Its not a perfect movie, but it's Star Wars

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2005)

I would just like to say something to all those who are criticising the way Anakin turns to the dark side. There is the way that people have imagined and think it to be, and there is the way George Lucas envisaged it, and that is the key - it's his baby, he determines the story and whether or not it fits the the fan's status quo, the fact of the matter is that Anakin has turned to the dark side, and now we know how, and I for one am grateful to have seen and enjoyed the final instalment of the saga.
I admit the Frankenstein movements of Vader at the end were very unbecoming of his well known persona and menacing screen presence, and the melodramatic "Nooooooooo" left me wondering how James Earl Jones was talked into delivering that line, I think that something reminiscent of the snarling he produced in Empire would have been more befitting to Vaders rage at realising Padmes death. But lets not forget the Darth Vader in Ep3 is a one very removed from the character we know in the original trilogy, there is still a lot of Anakin left in Vader by the end of the movie, part that still has one goal in life - to protect Padme, it wasn't about galactic domination at that point, but after Padme died, he had nothing to live for so became the remorseless abomination we see in the original trilogy, and thats what I think Georeg Lucas wanted to come across. Anakin was deceived by the Emperor, and we are meant to feel sorry for him and be routing for him to come back to the good side in ROTJ and see that he was not a purely evil person after all but one that was corrupted by a desire to have God like powers and protect the ones he loves.
Overall I really enjoyed Ep3 and it is among my favourites second only to Empire. The opening battle scene could have involved the Jedi a lot more I felt, I don't think we saw enough gun-toting action or of the great space pilot Anakin was described to be by Obi-Wan in A New Hope, and the climactic sabre battle at the end was a little difficult to follow, and didn't really have me as much in awe as the Darth Maul-Obi-Wan fight. Those who wanted to see more of Grievous should watch the Clone Wars cartoon, cos his predator and prowess are explained to the full, as well as his villainy - you see the Jedi he hunts down and kills almost effortlessly. The reason he got taken out so easily was because he was injured by Mace Windu just before Ep3 begins.
So I say bring it on to anyone who feels differently. You've obviously missed the point, blinded by your own visions of what the film should be.