Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself
tl;dr great movie. All you need to know going in is that the author/director made this movie while he was questioning his faith. There are many interpretations and perspectives as to what the movie is actually about and technically all of them are right and wrong cause the author doesn't even know what this shit means. There is a lot of Christian subtext as well as some Japanese cultural/Shinto subtext as well though minimal compared to the Christian subtext.
tl;dr of my tl;dr - Shit slaps with great art, ambiguous story, and phenomenal ambient score.
