A Suitably Darker Entry That Creates For Satisfying Conclusion To The Prequel Trilogy

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2016)

Even though most Star Wars fans will admit the Prequel Trilogy as a whole was a big disappointment, many will argue that it's last instalment, Revenge of The Sith was the best of them and I believe this to be a fantastic movie despite some flaws still remaining over from the past two films. For one the opening of this movie was fantastic, it immediately set the stage for how the universe is since Attack of The Clones and was what ultimately largely what most of the previous two films failed to be, entertaining. The Back and forth between Obi Wan and Anakin was fantastic, they now feel like life long friends and true brothers. For the most part the special effects have improved in this film to the point of looking life like in certain places. The lightsaber duel between Obi Wan, Anakin and Count Dooku was done just right, not only was it extremely well choreographed but it had a more personal touch it that the past duels in the trilogy failed to acquire and made it more satisfying. Now after this opening the film slows down quite a bit and in the last films the painfully slow pace was working against it the film but here it actually works, it helps the narrative flow more freely particularly when it comes to the manipulation of Anakin by the chancellor as it gives the audience a better chance to see the subtle moves he takes in order to mould Anakins mind. But easily the greatest scene of not only this arc but the entire trilogy was the story of Darth Plagueis, the score and performances came together perfectly to create for a scene that gives us insight into the Chancellors mind which gives him more backstory. While it wasn't quite fleshed out enough the eventual confrontation between Obi Wan and General Grievous was very well done, Grievous was a threatening villain and their fight was amazing. The entire sequence of Order 66 is one of the most chilling and effective moments in this entire franchise to see how all the Jedi were assassinated was truly devastating. The final Lightsaber duels are incredible, the choreography is stunning and you can tell the anger that goes into each strike and the pain that they both feel. The last scene of this film is very good the score is stunning and I liked how it mirrored that of the one in a new hope. This is far from a perfect movie however. For one when it comes to Green Screens the special effects are not at all convincing, they look completely fake and maker you realise that they are being filmed in a set. I also think that the love story of this film is not a good motivator for Anakin to turn into Darth Vader and made his Origin less effective than the original trilogy would imply. While it is stunning to look at the final fight between Obi Wan and Anakin goes in for far to long to ridiculous degrees.
I thought Revenge of The Sith was fantastic, it's not flawless but it gave us a very good end to a somewhat underwhelming trilogy, the computer generated special effects were fantastic, the film is visually stunning, the slow pace of the past two films worked for this film and I found this to be very good at not only wrapping up its own trilogy but setting up the original one.
86%/A-