Star Wars Episode III: Kritiken aus den Medien

Ebert und Roeper, zwei der wichtigsten Filmkritiker in den USA, haben ihre Kritik zu Episode III abgegeben.

Hier ein Transcript:

Show opens with a scene from the battle of Kashyyk.

Roeper: The most anticipated movie of the year, the decade, the century, finally comes to theaters...I'm Richard Roper

Ebert: And I'm Roger Ebert. Well here it is at last "Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith". It opens Wednesday at midnight. This is an early review, after 28 years the Star Wars series concludes with a final shot showing two characters facing a dawn of what we know will be parts 4,5 and 6.

By starting in the middle and returning to the beginning, Lucas loses some suspence since we already know that Anakin Skywalker will become Darth Vader.

But the transition is in a way all the more facinating as we see a younger and a more innocent Anakin (played by Haden Christensen)in love with Padme (played by Natalie Portman).

Their twins will be the future Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. As the movie opens, Anakin and a young Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Ewan MacGregor)are flying to the rescue of the kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine.

Palpatine (played by Ian McDermid)has an uneasy relationship with the Jedi Council and tries to shake Anakin's loyalty to the Jedi.

Can Anakin be trusted? Mace Windu, Obi Wan and Yoda have their doubts about this untested young man.

That's Samuel L. Jackson as the powerful Jedi Master Mace Windu and of course Frank Oz as the voice of Yoda.

Finally the hostility surfaces in a duel to the death on a firey volcanic planet.

Revenge of the Sith is filled with action, including a thrilling dogfight, a sensational crash landing, maybe a little more dueling by lightsabers than you really need since since the swordsman are so good it takes forever for anyone to actually get hurt.

The weakness is in the dialogue. It's flat when it should be poetic and exciting. They seem to be working from a limited vocabulary of basic english.

This would be a bigger problem if the characters spoke more but they don't, except for Chancellor Palpatine who is eloquent and snakey as he seduces Anakin over to the Dark Side.

Thumbs Up

ROEPER: Yeah the Chancellor is the real villan in this chapter. Big thumbs up for me Roger. And you're right about the dialogue THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A WEAKNESS IN THESE MOVIES.

But that's a small part of this saga. I do like the action sequences alot. I think this movie has something that the most recent two had none of and that is it has a heart. It really does. I mean the Natalie Portman character Padme..

EBERT: Yeah

ROEPER: I mean she's playing this as real drama. She's seen the man she loves going to the dark side and it's really breaking her heart and it feels authentic.

EBERT: Yeah, the last third of the movie is stronger thanks to that emotional content. But at the same time I wish that in a way he(Lucas) would have pumped up the dialogue you have people saying things like 'They're worried about you, they think you're under too much stress'. I mean come on.

ROEPER: Yeah. Hey absolutley

EBERT: I mean its just pedestrian clunky dialogue.

ROEPER: Maybe they should have brought someone like David Mamet to punch it up

EBERT: Somebody like Jackson (Samuel L.) is such an eloquent actor and here he is just intoning. THAT'S JUST A WEAKNESS OF THE SERIES.

ROEPER: But of the recent movies this is the best...

EBERT: Yes it is

ROEPER: I actually think it's the best one since Empire Strikes Back. Maybe the third best out of the 6.

EBERT: What this one does, it goes back to the great tradition of Space Opera, and action, and science fiction and gets out of those long dialogue passages that were not only badly written but also endless.

ROEPER: Yeah and as you mentioned of course the suspense isn't all quite there because we know what's going to happen.

EBERT: Yeah we know

ROEPER: But that also gives the scenes alot more resonance.

EBERT: The scene where Anakin turns into Darth Vader and how that mask is applied ...

ROEPER: Powerful stuff

EBERT:....that's a good scene.

ROEPER: So two thumbs up for Star Wars.


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USA Today Review:
The stars finally align in 'Revenge of the Sith'
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
The Force is definitely with it this time. Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (* * * 1/2 out of four), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday and opens at midnight Wednesday in many U.S. theaters, fulfills the promise of the series and rises far above its two most recent predecessors. It's the darkest of the six-film opus, but it just may be the best of the lot

It seems George Lucas has listened to fans' complaints and entreaties, particularly in regard to the last two films released. The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were disappointing and dull. It almost seemed that Lucas was driving the franchise into the ground. But he wisely eliminated the cutesy touches and minimized characters such as Jar Jar Binks (a major character in Phantom Menace but only an extra in this one) and the plodding exposition and concentrated on the epic tale of a good guy gone bad.

