ILM reigns .......

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2006)

Completed the saga has been with the release of this movie. Happy to see that got a rating of 8.0/10 it has !! Well, sure one thing is.....compared to its predecessors criticized lesser this movie has been !! Coming to an end the lightsaber-fights, the galactic travels, the much hyped CGI Images are. But the fame of STAR WARS - failed to resurrect the image and reputation of the sequels, the prequels have. Why ? Many reasons there are - possibly : 1. People's change of interest in movies. 2. People's static expectation out of STAR WARS. 3. Cast & Crew / Acting (of course). 4. Expecting Darth Vader = Adolf Hitler. 5. Expecting Leia = Padme, Kenobi = Han, Luke = Anakin ( aahhh.. no love triangle here is !!)
To people with the above questions, one question I do ask : 1. Made a movie giving birth to Special Effects who has ? 2. Extreme CGI (for eg. YODA) made flawlessly who has ( only competitor being Smeagol from the Lord Of the Rings)? 3. Made a movie studying the darkest and deepest emotions who has ? 4. Made a movie reg. change of the hero into a tyrannical villain who has?
** Only George Lucas has !! **
Of course, on many grounds, a thousand times better the Lord Of The Rings is!!! But made a movie J.R.R. Tolkien's novel Peter Jackson has - his own story this is not!! Dedicated his own life for cinema, special Effects and sound technology, Lucas has !!Hmmmm...... think of these points the modern movie-goers must!
So, the plot ......... the most expected Darth Vader's rise - captured this George Lucas has !! So as to save Padme from a prophesied death, Desperate to find a way Anakin is !!What a beauty!! So innocent is Anakin as was Adam and Eve's pair in The Garden Of Eden. So cunning is Palpatine too !! But poor the acting of these two persons was !! Worse was Samuel L. Jackson's acting !! Seemed as though acting to satisfy George Lucas alone they were. What about the audience ?? MAJOR GOOF !! Rememberable sequences : 1. Anakin foreseeing Padme's death, 2. Anakin always in his dilemma, 3. Anakin tempted by Palpatine. 4. Anakin turning to the dark side, 5. Anakin slaying the younglings, 6. "Execute Order 66", 7. The lengthiest lightsaber duel !! 8. Anakin forgetting the very reason why he turned to the dark side and choking Amidala's throat !!
Across the movie's length, owing to the music feel the darkness of the movie we can. Give credits to John Williams we must !! Feel the fall of the Jedi we can when Obi-Wan utters "Padme....Anakin has turned to the dark side". Strange !! So dark the movie is.....but other than Anakin, none weeps -not Yoda, not Padme, not Obi-Wan!! Industrial Light and Magic plays its part of "throwing light" and "displaying magic" with its breathtaking SFX. Not sure if made with a HD camera this episode too was as its predecessor, but brilliant the quality was - the speeders, the Coruscant city, Mustafar, Utapu etc.!! Technically ended STAR WARS as a milestone, while still people want the old quality!! Consider this none do !! May the Force be with us all !!