Okay, but still an almighty mess

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2005)

This goes some way to redeem the gigantic steaming piles of CGI overload of the first two chapters. Not that this isn't another gigantic steaming (make that molten) pile of CGI overload but at least a semi-coherent plot kicks in at some point (about halfway through, unfortunately).
But my God, what a lot of unnecessary shots of Corruscu...Corrisco...Corroscin...that city with all the little lines of spaceships in the sky. Come off it George, enough of all those gratuitous cartoon panoramas, have you learnt nothing from Peter Jackson? Oh well, no more chances left to remedy that one. The acting of Hayden Christwhydidtheycasthim is marginally less wooden than before but he does actually make a good fist of turning to the dark side. Unfortunately we still get some ludicrous lovey dovey stuff with Natalie WheredoIpickupmycheck. Are you doing this to taunt us because we hated AOTC so much George? Well, it worked, you taunted me you toad-necked old fool.
What works in this one is the the mythology of it. Try as George does to derail the whole thing with wave upon wave of demented CGI overdrive, the "birth" of Vadar and the Empire is compellingly rendered (so to speak) Yes, there are a few shivers when he is finally revealed. Unfortunately they get Hayden Twerp to wear the costume which makes him look like a puny little guy wearing a Vadar costume instead of the towering Sith of old (or new, whatever).
So go see it and get the DVD and watch it collect dust like the other two. But it'll look nice on the shelf, eh George? Maybe someone should show him "Sideways"...