Bad Acting, Bad Dialogue, but entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

I'm not nitpicking when i say that i can't take hayden seriously as darth vader. His voice is still too soft and his anger is never really convincing. His constant glowering is also rather annoying. Padme, once a brave and determined senator and queen, has for some reason or another been reduced to that of some fearful woman who cant help herself. The only good acting was done by the chancellor himself, actually, very good now that i remember. This isn't intended to be an essay on the movie, so basically...Yes, it tied up loose ends and connected 3 to 4. Yes, there were awesome fight scenes. Yes, the plot is generally interesting, And yes, it was overall better than 1 and 2. But the poor dialogue remains and the casting of some west coast underwear model type of guy will forever tarnish what this movie could have accomplished in its search for redemption on the last two. Wasn't a bad movie, but it simply wasn't going to be one that is going to be remembered. Maybe my expectations were too high being a respectful fan of the trilogy. I however, believe the rating shouldn't be as good as what is being given right now..(8.2). IT's exactly like how ROTK is rated higher than the first two, even though the third one was arguably the worst of the three...interesting