It was chilling. Because the deal is, you know what's going to happen. You do. I could give away almost every single thing that happens in the movie, and you'd have seen it coming by a mile. When you watch it (which you better, people), you will know what is going to happen before it happens. A ship lands, and you will be able to map out, in your head, what will happen. Maybe not so precisely, but event-wise, you can anticipate every single thing that happens. There were few surprises.
That said, it was magnificent. How Lucas managed to pull this shit off--how I could be scared and horrified, I'm not sure. Because I knew. I could tell myself over and over: "Yoda lives. Obi-Won lives." And I knew this to be true. I knew that Obi-Won or Yoda could not defeat Anakin/Vader, and yet I hoped. I wanted. This is really, really good filmmaking. Really. The first time Palpatine/Sidious says "Darth Vader" in the movie, you're really chilled through. The first time you hear Vader's mechanical breath sounds, you're terrified.
There were moments that I simply got lost in the story--and I knew the goddamn story! I only looked at S's watch twice during the movie, and that was only because I wanted to make sure that I didn't need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the movie. The two and some minutes hours went by faster than I can even believe. Really. I can't help but praise this movie. I hated the last two. But I'm telling you that Lucas has hit it out of the park on this one.
Maybe I'll hate it in the morning, but I don't think so. I now want to watch 4, 5 and 6. Because with one minor exception, and I won't give it away, the movies seem to fit together. Oh, and the love scenes sucked ass.
You've sold me on it! I'm going to get advance tickets right now...S.N.
Posted by: | May 19, 2005 at 09:19 PM