Once there was a hype...

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2005)

I enjoyed the old trilogy and liked the prehistory wondering how it would be realized. Disliking Part one the second aroused some expectations...
From the first few minutes of "Revenge of the Sith" until the end, it felt more and more annoying. Annakin's shifting to the dark side theoretically is an appealing if not the most appealing aspect of the whole trilogy. Well it could be as long as there is a skillful writer for this job. If not, one's risking a script probably not better than a soap opera - as in my opinion holds true for Episode 3. The picture seemed to me uninspired and constrained. It's visual style isn't that good and the FX sometimes look very artificial (the CGI sure is the best thing of the movie and has impressing moments - but it's used too often and sometimes it reminds of a computer game). Acting has never been the strength of Lucas Movies. Suitable for the script, this time it's terrible. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen are never able to express strong feelings for each other. Anyhow, one can't play these dialogues believable...
On the whole a movie implausible, naive but what disturbed me the most (the other things one might expect and ignore): boring. For me this experience was not worth the money, not worth the time and not worth the old trilogy but the hype dies at last.