Revenge of the Sith

[beren]

:) Allrighty whos got there tickets for the big May 19 release of Star wars : Revenge of the Sith .... after seeing all the trailers etc the fire is starting to return that was quelled with the Phantom menace ....:cool:

[seeker372011]

My son has got tickets for the screening that begins at 12 mid night on the 18 /19 th

me I will wait a week and see the movie at a more civilised time...

[rumples riot]

I am going to wait until it comes to DVD and watch it on my plasma. I will not pay $15:00 to watch a scatched and over pixelated movie that should be shown on a digital projector, when the movie cinema's are too cheap to upgrade.

So I guess I will have to wait six months for the DVD. Besides we all know how it ends.

[h0ughy]

there is an opening for a midnight session18/19. I declined, I must be getting old. But I look forward to seeing the movie at a decent time.

BTW sorry couldn't resist the force made me do it honestly. SOrry Orion I was just editing some photos and unfortunatelly I saw this post.

[Jonathan]

I'll also be waiting for the DVD, better value for money. I've read that some cinema's in the USA have started swapping over to digital, and for people that appreciate high picture quality it is very noticable. Hopefully it catches on over here.

[Rodstar]

It will be interesting to see how Lucas bridges the gap between the "old technology" of the storm troopers in the original three films to the apparently more advanced clone army of II which chronologically precede them.

[slice of heaven]

Heard a review of it on the radio this arvo by a person thats seen it. He was doubtful of being impressed before seeing it. His comments after..... The BEST Star Wars movie of them all.

[Chrissyo]

I plan on seeing it at some stage with my mates. Coincidence, the 19th of May is the birthday. Hey, that makes my birthday exactly a week away.:D


Aww, but you miss out on the experience. The smells, the sights, the social interaction! And of course, us noisy teens:P

Anyway, greatly looking forward to it. Personally, I love all the Star Wars movies, regardless of what those "I hate the new ones, George Lucas stuffed it up" people say. The new (or should I say old prototypes) X-wings look awesome.

[iceman]

Where's darren? Got your suit ready and ironed? :D

I can't wait to see it.. i'm not going on opening night or anything but am very excited by it.

[toetoe]

I havn`t seen the second one yet so i will have to wait till i do that before i see this one.:fight:

[h0ughy]

I wonder how long it will take for the movie to make its way down the bandwidth!:whistle:

[xstream]

It's already out there H0ughy! :D

[slice of heaven]

George Lucas has a cameo in this one. Look out for him in the opera scene....he's blue.

[dhumpie]

Yeah Mike I am all ready. In fact some of my Star Wars buddies are having a Epi1 and 2 viewing on Wed itself prior to the movie (midnight screening!!!!). We then dress up and head on down to the city (Regent Cinema) at Queen's Street mall. For the brisbanites here I will be going as Luke "farmboy" Skywalker while Mark will be going a the Emperor's Royal Guard (the one with the red helmet) and Nick will be going as a Sith lord. I understand that there are several other people dressing up. For Epi 2, one of the girl's went as Amidala. The only thing I need now is a lightsaber and I don't think the wife likes me spending $20 on a plastic thingy ;)

Young at heart Darren ;)))))))

[Orion]

Ah, you had enough of tornado33 and his plastic camera and I'm next.:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[h0ughy]

NO Orion,

as I said it just happened to be there. I think with the way things are going with organising the viewing night we should just hit the cinemas and see this movie. I mean it can't rain indoors can it?:P

[iceman]

The movie was screened at Cannes last night, and apparently some of the bigger chains in the cities around the place.

Anyone see it?

NO SPOILERS PLEASE!

oh and I know, anakin becomes darth vader..

that's not the spoliers I mean :D

Darren, I bought my son a twin set of light sabers, the plastic ones that extend when you swing them out with the button down. You gotta get yourself some!

[dhumpie]

Hey Mike,

Yup I finally got one (lightsaber I mean). It is the same as the ones you mentioned. I will use it for the premier and then maybe give it to my 3 year old niece. You have to start them young :) Anyway the premier is looming. Can't wait.

Darren

p/s: have you watched the Clone Wars Vol 1 cartoon yet? If you have not do watch it (together with Vol 2 which is split into 5 12 minute episodes on starwars.com) as it links Attack of the Clones with Revenge of the Sith.

