Still doesn't cut it, not quite

Rating: 4/10 (15 July 2005)

There MAY be a few spoilers in this review, but they have been kept to the absolute minimum.
Admittedly, there are a few *really* good scenes in REVENGE OF THE SITH, but there are also a few *really* bad ones that drag the movie into mediocrity. In fact, sometimes I wonder if maybe everyone praising this movie like something holy was simply fooled into thinking they were watching quality science fiction because the movie so abruptly changes tone from the childish mood of Episodes I and II to something so surprisingly dark and violent. But lots of gore doesn't make a movie better, not by a long shot. The action scenes popped out of the mind of a teenager (Yoda vs. the Emperor), and the acting, albeit waaayyy better than what we saw in PHANTOM MENACE, is still far below the caliber modern cinema is capable of, and can only be labeled "par". The scene where Senator Organa arrives at Coruscant is so poorly executed I must wonder whether those who worked on it actually watched how it came out. This movie has its entertainment value, but somehow manages to be totally ignorable under BATMAN BEGINS, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE ISLAND and other great 2005 adventures.