Now I get it!

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2005)

Just got back from seeing Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I'm not a big Star Wars fan but I have watched it with friends who are fans or seen it on TV re-runs growing up. I didn't dress up or even go on opening night. I wasn't even planning on seeing it but I was invited by some friends. It was not a disappointment at all. It had action from beginning to end. Drama, comedy and mystery too. Not much surprises but quite a few sad parts that were tear jerker to a few people in the theater. This Star Wars movie basically shows how a good kid turns bad as a result of bad influences.
In this movie, the good kid was Anakin Sywalker who turns into the evil Darth Vader as a result of the bad influence known as Darth Sidious. Honestly, I wouldn't have understood a lot of the Star Wars plots and characters if it weren't for this movie. Episode III answers a lot of questions. Even if you don't care about Star Wars, poke fun at the "geeks", laugh at the names of the characters and think there are a few bad acting in it, it is an overall great action movie worth seeing! Most of the graphics were a little hard to fathom since light-sabers, light speed vehicles, weird characters and numerous things in the movie are things that we haven't seen in our lifetime. BUT it was pretty awesome to see how realistic all the graphics looked. You don't have to watch the rest of the Star Wars movies to understand the story but it does help to know the gist of the previous Star Wars movies.
Now, I understand why the first three episodes of Star Wars weren't shown because it would have taken a lot of surprises and suspense in the original Star Wars movies back in the 70s and 80s (Espisode IV-VI). Hearing "Luke, I am your father!" would have been less of a surprise considering the first three episodes would have told the audience about that. Besides, George Lucas didn't know back then if all six episodes of the Star Wars movies would have been a success so he had to make the story a little shorter first. Episodes I-III were just written to show the fans the whole story of this epic adventure. Episode III does a great job at connecting the whole story together. I recommend seeing this movie with an open mind and just appreciate the imagination turned into visual reality thanks to movie magic. Enjoy!