Another disappointment...

Rating: 5/10 (26 May 2005)

Anakin's motivations for turning to the dark side and his subsequent actions make no sense. I think Lucas developed the character of Anakin in the prior two movies and ended up writing himself into a corner. The following situation would be a similar situation in today's world.
"An up-and-coming American general involved in the war against terror has a sick wife at home. Amazingly, he discovers that his next door neighbor is really Osama Bin Laden. When he discovers this, Osama tells him that he has a cure for his wife's illness and that he will give it to him, but in order to do this he will have to start working for him. His first duty is to divert some nuclear warheads and send them to secret terrorist cells in all of America's large cities. His second is to arrange for all the leaders to be in those cities. And last, he is to give the codes to set these weapons off. Of course this would destroy everything he has ever known, cause an amazing amount of suffering, and be against everything he has ever believed, but at least his wife might live a little bit longer." It just doesn't make sense...