{"id":129184,"date":"2015-12-19T20:14:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T03:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/19\/movie-review-revenge-of-the-sith-2005.html"},"modified":"2015-12-25T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T23:32:35","slug":"movie-review-revenge-of-the-sith-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/19\/movie-review-revenge-of-the-sith-2005.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Movie Review: &quot;Revenge of the Sith&quot; (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m not sure even another decade will make it worth rewatching this again. There are a few nice bits, but, like chocolate chips sprinkled in a past-its-expiry-date casserole from the bowels of the fridge, it&#39;s too little against the wobbly plot, crappy dialog, and bad acting by (and\/or direction of) Hayden Christensen (primarily, though not exclusively). <\/p>\n<p><b>Full review:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith\/\">http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I blame the cynicism and sense of decline in America squarely on our societal disappointment in the Prequels. &#39;Nuff said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Score:<\/b> 1 star out of 5<\/p>\n<p>Bonus Episode III links (to wash that taste out of your mouth):<br \/>&#8211; Honest Trailers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4l5eZp8Ae9c\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4l5eZp8Ae9c<\/a><br \/>&#8211; How It Should Have Ended: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K2ScVx4mRDE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K2ScVx4mRDE<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6230090928642063793\/6230090927450299794'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-AiPsenVM0lM\/VnW6sKkPHZI\/AAAAAAADfCQ\/0A7esMR72S8\/EPIII_RotS_poster%255B1%255D.png?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/hn4DdCkEHjf'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m not sure even another decade will make it worth rewatching this again. There are a few nice bits, but, like chocolate chips sprinkled in a past-its-expiry-date casserole from the bowels of the fridge, it&#39;s too little against the wobbly plot, crappy dialog, and bad acting by (and\/or direction of) Hayden Christensen (primarily, though not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/19\/movie-review-revenge-of-the-sith-2005.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&quot;Movie Review: &quot;Revenge of the Sith&quot; (2005)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/EPIII_RotS_poster5B15D.pngimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6421,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/06\/sagging_franchi.html","url_meta":{"origin":129184,"position":0},"title":"SAGging franchise","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Sep-04 10:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"Gary Oldman, cast to voice a half-alien cyborg general in Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, has backed out because it's a non-SAG (Screen Actors Guild) production. 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