Dark Resurrection

Well, it's an Italian movie, and its budget was 7000€, if I'm not mistaken.

I've watched the program with the background of the Star Wars Hexalogy.

Watching this one was tiring. Sorran is some sort of a resurrected "ÜberGod" who can't even fly his own glider. Correct me, if I'm wrong, but it's not the aim of Jedi training to obliterate fear. Fear leads to the dark side. Hope, the female "paduan learner" is afraid, draws power from anger, and - I don't know - prevails, or does she? The acting would probably be C-class. This is a must avoid for every Star Wars fan. I give it 1 star, just to select anything - there is no "0". You can spend the 61 minutes in a more useful way.

First the bad news. Well, it's in Italian, however, the English subtitles are excellent. In fact the subtitles are better done than many theatrical releases I've seen. The lead actress isn't very strong or dynamic. The plot is a bit murky but not so much so that you can't figure things out.

Now for the good stuff. The location in the Italian mountains is absolutely top notch. In fact I found myself looking at the scenery as much as I was watching the movie. Ancient Roman ruins are evident everywhere. That was a terrific choice. The actors are generally skilled, dynamic experienced actors. They can deliver a line and mean what they are saying. Technically the film can barely be faulted. A few scenes were overexposed but that may have been intentional for effect. This flick has a large cast. There are plenty of actors which gives it a big budget feel. The fight scenes are top notch. I guess this is just part one of a two part flick that I watched. It makes me want to watch the second part very much. Well done folks.

I am huge star wars fan, not so much of movies but the mythologies created by them. My biggest disappointment with the prequels is that they never explored the humanity of the characters, instead just delivering on bland explanatory dialog. Such as "general grievous's ship is straight ahead" etc etc. I found none of the really interesting questions about what it would mean to be Jedi where explored, the burden of the responsibility, the internal struggle to master your fear, or even what it means to be taken from your family without choice.

Not here though I found myself actually absorbed in these characters, and believing in their humanity. I also greatly enjoyed the visual aesthetic created by the lens filter, which served to blend the CGI elements into the action more realistically.

Sorran was well filmed using occasional close ups of his face making him a menacing character, with minimal to no dialog needed to convey his power. The climatic saber battle was intense and well shot, where most have been guys simply banging sticks together this one uses a myriad of camera angles, close ups and outside action shots to convey the real urgency of people fighting to death. Something other films would do well to put thought into.

This has some great concepts, effects and impressive filmography, my only knock is the over use of choir music. A little is okay to build tension, but I felt it was little over done.

I highly recommend, but you will need to except it as great fan produced media rather than Hollywood blockbuster.

Nice movie, acting above average. Well, for what i've seen in the screen, the actors looked like pro, not amateurs. Well, they look like theater actors. But their acting is way better than revelations. The photography is also superb, with a lens filter that creates a nice foggy effect. The drawback is the story, that's somewhat confusing. And has some inconsistencies with the star wars jedi canon. Pretty impressive in the format, but somehow, it lacks content. But, it has some nice light saber fights and some good visual effects. Nice landscapes also. The locations were very beautiful. Good, but not great.

Production Design was really impressive! In fact, in some ways superior than those used in "Star Wars: A New Hope".

My only real issue was the really bad acting by the lead actress. It was just too apparent that she knew she was in front of a camera and was basically posing.

Actually, there didn't seem to be much of a story here and so I found myself dozing off, a really bad sign that the movie didn't have much to offer.

I also want to be fair and say that I saw this right after watching "Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi" and so it was probably unfairly contrasted with the official canon.