that he could bring peace, etc.
Honestly, I was ready to turn to the Dark side right along with him until he killed the younglings. I, personally, don't get it. He could have let the clones do all of it, but then I guess he wouldn't have been Darth Vader, which he was by then because of his pledge and he would not have gone further into the Dark side. I'm just glad they didn't show him DOING it, or I probably would have been ill. The bodies on the floor for Obi-Wan and Yoda to find were quite enough.
I found all the shots of the clone army turning on the Jedi stationed on different planets so sad, I almost cried, but I didn't. It really was very sad, and the background music definitely helped in the sad department.
I wasn't able to take one crucial dramatic moment very seriously, becuase it was when Padmè says "Anakin, you're breaking my heart" - that line has been the commercial we've seen for months now, so I always dramatically act in out in silence when it is on. When it came in the movie, I couldn't help but not laugh quietly because Zane jabbed me in the arm and grinned right when she said "Anakin." That scene was sad too, but I still can't believe he tried to strangle her to death. I get that he though Obi-Wan was honing in on her, but he should have know, even in his Dark side twisted head that she loved him. I don't think he was *completely* gone then, when he was force-strangling her, but I do think he was too far gone to realize what he was doing until it would have been too late, had Obi-Wan not distracted him and got him to stop.
I really thought Obi-Wan should have tossed Anakin in the lava river instead of leaving him there, set on fire, to burn to death after he cut off all his limbs except the arm with the mechanical hand. It just seemed way too cruel for the whole father son, then brother/brother relationship they had. But I realize that would have left nothing for Sidius to save and create the new and improved Darth Vader.
Out of all the sad part, especially Padmè dying, I really think the saddest was when Sidius told Dath Vader that she was dead and he had killed her. I really found it sad to watch him blow up the walls and the droids, etc. in the room thorugh the sheer power of his mind because you could truly see him go all the way to the Dark side and truly become an evil Sith lord. I'm really suprised he had enough good in him left after that to save Luke in the sixth movie because it really did look like the death of Padmè would have killed him if he hadn't been
I'm kind of glad she died of a broken heart. I'm not GLAD she died, because I would have loved to see them put her in hiding so there would be that "open door" in the plot for people to create stories of a reunion of her and her children set after the sixth movie, or something like that. Zane thought it was appropriate because any other medical issue could have been fixed with their technology, so it had to be a "unexplainable" form of dying in the medical sense. I like it that way because it showed how strong their love was. She died because, in addition to practically being strangled by the person she loved, she probably knew she would never see him again or or she would never be able to bring him back to the Light side, even though she knew there was some good still in him. He turned completely (well, except for the itty bitty bit that later saves Luke) to the dark side because he failed to save her, which he wanted to do because she loved her so much. Honestly, it is a situation to which I can completely relate.
Finally, I was relieved to see Hayden Christansen did not totally suck this time. I'm sorry, I really thought he was a bad actor in the second movie. I think this conflict between good and evil and the chance to look dark and scary really did him some good as an actor, as I didn't find myself cringing whenever he had a "dramatic" moment.
I'd really like to see it again, even though I don't ever re-watch movies in the theater. I definitely give it a "A" :)
Now I don't have any movies on my "must see" list until winter when Harry Potter, Goblet of Frie, and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. There are some good ones coming out, but nothing I HAVE to see. At least I have HP Book Six too look forward to in July! :)
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