This was nothing like I expected it to be....

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2005)

I am just back from the cinema after seeing Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and I must say I was not very impressed. OK, the special effects were very good, my hat is off to ILM who have done brilliantly with the effects. Most of the performances by the actors were OK. Samuel L was good in the role of Mace Windu, giving a believable performance, as did Ewan McGregor. Another IMDb comment said "the usually competent Ewan McGregor spouting some rather silly lines" but in Mr McGregor's defence, the lines he said are in control of the script writer, not so much the control of the actor, though may have some influence on a few lines.
Overall, this film is not as good as I expected, actually quite far from it. This film had excellent potential but I think it failed when it came right down to the crunch. OK, it tells the story but there were some really crap moments, not surprisingly they happened when Hayden Christensen was on screen. A cardboard cut-out with an electronic voice box attached to the back would have given a more believable performance than he did. And *spoiler* the "NOOOOO!" near the end from Darth Vader was terrible. Incredibly corny and completely uncalled for.
All in all, I am disappointed at this movie and will stick to the classic original trilogy.