It is a space opera isn't it?

Rating: Null/10 (22 May 2005)

It really makes me sick. So many of the writers here are treating this movie as if it were a candidate for best dramatic movie of the millennium and then flunking it when it fails. I really get sick reading people (on this movie or many others) who apply their very narrow artsy standards to a film that was not created for their narrow world of drama.
Come on guys, it is a space opera. The original Star Wars was a space opera. For its genre, it is really great. The original Star Wars was corny and I loved it then and I love it now. This one is more somber due naturally to predetermined ending.
Are their flaws, sure. There is not a movie made that does not contain flaws and can't be ripped mercilessly to shreds (and that includes your favorite movie whatever that is).
One of the thing I enjoyed about it was the way it tied the circle together resolving things from a New Hope and other episodes.
I also enjoyed the performance of Ian McDiarmid very much. But the performance of the other actors was quite respectable. I hadn't enjoy Natalie Portman in the previous episodes very much but in this one she shines.
If you don't like it, fine but I for one am not interested in your overly critical review of what is not meant as high art (for which I am grateful).