Nevertheless a wonderful movie

Rating: 9/10 (5 September 2005)

I am really surprised that there are so many comments about how bad the movie is because of cheesy lines or plot holes or too much special effects, or how great the movie is because of the cool battles or the final revelations in the plot-line. What I did not see is what in my opinion is the essence of this movie - the story of betrayal, of a tragic turn-out of a life. I left the theater shaken, because the story so much relates to real life - it's always the best people that suffer the most. That is Anakin's sin - he is the most gifted, the most promising, and may be the Chosen One. So what he gets is hatred, envy, mistreatment. His best friend and mentor betrays him, in such a disgusting sneaky way. The love of his life does not understand him and denies him support. The Jedi council (that probably stands for a bunch of hopelessly senile conscious-operated opportunists) does everything in its powers to turn him to the dark side (including letting his mother die as a slave and not letting him save her). Everything the Jedi council does is a screaming example of injustice and short-sightedness. Is it surprising then that they not only miss Anakin's turning to the dark side, but also actually cause it? And not only that, they later even accuse him of betrayal (!!!), Obi-Wan's arrogance (or maybe bad memory?) reaches the skies - after making Anakin believe that even Padme had betrayed him (by sneaking on the ship), after cutting off his legs, he leaves Anakin all burnt over, as he says - to the will of the force. What a masterpiece of hypocrisy! Fortunately, there is someone that does care for Anakin and he survives. Obi-Wan's arrogance has another dimension too - he spreads the rumor that Darth Vader hunts down and kills all the Jedi, while apart from the quite accidental death of Mace Windu, Anakin does not participate in any murder. Well, apart from the kids, which Anakin would never have done, if Lucas didn't have to put it in the script to justify his being a bad guy, while the Jedi are the good guys. He just had to do something horrible, otherwise the Jedi would have undoubtedly be considered by everyone in the Universe the worst villains ever. At least finally we had the pleasure of their removal from the world for good (except Luke though). Given how these supposedly high-moral-values knights give away centuries of education and training at the first sight of threat ("we should not kill unarmed people, but, damn, it's not that a big deal"), their extinction really brings joy to the heart. All in all, the world's a dark place and Anakin's fate confirms that - not only does he lose his loved ones (wife and unborn children), but is even denied his so-much-earned revenge - most of the Jedi are dead, and only after many years he gets to face Obi-Wan. So despite the plot-holes and cheesy lines: Excellent movie!