enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
It's been over a decade since release and hopefully the seething anger and disappointment towards the prequels has died down a bit and people can view Revenge of the Sith separately from the other two disappointing prequel films. I'm not a fan of Phantom Menace personally (I think it's probably the worst SW movie), but I do enjoy Attack of the Clones as a flawed film even if it has some major issues. However Revenge of the Sith is a legit fantastic movie imo and deserves to be considered one of the good Star Wars films (my personal top 3 are Force Awakens, Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of the Sith).
BEWARE SPOILERS BELOW
-ROTS CG has aged fairly well, at least after revisiting the blu-ray (maybe on a theater screen it would look worse)
-It's certified fresh on rottentomatoes (I still think the score would be higher if it wasn't saddled with being attached to the lower quality Episode 1 & 2
-It has one of the best acting performances of the series, with Ewan Mcgregor's Obi-Wan. I honestly think he did a better job with the role than Alec Guinness (who always looked a bit bored).
-All of the major battles are fun/clever/intense and some of the best in the SW films: the opening space battle, Obi-Wan vs. General Grievous, Yoda vs. Sheev, Anakin vs. Obi-Wan.
-Visually, I think it's one of the better looking SW films, even with its reliance on CG. The art direction is nice and everything is framed well (the previous 2 films looked a bit tacky at times and had poor cinematography, even ANH looks a bit bland).
-I really love the creature and droid design in ROTS, my fave has to be that lizard thing Obi-Wan rides on during his battle with Grievous (Grievous himself is a fantastic design, when he pulls out those 4 light sabers, whew).
-The story actually flows and makes sense this time around (compared to the other prequels), and is faster paced than A New Hope and less goofy than Return of the Jedi's awful second half so I'd place ROTS higher than both of those, I find it much easier to revisit.
-Order 66 is such a cool scene. The films has a lot of really cool scenes. Darth Vader & Palpatine at the end is another one.
-The darker tone works in the film's favor, though I wish they'd gone a bit further in really selling Anakin's turn to the dark side (Padme's fate was pretty lame though).
I didn't grow up with these movies, I only caught them all once the blu-rays came out so I'm not some lifelong diehard.
It would be interesting to see if lifelong fans and more recent fans have different opinions on ROTS vs. the rest of the movies. What do you think? ROTS is a good movie, AND a good Star Wars film, right?
I give the movie a thumbs up.
BEWARE SPOILERS BELOW
-ROTS CG has aged fairly well, at least after revisiting the blu-ray (maybe on a theater screen it would look worse)
-It's certified fresh on rottentomatoes (I still think the score would be higher if it wasn't saddled with being attached to the lower quality Episode 1 & 2
-It has one of the best acting performances of the series, with Ewan Mcgregor's Obi-Wan. I honestly think he did a better job with the role than Alec Guinness (who always looked a bit bored).
-All of the major battles are fun/clever/intense and some of the best in the SW films: the opening space battle, Obi-Wan vs. General Grievous, Yoda vs. Sheev, Anakin vs. Obi-Wan.
-Visually, I think it's one of the better looking SW films, even with its reliance on CG. The art direction is nice and everything is framed well (the previous 2 films looked a bit tacky at times and had poor cinematography, even ANH looks a bit bland).
-I really love the creature and droid design in ROTS, my fave has to be that lizard thing Obi-Wan rides on during his battle with Grievous (Grievous himself is a fantastic design, when he pulls out those 4 light sabers, whew).
-The story actually flows and makes sense this time around (compared to the other prequels), and is faster paced than A New Hope and less goofy than Return of the Jedi's awful second half so I'd place ROTS higher than both of those, I find it much easier to revisit.
-Order 66 is such a cool scene. The films has a lot of really cool scenes. Darth Vader & Palpatine at the end is another one.
-The darker tone works in the film's favor, though I wish they'd gone a bit further in really selling Anakin's turn to the dark side (Padme's fate was pretty lame though).
I didn't grow up with these movies, I only caught them all once the blu-rays came out so I'm not some lifelong diehard.
It would be interesting to see if lifelong fans and more recent fans have different opinions on ROTS vs. the rest of the movies. What do you think? ROTS is a good movie, AND a good Star Wars film, right?
I give the movie a thumbs up.
