http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/movies/articles/1151734.armx

Did they think "Little Ani" just developed a black PVC fetish around age 40? Of course Vader did something evil enough to make Obi Wan try to kill him.

42689?

Huh?

Oh and here is Kevin Smith's review.

http://viewaskew.com/news/sith/

SPOILERS.

And language.

Are there spoilers? I refuse to touch the links until I am assured that there are none...

Here is a heavy edit version of the review, I've taken the liberty to remove all spoilers. If you have seen the movie trailer, you can read this. If you know anything about Star Wars, and how Darth Vader came to be, you can read this.


"Revenge of the Sith" is, quite simply, ****ing awesome. This is the "Star Wars" prequel the haters have been *****ing for since "Menace" came out, and if they don't cop to that when they finally see it, they're lying. As dark as "Empire" was, this movie goes a thousand times darker - to the jaw-dropping Anakin/Obi Wan fight, this flick is so satisfyingly tragic, you'll think you're watching "Othello" or "Hamlet".

I saw a gorgeous digitally projected version of the flick, and lemme tell ya': this is a beautiful looking film. The space battle sequence is the best in any of the six "Star Wars" movies.

Yes, it's just that dark - and rightfully so. This is the birth of Darth Vader we're talking about. The only comic moments in the flick are [edit out], and while good, they're all pretty few and far between; the order of the day is dark, dark, dark.

Ian McDiarmid and Ewan McGregor steal the show, but Hayden Christensen silences any naysayers who wrote him off as too whiney in "Clones". This is the flick that feels closest to Episodes 4, 5, and 6, because - for the first time since "Return of the Jedi" - [edit]. And for all the shadow-play Palpatine has been upto in the last two flicks, his treachery is [edit].

[Edit about 4 paragraphs of nothing but spoilers]

Look, this is a movie I was genetically predisposed to love. I remember being eight years old, and reading in "Starlog" that Darth Vader became the half-man/half-machine he was following a duel with Ben Kenobi [edit]. Now, twenty six years later, I finally got to see that long-promised battled - and it lived up to any expectation I still held. I was sad to see the flick end, but happy to know it's not the end of the "Star Wars" universe entirely (I've read stuff about a TV show...).

"Sith" doesn't happen; "Sith" rules

Now for the first link about parents being pissed off. Again, any spoilers are being removed. See the trailer, you can read.

Parents strongly cautioned: final Star Wars not for squeamish kids
DAVID GERMAIN

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - The Force lands in theatres a bit more forcefully in the final instalment of George Lucas's Star Wars tale.

Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is the first Star Wars tale to receive a PG-13 rating. The movie was screened for reporters Tuesday night at Lucas's Skywalker Ranch, and the PG-13 rating - "for sci-fi violence and some intense images" - is well-deserved.

> The action is relentless and includes sequences more dark and disturbing than anything previously seen in the tragic Skywalker soap opera.

> Young Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) completes his transformation into blackhearted villain Darth Vader with [edit]

> Anakin is left gruesomely mutilated in a death duel with former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). His surgical reclamation as the part-flesh, part-machine Vader is [edit], whose twins grow up to be heroes of the original Star Wars trilogy, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.

> [edit].

> The previous five Star Wars flicks all were rated PG, which carry the mild warning "parental guidance suggested," and that some scenes might be unsuitable for children. The PG-13 rating carries the alert "parents strongly cautioned" that some material could be inappropriate for those younger than 13.

> "We're getting a lot of flak from parents, a lot of people saying how can you do this? My children love these movies. Why can you not let them go see it?" Lucas told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "But I have to tell a story. I'm not making these, oddly enough, to be giant, successful blockbusters. I'm making them because I'm telling a story, and I have to tell the story I intended."

> Of course, the PG-13 rating does not prohibit children under 13 from seeing the film without an adult tagging along. And while it's not likely to make much of a dent in the movie's certain blockbuster status, the rating could give some parents pause.

> "These are pretty intense. Who should be allowed to see them should be left up to the parents, but at least they're warned that it's pretty intense," Lucas said. "And obviously, that's not a good business move."

That doesn't say anything about parents being pissed off. It's a warning that RotS is more violent than previous SW movies.

And now I feel happy to skip a day of study before my finals to see this. Thank you.

*Martyn is seen skipping down the street in a fit of glee*

Amen!

The movie IS rated PG-13, Parents Strongly Cautioned, so, duh. And just briefly looking at the article I didn't see anything about parents being outraged.

Yeah, I don't see the parents saying anything. Just the article writer and Lucas.

I think Lucas just can't get a break no matter what he does. SOMEONE has to complain about what he's doing. :p

Sweeeeeeet...

*drools*

OMFG Ewoklover spoilers wtf!

If it's true, I can guarantee that scene won't be shown in the UK. There's a law that prohibits violence towards children in movies... that's why Fallout had no kids in the UK version.

You won't see him kill the children in *any* edit, you'll see him enter the room, and next time you see the room they'll be dead.

The "no violence against children" thing is one of those unspoken rules in American cinema. The subject matter of the Japanese movie Battle Royale (members of a junior high school class are pitted against one another in a fight to the death) made it so no company here would risk the flak that would accompany importing it. NC17 is the best it could get, (therefore not shown in most theaters) and the Japanese producer won't settle for arthouse showings. It's essentially been censored by the market.

I really can't wait for this movie.

You have to like Lucas for not conforming to these parents and editing the movie down to a PG rating.

Well, Lucas always has been stubbon. He never has been easily swayed by his fans, or the general public.

What a shame, too... That movie rocks hard.

"We're getting a lot of flak from parents, a lot of people saying how can you do this? My children love these movies. Why can you not let them go see it?"

They seem pretty upset to me.