Pardon the rant, but...

Rating: 3/10 (26 May 2005)

...to say that Sith is the best of the Star Wars prequels is as easy as saying that the Godfather part III was the worst of the Godfather series. This does not mean that Sith was a good movie, and as a movie fan I am disgusted to see this movie ranked (at the time of this writing) between the timeless classics: Witness for the Prosecution and His Girl Friday. I've had qualms about rankings on IMDb before, but this made me laugh out loud. Has the whole world gone crazy? Granted, Sith is a huge box office success, but it is a poorly made movie. There, I said it. Lucas has tarnished his own name with these pieces of trash he calls movies. Can someone say hire a writer? The script was not just every day bad; it was Sci-Fi Channel original movie bad. Episodes IV-VI were classics because they were fresh, new, fun, and inventive. They had a certain levity about them that let you forget that they were not the greatest things ever captured on film. The same cannot be said about the new films. Lucas took a fun plot and made it too serious. It was the light fun feel that let you get over Mark Hamill's acting shortcomings. Hayden Christensen is a bad actor made worse by a terrible script. You can't have a Hamlet seriousness and deliver Scooby Doo lines. No offense to Scoopy Doo. I was ashamed to be a Star Wars fan every time Christensen opened his mouth and delivered an absolutely horribly written line. This movie truly lacked everything that is required of a movie deserving a spot on a best of list. That this movie falls anywhere on this list simply proves that there is no accounting for the public's taste.