Twisted Spinster

I’ve finally seen the final (well, “Episode 3”) Star Wars film Revenge of the Sith. This is definitely the best out of the three prequels. This is not to say that many of the flight and battle scenes weren’t basically ridiculous — it’s only a movie, people! And the acting of many of the principals was still stiff — especially Hayden Christiansen’s Anakin (he did better when he finally transformed into Darth Vader), Natalie Portman’s Padme (I guess that tiny voice is all she has? but she still looks great, and attained some emotional impact towards the end), and Ewan McGregor still seemed uncomfortable with all the blue screens he had to pretend contained space ships and landscapes and such. But on the whole the pacing and storyline were much tighter, and the fight scene above the lava beds and the final crosscutting deathbed birth/death-in-life cyborg rebirth scenes were especially noteworthy. On the whole, not a bad way to waste a Sunday evening.