Makes the first two look like Citzen Kane.

Rating: 2/10 (20 May 2005)

Don't be mislead by my title. This film is well worth the viewing. I haven't laughed this hard since...well... episode two.
George Lucas has once again combined melodrama and comical dialogue to create a film that all the family can sit back, point and laugh at. Yes, this movie really was made by a grown man with decades of experience in the film industry.
From the very beginning there is no urgency. Despite this being a saga embroiled in a war of worlds, the Jedi consistently exchange baneful James Bondesque banter whilst a war 'rages' ostensibly in the background. Atmosphere isn't so much as lost, as it is never constructed. The fantastic advances in CGI since the original trilogy are put to waste whilst we follow two wooden actors on their predictable and contrived mission.
Every twist and turn is seen coming ten minutes before and yet Hayden Christiansen doesn't ever seem to keep up. His acting is once again slapstick, with the power of his performance comparable to a street mime. Of course the Lucas dialogue just compounds each actor's already grand problem with their character. (Yes we understand that you are torn but must you continually say it?) Even the Lightsaber battles are weak, something which at least episode one could hold its head high about.
So then....two hours of this and then finally...Another disappointing Lightsaber battle. Your eyes may open a little when Yoda begins to unleash the green fury, but you will hang your head in shame as soon as the dialogue comes up again.
Culminate this with two of the most comical scenes in the entire movie: Padame dying as she gives birth to the twins. There is nothing medically wrong with her, she just "gave up the will to live." (Oh, could that sentiment be any truer?) And Darth Vader's farcical Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ........................anyway, enjoy the show.