Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
* SPOILER ALERT *
The sad news is that Anakin Skywalker does turn into Darth Vader. I was devastated! I think this movie absolutely worked for me because I'm one of the few people who refused to believed that this nice boy would turn to the dark side and go on a killing spree, and yet he did! It's a tragedy for me, I won't be able to sleep. I guess its because I just love Hayden Christensen and seeing him in that Vader suit crushed me.
Rumors have been circulating that Hayden is gay. All I know is in this film, it's quite clear which 'side' Hayden is on. He and Natalie Portman have absolutely ZERO CHEMISTRY. Oh, so you had sex with this girl? Yeah right. By comparison, in his scenes with Ewan McGregor, the sparks fly (literally). Oh, and they also kiss lips to lips during the movie premiere in the London. Hot!
The second spoiler... well the first one wasn't really, huh? is that the film is quite violent. I think watching Kill Bill Vol. 1 a couple of times has already desensitized me, but if I had watched Episode 3 when I was a boy, lets say 11, I would absolutely be traumatized by some of the scenes. You have been warned. This is not for children people!
That being said, the graphics were superb, the pacing just right and just the right amount of laughs and Star Wars mythology were added in -- the awards for best non-speaking roles go to Chewbacca and R2-D2. Of course, there were scripting flaws and lapses in logic, but this is the type of movie where you simply say who cares (it was actually fun to watch the sappy "love" dialog). It also helped that I was in an audience full of appreciative fans, some even wielding lightsabers which was totally cool. (I want a lightsaber!) We were applauding the movie every chance we got. Geeks love Star Wars.
I think this movie definitely completed my childhood today. Star Wars is the film of my generation, and this third movie makes up for the disastrous first two. It's really the perfect setup for the next three movies.
I must also give a shoutout to Juliana whom I watched the movie with at the Ziegfeld. The line went around one block, but some guys who were first in line put some bogus "reserved seats" in some of the seats, and we stole the seats from them! So we actually ended up with good seats. Yay for Juliana!
I love you Hayden. I know its make believe. You really didn't turn into Darth Vader! Haha. I'm such a dork.