We learn how the powerful but impetuous Jedi Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) becomes Darth Vader. And most important, we learn why. In Star Wars: A New Hope, the fourth in the series and the original film released in 1977, Vader was creepy, but mostly just an archetypal villain with a bad case of mouth-breathing.

Revenge of the Sith chronicles Skywalker's transformation from a principled, love-struck young knight to the epitome of evil. It offers some terrific lightsaber battles, particularly between Anakin and his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) with a terrifyingly fiery backdrop.

There are major improvements in quality over the previous two films, notably the writing and the acting. Christensen and Natalie Portman as Senator (formerly Queen) Padmé Amidala, in particular, seem more comfortable and less stilted. McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi has grown more assured as well.

In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin grows impatient with Obi-Wan, and falls more deeply in love with Amidala. His love for her is also his undoing, sharpened by memories of his mother's brutal death and his inability to save her.

The screenplay is tighter, the dialogue sharper and the pacing right on the mark. When you watch the first three films released more than two decades ago ?A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? they feel slower and plodding compared with Sith, which achieves just the right balance of emotional drama, suspense and action. Also, beloved characters from Episodes IV-VI are featured more prominently (Yoda) or introduced (Chewbacca). It's also the first time we hear James Earl Jones' voice as Darth Vader, one of the most memorable vocal performances in film.

Perhaps Revenge of the Sith is all the more powerful because so many lingering questions are answered, in particular, the true identity of the Sith lord who lures Anakin to the dark side. And seeing the handsome Anakin's physical transformation to the malevolent, black-helmeted Darth Vader is riveting.

There's also a poignancy to this film because it is Lucas' final installment to one of the most groundbreaking cinematic endeavors ever made.

But there are some jarring disconnects when watching the series as a whole, from the rapid aging of Obi-Wan to the disparity in special effects from the first three films to the last.

A cautionary note: This is the only one of the six movies rated PG-13, and there is some disturbing violence. The very young ones should be left at home. But for adults who may have avoided the series, this is the one to see. Even for non-fans, Revenge of the Sith is engrossing, and fans of the series will likely be over the moon ? and into another galaxy ? with this film.
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The Associated Press Kritik:

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Review: Force Is Strong in Last 'Wars'
Sunday May 15 8:29 PM ET

All those "Star Wars" geeks, who've been waiting for weeks outside movie theaters with their Yoda sleeping bags and their homemade lightsabers, finally have a film that's worthy of their perseverance.

The Force is strong with "Episode III Revenge of the Sith," the sixth and final piece in George Lucas' galactic saga, which represents a welcome return to the ideas and the spirit that made his original "Star Wars" a pop-culture juggernaut 28 years ago.

The circle is now complete, as Lucas' characters are fond of saying, and much of the film's joy comes from watching these familiar names and events fall into place.

It is enormously satisfying to see young Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) teeter along the edge that separates good and evil, and to see what finally pushes the would-be Chosen One over to the dark side of the Force.

It's a wonderful, small discovery when Anakin receives the name Darth Vader once he finally swears his allegiance to Chancellor Palpatine, who reveals himself here as Darth Sidious, a Sith master and the eventual evil Emperor. (And all the other words that ooze from Ian McDiarmid's mouth leave you feeling so slimy, you'll want to take a shower afterward.)

But the moment we've all been waiting for is one that simply must be experienced in a packed theater: when the mask goes on and the helmet comes down and Anakin takes his first raspy breath as Darth Vader in all his dark, gleaming glory. (You won't hear anyone else breathing, it's such an absorbing sight.)

The iconography is powerful to behold, especially when compared to the horrendously disappointing Episodes I and II. In retrospect, the first two "Star Wars" prequels seem even more useless, with their stilted dialogue and their numbing, CGI-infused clone battles.

Lucas wisely has placed the emphasis this time on elaborate lightsaber duels between Anakin and mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) against the Sith lord Count Dooku (Christopher Lee), and ultimately between Anakin and Obi-Wan themselves. Some of the biggest thrills come from tiny Yoda, the Jedi master who's at the height of his powers here. He does as much damage with a well-chosen, structurally inverted phrase or the subtlest wrinkle of his round, green face as he does with a swing of his lightsaber. (And Yoda has mad skills.)

