My wife and I went to see Episode III: Revenge of the Sith this afternoon-- her first time, my second. The second time around, the parts that aggravated me at first are just as irritating. Natalie Portman's role is even more limited than I remembered: for the first 3/4 of the movie, she doesn't actually leave the house, like some hysterical Victorian spouse. On the plus side, the good parts-- elements of the betrayal of the Jedi, the last showdown on the volcanic planet, the transformation of Anakin into Darth Vader-- are even better.
Tonight we're watching Return of the Jedi, just to restore balance to the Force. I'm reminded of Geoffrey Nunberg's great question illustrating the rapid pace at which media now change, how many times have your bought The White Allbum? For some reason, I've got four episodes on video (including three on TV-screen size rather than widescreen, I don't know why), and one on DVD. Eventually I'm sure they'll come out with a 6-DVD set of all the movies, which I'll buy. And then what format will they come up with next, I wonder?
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