[jokerthief]

My movies this week: Revenge of the Sith, Equilibrium, Batman Begins. This week was my first viewing of each since I don't believe in going to the theater (there are much better ways of spending time with friends).

Revenge of the Sith 2 hours and 20 minutes.

About what I expected. Definitely the best of the new series. I'm not a big fan of the other two. I would rank the three with this one on top, Phantom Menace second, and Attack of the Clones third. My main criticism of the series is the lack of inter-charecter chemistry that was so exceptional in the original series. This problem still exists in Revenge of the Sith but is made up for by a better storyline. The storyline is good enough, in fact, to make up for the lack of chemistry and fairly bad acting all around. One exception to this is Ian McDiarmid who played Palpatine brilliantly. The action and visuals are good, story is pretty good, and the acting sucked. It could of been much better but since its star wars it becomes a must see.

Batman Begins 2 hours.

This is the best Batman movie ever made. There I said it, flame away Tim Burton fan boys. Seeing how Bruce Wayne evolves into Batman is the aspect I like most in this movie. I also like how this movie has less of a comic book feel and more of a real life present time feel to it. This has the effect of giving Batman less of superhero feel and more of a driven modern man with access to modern technology feel. With less of a mythical feel to Batman, one feels as if the future is now. This is one thing I say to people, "We are living in the future." This is a refreshing break from the recent Batmans that stretch it to the point of deus ex machina. Great movie, best superhero, must see.

Equilibrium 1 hour 47 minutes.

This is set in the early 22nd century and after the third world war humanity has accepted a totalitarian one world government that has outlawed emotion as a means to end war. The theory is that emotions are the genesis of all of human's misdeeds. Books, art, music, and any tinge of emotion are crimes that are punishable by death. All citizens are required to take daily doses of a drug that suppresses emotion. The enforcers of the law are called clerics and are strangely reminiscent of the Matrix's Agents. In fact there is nothing original at all in this movie. It is a combination plagiarism of the Matrix, Harrison Bergeron, and 1984. Mix the three, add Christian Bale (aka Batman) and Taye Diggs and you have Equilibrium. If you can get over redundancy then this is a decent action flick. If you aren't familiar with Harrison Bergeron or 1984, please don't go proclaiming this as a profound intelligent movie. Don't embarrass yourself. Overall this is just a decent action flick riddled with redundancy.