Fire Bad! Plus Padme lighting horror!

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2005)

First I must say that "Sith" is the best installment since "Empire", and that's strong praise from someone who saw "A New Hope" at the age of 7 at the drive-in in 1977 and who went on to essentially worship the Star Wars universe through his pre-teen years. Well done, cast and crew of "Sith" for making a memorable "finale" to Star Wars (though I'm confident this franchise will be resurrected in the next 5-10 years in some form or other). Casting was great, effects as usual were great, story was tight, and I actually cared about the characters this time around compared to the frankly tepid previous two efforts. I was so happy to see that the amazing Ewan MacGregor finally got a meaty part in these films and that he demonstrated how awesome Obi-Wan was. No one else could have prequeled Guinness, period.
Now, for the reason of my post! It was intentional, the Frankenstein homage at the end? It was a bit over-the-top but not inappropriate. But seriously, I was waiting for Vader to say "Fire Bad!" or something.
And the other -- did anyone besides myself notice how poorly lit Padme was on the balcony after Anakin has his nightmare and gets up? She has her back to the camera, then turns around and WHAMMO, we're face to face with horror itself! She's a truly beautiful woman, so it was amazing that she could look so haggard and wan, but that's the power of lighting for you! I almost thought SHE had surrendered to the Dark Side. Reminded me of that "Seinfeld" episode where he's dating a beautiful woman who looks awful in bad lighting. Oh well.
Thanks again to all the stars and people behind the scenes from 30 years ago to right now who made it all happen -- it was a blast!