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star wars and plot arcs
I haven't yet seen Revenge of the Sith, but I've read a lot of reviews of it.
Probably the best one I've read is over at the superlative MP3 blog Fluxblog. (Scroll down past the terrible title and the two MP3s offered earlier in the post (although I'd say that both of the MP3s are also worth your time)).
Anyway, in this review, Matthew P. identifies the basic strengths and weaknesses of the film, but it gets especially interesting when he hints at what might have been a more satisfying plot arc for Episodes One, Two, and Three. Matthew imagines an alternate-universe version of the prequel trilogy wherein they map explicitly to the arc of Episodes Four, Five, and Six: where each corruptive sequence exactly mirrors a redemptive sequence in 1/2/3. (This would involve, for instance, having Anakin train with Palpatine in the second movie, as counterpoint to Luke's training with Yoda in the fifth.)
The critique of the treatment of the Jedi in the mew films is also, for my money, spot-on. |
Thursday, May 26, 2005
8:22 PM
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