Lucas' writing still clangs, though, especially during the exchanges between Anakin and his secret bride, Senator Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman), who announces in Episode III that she's pregnant (with twins we've come to know as Luke and Leia in Episode IV, the original "Star Wars").

"You are so beautiful," Anakin dreamily tells Padme as she brushes her dark, flowing locks on a balcony in the moonlight.

"Only because I'm so in love," Padme coos back to him.

Thankfully, Lucas also didn't saddle her with the heavy headgear and distracting dresses she wore in Episodes I and II, or else she would barely be able to get up and move about the galaxy.

That love for Padme, though, is partly the inspiration for Anakin's conversion. Not to give too much away, but he becomes convinced that Padme is in danger, and the only way to save her is through the powers that come with dark-side membership.

He's actually just being manipulated by Palpatine/Darth Sidious, who wants to turn the Galactic Republic into his own Empire and sees him as a malleable apprentice, especially at a time when Anakin isn't getting the respect and authority he craves from the Jedi Council.

"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose," Yoda warns Anakin, but it's too late and we know it's too late, and that built-in expectation is much of what makes "Revenge of the Sith" so riveting.

It's also a visually wondrous film, though. Lucas uses the digital technology to far greater advantage than he did in the first two prequels, which too often had the glossy, detached look of a video game. Crisp daylight streams through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Padme's apartment, and the cityscapes consist of silvery skyscrapers and golden sunsets. Even Chewbacca and his Wookiee buddies look lifelike as they scamper in battle across the beaches and jungles of the planet Kashyyyk.

Clearly, this is Lucas' war protest movie Obi-Wan shoots a character down with a gun once his lightsaber is knocked away from him, and afterward sniffs, "So uncivilized." But it's also, at its core, a soap opera. It always has been. Think of Darth Vader telling Luke Skywalker, "I am your father," during the heat of battle in "The Empire Strikes Back" Episode III features fast-paced parallel editing between two staples of daytime TV: a childbirth and a complicated operation.

But despite its drama and darkness, Lucas gives us some light moments, too. He slips in a glimpse of the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks at the very end, and although the big, goofy Gungan doesn't say anything, his presence alone feels like Lucas' last little dig at the naysayers and a reminder with this final farewell that, nearly 30 years later, he's still doing it his way.

"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith," a Twentieth Century Fox release, is rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images. Running time: 142 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

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Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions:

G General audiences. All ages admitted.

PG Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

PG-13 Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.

R Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

NC-17 No one under 17 admitted.
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Die ordentlichen Kritiken von Ebert und Roeper und aus Cannes überraschen mich ehrlich gesagt weniger als die Meinung der CINEMA Redaktion. Die letzte gute/bessere Star Wars Kritik von denen war vermutlich TESB, denn auch ROTJ hat nicht ganz so gut abgeschnitten, TPM und AOTC wurden erst recht verrissen. Diese eher positiven Kritiken sind ja.... beängstigend. ;)
 
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Master Kenobi schrieb:
Die ordentlichen Kritiken von Ebert und Roeper und aus Cannes überraschen mich ehrlich gesagt weniger als die Meinung der CINEMA Redaktion. Die letzte gute/bessere Star Wars Kritik von denen war vermutlich TESB, denn auch ROTJ hat nicht ganz so gut abgeschnitten, TPM und AOTC wurden erst recht verrissen. Diese eher positiven Kritiken sind ja.... beängstigend. ;)
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Gut das wir uns dann auf den guten und alten The New Yorker verlassen können. :cool:

Ich glaube am Ende werden sich die Kritiken auf 80 % positiv und 20 % negativ belaufen.

Hier mal eine Zusammenfassung der Kritiken, die mir bekannt sind:

