Strike Three Mr. Lucas!!!!!

Rating: 4/10 (26 May 2005)

Well the big wait is finally over. The STAR WARS saga is complete...and it turned into a complete waist of time. After suffering through the first two numb skulled installments of this new trilogy, I was hoping like everyone else that George would make up for it with a truly memorable finale. Much to my non-surprise...he didn't. REVENGE OF THE SITH is just more of the same stiff acting, wooden dialogue and wall to wall digital effects that look, well, digital. I pray for the day when somebody puts a model ship in front of a blue screen! The only saving grace in this two and a half hours of dreck was, as usual, Ewen Mcgregors classy performance.Its amazing how he manages to rise above all of the crap. The other plus was of course the mighty Yoda. I smiled every time he was on screen...and snored the rest of the time. Don't get me wrong. This is still better than ATTACK OF THE CLONES, but getting a root canal would top the experience. And what about Hayden?? Well, I won't bore you with what would be a long winded shredding of his laughable performance. Lets just say that I will never see his face behind that mask when I watch the classic trilogy!!! And as for THE BIG MOMENT...when Darth Vader threw his head back and howled "NOOOOOOOO!!!!" after learning the fate of Padme, I almost howled myself...in laughter! I cried aloud "Thats not Darth Vader!!! Stop the madness George, the joke is over!!!!"....
So there it is. The end of STAR WARS. I have officially rejected Episodes 1,2 and 3. They do not exist. Mr Lucas has long lost all of his creative genius in a sea of computer effects and one dimensional characters. I will always hold the original trilogy close to my heart. They were and are very special movies. They deserve their place in cinema history. The new trilogy deserves a place in the cinema waste basket. For shame....
George...the force is no longer with you. Shmuck!!!!