Slight Improvement... But not much...

Rating: 3/10 (6 April 2006)

Alright, Episode 3 of the new star wars trilogy.
This whole trilogy does one thing right... it makes me see how much better episode IV through VI are, and it will make everyone who just started watching Star Wars watch those old, classic episodes.
That having been said, let's discuss Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith.
Scene 1: That battle is about as exciting as watching paint dry. It is so linear, you know what is going to happen. There are no sacrifices being made. They made death very impersonal to appeal to the "family" viewing and the political-correctness of the USA. There is also a whole lot of unnecessary and unconnected dialog in this scene as well, sort of like Top Gun.
Scene 2: The Ship - First disappointment was R2D2. HE'S ANIMATED! Thats not R2D2! Have they completely sold-out to CGI? The robots have a whiny little boy-voice. Even episode 1 and 2 had a decent voice for robots. The "duel" between Anakin and Count Dooku is a complete bore, for the usual reasons: too short, not well acted, etc.
Scenes 3 - 7: Nothing notable happens
Scene 8: The Jedi try to arrest Palpatine. Samuel L. Jackson shocked me by actually putting on a stale performance.
Scene 9: Oh no! Anakin chokes Padmé! The big shocker! Christensen trying to look evil is worth a laugh. Padmé dies after giving birth to Luke and Leia. Hmmm... funny... I thought Leia mentioned in episode VI that she slightly remembers her mother, and that she was always sad. She must have excellent memory to recall that information from when she was a newborn. In other words, they don't connect, and they screwed up this ending, like Lucas has screwed up so many other things.
Scene 10: 3 seconds of Darth Vader. Movie ends.
Conclusion - Nice try. But it still doesn't live up to the original 3.