Odds & Ends

Just a quick heads up to follow my comments about Kevin Smith's review: there are now reviews aplenty at The Force.net. (Credit to Ain't It Cool for an unusually witty pun).

Update: Okay, to avoid just constantly adding new Revenge of the Sith posts, I'm going to make this a rolling list of reviews for the film as they appear. Keep in mind the fan reviews are likely to be more positive than the mainstream media. I'll concentrate more on the more interesting on-line sources here: at the bottom is a link to Rotten Tomatoes, which will do a pretty good job of covering the prominent media critics.

Note that the fan reviews, in particular, contain many spoilers. If you want to avoid them, but still want to know if the movie's good, try this spoiler-free review at The Force.Net.

So - the reviews:

Kevin Smith (View Askew; very positive)

Josh Griffin (The Force.Net; generally positive, but gives a good idea of some of the flaws)

Bill Hunt (The Digital Bits; positive)

Todd McCarthy (Variety; positive)

Scott Chitwood (ComingSoon.Net; pretty positive, and seems one of the better reviews)

Harry Knowles (Ain't It Cool; very positive and typically self-indulgent)

"Neely" (The Force.Net; positive)

"Matt" (The Force.Net; positive, but with some interesting reservations)

Gabriel Shanks (Mixed Reviews; positive, and another well-written review)

Ed Gonzales (Slant Magazine; mostly negative, and listed purely because I wanted to include a negative review)

Various Fans (Ain't it Cool; generally positive)

Update 10/5/05:

Alexandra Du Pont (Ain't it Cool; positive - This is the best written and most promising review I've seen: if you read only one, read this)

Update 12/5/05

Luke Buckmaster (In Film Australia; positive)

Update 14/5/05

Garth Franklin (Dark Horizons; mixed-positive)

And for more assorted critics, you can of course check out Rotten Tomatoes.