the end has arrived

Rating: 7/10 (1 November 2005)

The war is coming to an end. The separatists are running and the clone army is dwindling. The new ruler of the clone army, the robotic general grieves is on the run but is quickly found out and followed by Obi Wan. Anikin has news from Padme, she's pregnant with child; or two. Anikin is also being tempted by Chancellor Palpatine, who we find is the Sith Lord. He gets Anikin to join the dark side, and puts his giant plan into complete action; to destroy all the Jedi.
This opens in a blaze of colour and action. Its an all out dog fight, with hundreds of ships everywhere, all in a blaze of fire. From this one scene the expectation is set high, it it falls so much after it. For the next hour or so you feel like you've been cut short. But when it hits that half way point, it finally gets that kick in the backside its been needing since episode one. With the last two installments, they have been lacking so much emotion and energy that made the first trilogy so wonderful to watch. During the first half of Revenge, it does fall with the Eps. 1 & 2, but then the final half starts to climb up to the level the original created. When Anikin turns and with the mass genocide of the Jedi's, you know George Lucas has finally come back into form.
Most of the action scenes are quite good, with the opening scene being a real highlight. But it is the final fight between Obi Wan and Anikin everyone was waiting for; and it does pay off. The emotions run high when Anikin is burnt to a bloody crisp on the volcano. Another emotionally charged point is when Anikin kills the young kids. Though this has a lot of good elements, this is a very majorly flawed movie.
The acting in all the three latest Star Wars have been so low. The acting seemed so ridged and stiff. They kinda felt like cartoon characters as they didn't show a lot of emotions. The effects is another down point. Not to say that they are great, they are mind blowing the special effects, they are flawlessly made, but they are everywhere. Basically every set was digitally created. It creates a much more warmer feeling when the sets are actually built, the special effects make all the sets seem so cold and flat.
It doesn't quite reach the perfection of the originals, buts still a great watch. Its spine tingling to hear Darth Vader take the first breath through the mask.