Very good apart from the small flaws...

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2005)

I had no doubt in my mind that this film was going to be anything other than good. The start throws the viewer into a space battle. Ships are everywhere. Looks absolutely fantastic. However, most of the film looks brilliant. The main reason why this film worked for me is the story roles beautifully from start to finish. The politics are well explained and it ties all the loose ends together. It actually makes the viewer very much interested in the politics and plays a major part in setting the story for the final three episodes.
However, with all the polish and shine and the super-strong story line holding together, there were a couple of flaws which does drop the rating a little but fortunately does not effect the main circumstances for whats actually going on. Though, it does leave the viewer asking him/herself - "WHAT!!?" Whether it was to do with bad scripting, bad acting from Hayden Christensen or bad directing from George Lucas.
******* SPOILER ******* First problem was the scene at the very beginning and the execution of Count Dooku. Palpatine is encouraging Anakin to execute him but he will not due to the Jedi code. Then he kills the Count with no real conviction and then cries "I should'not of done that!" Secondly, when Anakin stops Windu from killing Palpatine, he then sees Palpatine murder Windu and then cries something similar to "I should not of done that. It was wrong." Then in two seconds without threat, he swears alliance to the Dark Side, Palpatine.
******* END OF SPOILER ******
Now, to me the conversion of anger and hate was so rushed that you felt like you missed a chapter and with bad acting....I think I would say it was Lucas' fault.
The ending was truly wonderful and brilliant.
Other than those minor flaws, I was pretty much happy with it but felt that a couple of pieces were still missing and felt the end product was slightly rushed.
Star Wars fans will enjoy nether-less.