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Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
SPOILERS - If you don't want to read spoilers, exercise some self-control and... well, don't read this post.
I watched Episode III earlier today on DVD. Not a bad film, and certainly the best of the Usurper Trilogy, but it definitely had its flaws.
The CGI, of course, was top-notch; a lot of the CG sets were indistinguishable from real sets, many of the characters were "invisbly CG" if that makes any sense, and they did some very impressive fluid dynamics and light-casting blob-mesh particle effects. The animation was good too, particularly the digital stunt doubles and the new "real military" mocap animations for the Clone Troopers.
The plot... well, the plot is up to Lucas' usual standard. Simple but compelling, with really dreadful dialogue... That said, the dialogue was a lot brisker and more real than in previous Star Wars films, not that that says much.
I was disappointed by the rapid switch in Anakin; whoops, he's accidentally assisted in killing Sam Jackson (told you there'd be spoilers), oh dear, can't be helped, no going back, time to swear undying fealty to the Emperor. Am I the only one who would try to sort out the Windu Situation by explaining what happened? I mean, before turning against all my principles and whatnot.
Ah well, the single-take space battle at the very beginning is spectacular, and must have brought at least a couple of huge render farms to their metaphorixal knees. Really nice work.
Threepio could have done with some more screen time, but what he had was good. Same with the other usual suspects, but I'm not sure why they even bothered waking Peter Mayhew up for the pathetic glimpse of the screen he got. Nice to see the Peter Cushing lookalike at the end, though.
Oh, and I still adore the Republic gunships. Great little beasts, like a cross between a Blackhawk, a Hind, an A-10 and something really big and shooty. The final assembly of Darth Vader is nicely done, too, but I'm getting royally sick of every franchise having a compulsory birth scene.
I would continue, but it's quarter to two in the morning and I really can't be bothered...
I watched Episode III earlier today on DVD. Not a bad film, and certainly the best of the Usurper Trilogy, but it definitely had its flaws.
The CGI, of course, was top-notch; a lot of the CG sets were indistinguishable from real sets, many of the characters were "invisbly CG" if that makes any sense, and they did some very impressive fluid dynamics and light-casting blob-mesh particle effects. The animation was good too, particularly the digital stunt doubles and the new "real military" mocap animations for the Clone Troopers.
The plot... well, the plot is up to Lucas' usual standard. Simple but compelling, with really dreadful dialogue... That said, the dialogue was a lot brisker and more real than in previous Star Wars films, not that that says much.
I was disappointed by the rapid switch in Anakin; whoops, he's accidentally assisted in killing Sam Jackson (told you there'd be spoilers), oh dear, can't be helped, no going back, time to swear undying fealty to the Emperor. Am I the only one who would try to sort out the Windu Situation by explaining what happened? I mean, before turning against all my principles and whatnot.
Ah well, the single-take space battle at the very beginning is spectacular, and must have brought at least a couple of huge render farms to their metaphorixal knees. Really nice work.
Threepio could have done with some more screen time, but what he had was good. Same with the other usual suspects, but I'm not sure why they even bothered waking Peter Mayhew up for the pathetic glimpse of the screen he got. Nice to see the Peter Cushing lookalike at the end, though.
Oh, and I still adore the Republic gunships. Great little beasts, like a cross between a Blackhawk, a Hind, an A-10 and something really big and shooty. The final assembly of Darth Vader is nicely done, too, but I'm getting royally sick of every franchise having a compulsory birth scene.
I would continue, but it's quarter to two in the morning and I really can't be bothered...
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There really wasn't much of today that was earlier...
Still not seen any Star Wars, don't really think I want to most of the adverts for the reasone ones looked... crap.