out with a whimper instead of a bang

Rating: 4/10 (10 May 2005)

it is a terrible shame that Lucas could not have brought on board people who could write and a director who could direct actors. the script is worse than usual with every line a cliché, the performances vary from good Ian mcdiarmid (emperor/palpadine), Natalie portman (padme) to average McGregor (obi wan) to the bad Christensen (annakin). And there is the main problem as we are dealing with the demise of annakin and the birth of Vader, the actor needed to have gravitas and authority, poor Haydn has neither and struggles manfully to fill the body and shoes of Vader but does not succeed. i am baffled by the response by both critics and fans alike that this is the best of the new trilogy, for me it is the most emotionless. there was no sense of story or character, far too many battle scenes, the one on the wookie planet had absolutely no purpose other than to get Yoda out of the way. or maybe as someone said after the screening to capitalise on the merchandising. anyway i shall see it again to see if it gets better or not