A Modern Tragedy--chilling, sad...and wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2005)

**********No spoilers whatsoever********** I simply don't understand how anyone can give it a 1 out of 10 stars. For me this film was excellent. Sure it wasn't perfect, but few movies are. To put things in perspective I have seen all of the Star Wars films in the theater. I loved IV V and VI, and of course thought V was by far the best of the three. I loved VI but had trouble with the Ewoks. It was the triumph over the Dark Side but did lack a little something in places.
Episode 1 for me was decent other than Jar Jar Binks. I enjoyed the crispness of the scenery, and while it lacked something was still very enjoyable. Episode 2 was the real low point of the films. The love story was awful and much of the dialog was stale and clichéd. However having just watched it before seeing Sith, I realized that it actual wasn't as bad as I had remembered it. (I only saw it in the theater and did not buy the DVD until last week) Episode III, in my opinion is as good in many ways as episode V. Being a lover of Shakespeare and particularly Tragedy, I thought that Episode 3 hit all of the emotional notes that a Modern Tragedy needs to hit to be good. Shakespeare it is not. Nothing is. But this film has an emotional depth not reached since Episode V.
Sith is a great end to the Prequel Trilogy. It is tragic, sad and wonderful. What it lacks in dialog (even though the dialog is better than Episode II), it makes up for in action, story and emotion. Lucas does a very good job in answering questions and tying the two trilogy's together. For instance this film helps to explain why Vader is redeemable, and not just because of what Padame says.
This movie lived up to the hype. It was excellent. My only reason for not giving it 10 *'s is because I found the dialog a tiny bit wanting.
Those of you looking for a happy ending don't bother going. But if you want to see a film that delivers all of the elements of tragedy you will not be disappointed.
My initial reaction to "Sith" is that for me this film in many ways was the best of the six films. It was awesome.