FILM NOTES: From GLADIATOR to THE BATMAN: PART II & More

Monday, May 16, 2005

THIS THURSDAY...(or Wednesday night if you're attending a midnight screening, like I am...) Why Revenge of the Sith will be the next BIG family film... A dead Jedi youngling with a severed arm? Dooku's head about to get chopped off like a drumstick from a Thanksgiving turkey? Kentucky Fried Anakin being re-assembled like a Lego set? Padme being the victim of spousal abuse? Yoda getting shocked by good ol' "Force" lightning? Darth Sidious unhooded? (Well okay, those last two aren't PG-13 material.) Move over, The Incredibles, this movie is definitely a must-see for the Pixar-loving 6-year old! Not that a 6-year old would know what Pixar is... By the way, all Episode III merchandise have been released, so there's no need to feel guilty about showing these spoiler pics to you, haha! Ha.

UPDATE: Some "Sith" movie reviews...
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times (Thumbs-up)
Richard Roeper (Thumbs-up)
A.O. Scott - The New York Times
Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times
USA Today
Kevin Smith review
TIME magazine
Hollywood Reporter
Variety
The Associated Press
Newsweek
Harry Knowles - AICN
Joshua Griffin - TheForce.Net
Susan Granger - Modamag.com
The Daily Telegraph - Michael Bodey
Cinemablend
National Post - Bob Thompson
The Digital Bits
DVD Future
Michael A. Smith - Nolan's Pop Culture Review
The Trades - Entertainment Industry Analysis
James Berardinelli review
Bob Longino - Kansas.com
Long Island Press
Emanuel Levy review
FilmFocus review
FilmJerk.com
Peter Travers - RollingStone.com
Jeffrey Wells review
Gene Seymour - Newsday.com
Slant magazine
Film Freak Central

RottenTomatoes provides a compilation of reviews for REVENGE OF THE SITH.

Click above to go to the reviews listing page on RottenTomatoes.com (5/17/05)

UPDATE #2: More pictures have been added below! Hey, blame it on Lucasfilm for allowing European magazines to display these huge-ass spoiler pics on their pages! Anyways, Revenge of the Sith in all its PG-13-rated glory:

Revenge of the Sith opening text crawl.

Lava slowly seeps toward what remains of Anakin's legs.

Obi-Wan to his fallen apprentice: 'You were the Chosen One!'

Obi-Wan picks Anakin's lightsaber up from the black sand.

Kentucky Fried Anakin being re-assembled like a Lego set.

Lucas' film crew setting up a shot of Hayden Christensen lying on an operating table where Vader will be born.

Anakin gazes on as Vader's mask is being lowered onto his face.

Anakin moments before the mask completely encloses his face.

Darth Vader rises on his operating table, and turns to his new Master, Emperor Palpatine.

With mist filling the room, Darth Vader turns to his new Master, Emperor Palpatine.

Padme looking somber as her ship arrives on Mustafar.

Anakin and Obi-Wan begin The Duel as Padme lies unconscious on the ground.

A medical droid addresses Obi-Wan, Yoda and Bail Organa about Padme's current state of condition.

Obi-Wan comforts Padme moments before she dies.

Padme dies after giving birth to Luke and Leia on the asteroid Polis Massa.

Bail Organa enters the room just as Yoda is conferring with the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn.

Yoda shocked by Darth Sidious' Force lightning.

The Emperor gloats after thinking that Yoda got owned by Sidious' Force lightning.

Regaining consciousness, Yoda is moments away from launching a counterattack against Darth Sidious.

Darth Sidious gives off-screen Yoda a pissed-off look.

Darth Sidious charges at Yoda in the Senate chamber.

Yoda confronts Darth Sidious in the Senate chamber.

Yoda hanging off the side of the Emperor's Senate pod.

Obi-Wan and Yoda arrive at the Jedi Temple to view the aftermath of the Jedi slaughter.

Obi-Wan watches a hologram of Anakin being congratulated by Darth Sidious after the Jedi slaughter.

Anakin being congratulated by Darth Sidious after the Jedi slaughter.

Obi-Wan watches a hologram of Anakin taking on Cin Drallig and another Jedi Knight.

Anakin moments before he chops Count Dooku's head off.

Yoda, Obi-Wan and Bail Organa onboard the Tantive IV.

A Magnadroid sees Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter arrive on Utapau.

The Magnadroid surrounded by two battledroids.

Obi-Wan fights a Magnadroid onboard the Invisible Hand.

General Grievous gets sucked out of the Invisible Hand into space.

General Grievous moments before escapes the Invisible Hand via a pod.

On his wheel bike, General Grievous opens fire on Obi-Wan before escaping.

Riding his trusty Boga, Obi-Wan chases after General Grievous.

General Grievous is hit in the abdomen with an electrostaff.

General Grievous, his gutsack exposed, wields an electrostaff.

Obi-Wan fires at Grievous with the General's own blaster.

General Grievous getting shot with his own blaster.

Palpatine pretends to be helpless at the hands of Mace Windu.

Darth Sidious tells Commander Cody to execute Order 66... The destruction of all Jedi.

A clone commander reports to Yoda during the Battle of Kashyyyk.

Battledroids ride on Droid Tanks as they approach the battlefield on Kashyyyk.

Clones open fire on a Youngling outside the Jedi Temple.

Anakin getting back at Obi-Wan after he makes fun of Ani's hair.

Anakin chokes Obi-Wan while standing atop a Mustafar conference room table.

Anakin and Obi-Wan dueling atop a floating lava platform.

Jedi Master Plo Koon moments away from being betrayed by his clone wingmen.

Obi-Wan arriving at the Lars Homestead with young Luke Skywalker.

Obi-Wan approaches the Lars Homestead with young Luke Skywalker.

EDIT: For those of you who still think that little turd played by Jake Lloyd in The Phantom Menace was Luke Skywalker...

Baby Luke.

Owen and Beru, with Baby Luke in hand, gaze off into the twin Tatooine sunset.

Monday, May 16, 2005

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