<b>Englischsprachige Kritiken:</b>

<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/review.asp?ID=339">Futuremovies</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,4267,1482359,00.html">The Guardian</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://tinyurl.com/cvzqh">Chicago Tribune</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/articles/050523crci_cinema">Anthony Lane - New Yorker</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-05-15-sith_x.htm">USA Today</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050515/REVIEWS/50503002">Chicago Sun Times (Roger Ebert)</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.nypost.com/movies/44155.htm">New York Post</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.viewaskew.com/news/sith/">Kevin Smiths Review</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050509/story.html">TIME</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1258&storyid=3071297">Australian Daily Telegraph</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/artslife/story.html?id=98fae8ef-3a06-4200-860c-a6bc95d4ad87">Canad ian National Post</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents">The Digital Bits</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.dvdfuture.com/review.php?id=760">DVD Future</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000911725">Hollywood Reporter</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.the-trades.com/column.php?columnid=3187">Trades</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://filmfreakcentral.net/screenreviews/episodeiii.htm">Walter Chaw</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7773581/site/newsweek/">Newsweek</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/s/sw2005.html">James Berardinelli </a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=218">emanuellevy</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=347936&in_page_id=1773">Daily Mail</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2005210988,00.html">The Sun</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/incinemas/ReviewInFull.asp?FID=9758">Empire Magazine</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18710-1605398,00.html">The Times (UK)</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/05/09/star_wars_episode_3_2005_review.shtml">BBC Online</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/reviews/?id=1815&p=.htm">Boxofficemojo</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.timeout.com/film/news/406.html">Timeout</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.juicycerebellum.com/200511.htm">juicycerebellum</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.skymovies.com/skymovies/article/0,,80000-13067720,00.html">Sky Movies</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20185">Alexandra Dupont</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=A286686">All Move Guide</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.premiere.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=2146">Premiere</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://splicedwire.com/05reviews/starwars3.html">Splicedwire</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://u.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,216~24313~2862346,00.html">Daily News</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/review.asp?article=945">IF</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/sw3-n.php">Dark Horizons</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/612/612085p3.html">IGN</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=20201">Moriaty - AICN</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0520,halter1,63970,20.html">Village Voice</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=120960">Channel 4</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=511942005">The Scotsman</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=8958">Boxofficeprophets</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/6140458?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=double1">Rollingstone</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/1464/47/">NowPlaying</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=fcb4308d-e547-4ad6-8b19-c9ebbd23a033">National Post (Canada)</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.orlandoweekly.com/movies/reviews/review.asp?movie=1962">OrlandoWeekly</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.filmfocus.co.uk/review.asp?ReviewID=58">Film Focus</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://entertainment.msn.co.uk/films/features/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSithReview/">MSN UK</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/16/AR2005051600130.html">Washington Post</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/11989">New York Metro</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://tinyurl.com/86eue">New York Times</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.variety.com/VE1117927015.html">Variety</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=965">Cinemablend</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20157">Harry Knowels-AICN</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/">Jeffery Wells review</a>
<a class=BoardRowBLink href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/07/wstar07.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/07/ixworld.html">Daily Telegraph (UK)</a>
ALs Kritik


<b>Deutschsprachige Kritiken:</b>
Filmszene
Filmspiegel
Hyperion Film
OutNoch.ch
BR-Online
TV Spielfilm
Tagesanzeiger
Filmstarts.de
Web.de
Westdeutsche Allgemeine
Episode II Warteschlange
Kino.de
Cinema - Kritik 1
Cinema - Kritik 2
Movie Reporter
Movie Section
Movie Maze
GameStar (Ist eine positive Kritik, jedoch sollten die sich mal lieber um den Kernbereich iher Unternehmung konzentrieren, anstatt Kritiken für Filme zu schreiben :rolleyes: )
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Die Welt

EDIT2: Ups... irgendwie habe ich den falschen Knopf gedrückt... sorry für den Doppelpost. ***Schon beseitigt***
 
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„Episode III: Die Rache der Sith“ wird viele Star-Wars-Fans nach den enttäuschenden Teilen 1 und 2 versöhnen. Denn der Film ist bombastisch inszeniert, mit großen Weltraumschlachten und spektakulären Laserschwert-Kämpfen. Gleichzeitig ist er aber auch viel mehr Charakterstudie als seine Vorgänger und hat immer wieder leise, ernste oder auch rührende Momente. Hayden Christensen ist, wie Anakin Skywalker, erwachsen geworden und der Rolle endlich gewachsen. Die Liebeszenen sind nicht mehr so schwulstig wie im Vorgänger und der Film nimmt sich auch nicht mehr ganz so ernst. Allein die Wandlung zu Darth Vader geht zu schnell, ist nicht wirklich überzeugend. An die ersten drei Teile kommt „Die Rache der Sith“ nicht heran. Das liegt aber auch daran, dass die einfach Kult sind. Aber ein würdiges Ende der Saga ist der Film allemal.
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