[iceman]

1 more sleep Darren! :D :jump:

[dhumpie]

Hey Guys,

I have seen it. Not extremely blown away but it is much better than the first two prequels, but unfortunately not up to the standards of the original trilogy. Again George relied heavily on
CGI for all his worlds. But this one is very very dark and it "IS NOT
FOR KIDS". Very very violent with a lot of very graphic death
scenes. The last scene was particularly disturbing though the person in question did not die (you know who, no need to elaborate). That one scene haunted me and I could not
sleep well last night. I'am not going to say more or it will spoil the
movie for you guys. Will I watch it again????? Most probably....and oh yes there are heaps of jedi battle scenes and the beginning space battle was like a rollercoater ride......woohoo!

On the costume front, Brissie was out in force (literally!). We were well represented, Luke farmboy, imperial guard, sith lord, jawa (with blinking eyes), Princess Leia (with the
buns) and imperial officer. And there was an overabundance of jedi's there that I am glad I did not go as a jedi. There were also couple of Amidala's but two stood out as they were...well pretty, rather tall and had really elaborate costumes. One had that ceremonial garb on (the one she
wore when she went back to Naboo's lake district with the bare back) and the other one was dressed in the leotard like white jumpsuit she wore at the arena battle on Geonosis. But the best costumes would have to be Darth Vader (there were two but the real one from one of the local comic book shops was the best), the emperor (there were two, one in the traditional black robes and the other red one he wore at the formation of the empire), some stormtroopers and Aayala Secura (this blue twilek
(with the protrusions down the back of her head). This petite girl
painted her body blue to suit the jedi she was trying to
imitate...nice. also there was another twilek Shaak Ti (quite an
elderly woman) and she brough an R2D2 on a cart! There several tall people dressed as Yoda which did not match, but one of them had a life sized Yoda. So there you have it, the Star Wars Epi 3 premier at the Regent cinema in Brissie city...

Darren

[iceman]

Nice report Darren.. it's getting pretty rave reviews.. i'm really looking forward to seeing it. Might have to warn the wife about the grim scenes.. and definitely will not be taking the kiddies!

Get any pics of all the nerds.. umm i mean , fans dressed up?

[dhumpie]

Matter of fact I do :) Will post it when I have the time. In fact I am going for my second sitting tomorrow with the wifey....

Darren

[frogman]

i wasnt overly impressed... i think there was too much fit into the time.
Then again i thought the first two were absolute rubbish. whats the point of turning it into disneyland (Jar head binks) ????

MPOV
Anthony

[robin]

I loved it.I was exhausted after the 1st 5 minutes, the start was so full on.Leaves episode 1 & 2 in its wake.Good stuff.....I'm eating tea & using the power of the forks.

[Crash Nebula]

I was very impressed. I think it was very greusome when "nameless" died. All in all,
It was the best movie. Very dark.
I liked it with Yoda and the Red Guards. Who else laughed at that?
And the robot at the start and R2D2, and the robots timeless line.
"My eyes!"
The battle scenes surpassed that even of number 1, which had the best battle scenes.

[beren]

Saw the movie Sunday , enjoyed it even though my ethuisium had been diminished by the 2 previous prequels. The opening sequence was very specky with the space battle but thinking back to the orginals it just shows how well done those space sequences where done. The story was dark and without going to much into the storyline was good but im not wholly convinced in Aniakins conversion to the dark side . A highlight was seeing the Wookies and Chewie .

[robin]

Right Stuart...I would have liked to have seen him wrestling with his emotions more.Breaking down, falling in a heap, at war with his feelings. A few scowling looks isn't quite enough to chuck your religion out the door & turn to the dark side.Padme's portrayal was better in this one. Natalie Portman put more emotion & character in her role which was welcome.All in all though, I loved it.

[silvinator]

I agree, there wasn't much development of his thoughts and reasoning behind what he did. It all felt a bit too rushed.
Anthony, perhaps they cut out a lot of things they intend to put on the DVD release version. Let's hope.
Overall, I think the third movie was better than the first two put together. I walked out of there feeling very moved and satisfied.
Yes, the performances were a notch up or two as well, especially manequin anakin. Ewan McGregor stood out as usual *dreamy sigh*

[dhumpie]

Hey Guys,

I think to get the full impact, one would have to read the novelizations (particularly Labyrinth of Evil), the comics adaptation and watch the clone wars cartoons. At 2 1/2 hours, Lucas probably had to cut out heaps to accomodate the time. He should have done what Peter Jackson did with his LOTR trilogy and allow the movie to run 3 hours ++. But I still think Hayden did a better job this time than the last time, in particular with his expressive eyes. But Natalie Portman is just a much better actor (actress) than he is :)

Oh and here is the piccy as promised...

Darren

[iceman]

Nice one darren! :D