A good ending to a great series

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2006)

I am a die-hard Star WArs fan and after being disappointed with Attack of the Clones I was a little worried about this one. But my worries were not needed. Revenge of the Sith brings a good closing to the story of Anakin Skywalker and the birth of Darth Vader.
I actually went to see this movie four times in the theatre, and I am glad I did. My opinion of the movie changed each time I went to see it. At first I was somewhat disappointed with the lightsaber duel between Obi Wan and Anakin. I thought that the constant switching of camera angles made the scenes choppy and difficult to keep perspective. I wished that they had simply pulled back and allowed the audience to simply watch Obi Wan and Anakin hack it out, something similar to the final scenes between Luke and Vader in Episode VI. However, each subsequent time I saw the movies I was better trained for following the action and have come to enjoy the duel scenes.
The only problem I have with the movie is something that there is very little that can be done about. I think this is also the problem with Episodes I and II. There is simply too much story to fit into a 2 or 3 hour film. I thought that while the opening scene is exciting it was probably ultimately longer than it needed to be. My only real complaint is that Anakin's fall seems to be slowly building from Episode II and slowly through Episode III only to have the actual fall be very sudden and more definitive than I would have expected.
Overall though, a very good movie. It was certainly worth seeing more than once.