Good but not great.

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2005)

After reading other reviews of Revenge of the Sith, I just have to say, while it was a good film, but it wasn't great. First of all the good points were that it was the best Star Wars prequel (easily). This was due to the characters actually acting (unlike the previous films)and the story flowing together with no real stops for unnecessary plot and not flowing too fast (like the first hour of TPM). This is shown in the fact that Anakins fall to the dark side did not happen all of a sudden, the audience could actually see his downfall. The special effects also made the fighting sequences enjoyable to watch. However, this was really all that was good about the film, and it didn't save it from the biggest reason why I didn't like it. In the original trilogy Darth Vader was someone that actually did strike fear into people, but this film ruined that image for me. Sure, I have to admit there has to be a reason why he turned to the dark side, but the fact when you see Anakin in his Darth Vader armour and he acts like a soap opera character just ruins it completely. Also the other 'major villain', General Grievous, was just pathetic. Whats so scary about an old man dying of bronchitis? Finally, Darth Sideous, while acting rather scary, was not as big a threat as the Jedi make him out to be. The fight between him and Yoda was more a stalemate than a victory for Sideous, so the fact that Yodas so scared of him makes me think that the Jedi are just wimps. In conclusion it was a good film, but Revenge of the Sith is not the best Star Wars film and has ruined the rest of them.