Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Revenge of the Sith
Yeah//. the title says it all... i just saw the Star Wars Epsiode 3- Revenge of the Sith for probably the 20th time. Yet, it still manages to stir up my emotions in a way films rarely can. Dont get me wrong here,, i'm not some space adventure buff or a fan of some weird shit like that. The movie is far from being just an adventure or a fanatsy. The galactic order of things, the inter galactic battles, the wonderful scenaries and graphics, all of them just provide the background. Its the characters that truly capture your imagination. How Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi, turns to a Sith. The reasons behind each and every one of his actions are so logical and one can truly empathize with him. I think the character of Anakin aka Darth Vader is one of the most complex characters of all time in english cinema. You can almost feel his anger and his emotions( at least i could :P). Hats off to Geroge Lucas!.. It really requires a trilogy to develop a character as complex as that of Anakin, and he has done that to just about perfection.
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yes da......
take the lotr case i feel the characters where more or less static
You didnt really connect with any of them as such,as in the characters dont change as such,the movie was all about fantastic sets .the only character that was really interesting in the movie was gollum....
hehe.. yeah.. u r rite.. the only dynamic character in LOTR is Gollum.. all others are well defined stereotypical "villains" or " heroes"... but it was a good movie nonetheless.. the presentation and style more than made up for the lack of interesting characters..
but if u think about it.. the star wars episodes 4 to 6,when they were first released is very much like LOTR.. the similarities are too many and like the LOTR it captured the imagination of many people and was a bigger hit than the latest series of star wars films. Actually this is a true testimony to the kind of films that succeed. 30 years down the line the formula for success has hardly changed.. a villain who wields nightmarish power and tyranny, an hero who starts off as an underdog but in reality has even greater power hidden in him, so on and so forth...
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