No... the prequels are still not as good

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2019)

Everyone going back saying these sequels were always good or are now good just because disney is so called "ruining" Star Wars are getting me mad. These films are very flawed. Now, I decided to review this because I believe it's definitely the best of the 3. Phantom menace IS what it's title says as far as SW. it is a menace to SW. and attack of the clones is JUST as bad if not worse. Personally... I prefer that over menace but that's really not saying much... here's my review and PLEASE UNDERSTAND MY OPINION

The film begins pretty promising, ignoring the flashy dialogue and the over bloated action and focusing on the story can be interesting but there's a lot of action adrenaline which I loved. As far as editing... it's just laughable sometimes. The film cuts to palpaltine real quick for some dialogue... "GET!" Or whatever he says... it literally cuts to his face for less than a second and he says whatever the hell it was he said... I laughed so hard... with my 12 year old sister. It was SO random and very terrible editing and VERY misplaced for such a serious scene. The actor for anakin IS TERRIBLE and still is... I may not like Phantom menace and the little boys acting was weak.. but even HIS performance in that film alone is better than attack of the clones and revenge of the Sith by Hayden... and it's sad because I WANT TO FEEL IT. It just doesn't work the script tries so hard to twist and turn things but it doesn't mix well with his acting. I don't feel the impact and his change to the dark side is just not rewarded or believable enough... feels just as bad writing as THE QUEEN turning evil in SEASON 8 of GAME OF THRONES... literally the change does NOT feel rewarded enough. His performance and a mixture of the script just does NOT mellow out. What I like for the film is it DOES have a plot to work with. And does manage to make some twists and turns. The thing with prequels that they fall victim to. Is the small creative choices space that they have... there's really only so much George Lucas could have done to make things refreshing but try to stick to the core. His sequels... or should I say prequels, minimizes this idea because he's limited to do such a story about BEFORE. A story that was already told... which is why prequels 99% of the time dont work... godfather part 2 was a prequel, but it worked because it was ALSO a sequel and pushed the story forward and the rest is history. Now when I'm watching Star Wars... I'm not expecting the next best thing to The Godfather... NOT even anything as good as the originals... it doesn't have to be... but I am expecting something solid... the prequels aren't. And this movie alone shows it. The ones before it CLEARLY rub itself all over this film. And what's sad is when this film does things that the prequels didn't do, it REALLY shines, but once you get the same dialogue, execution and terrible way of story structure it can be flawed. The middle of the film is really about the change of anakin to sith. I feel it does not do good enough of a job. It really doesn't. However the impact is there. And the ending is what makes this movie GOOD. The lightsaber duels are awesome. We get more yoda, which is my favorite SW character and we get one of the greatest duels of SW. hands down. The dialogue is VERY anti climatic and cringey though once again... the high ground?? Dude... darth maul has the high ground look how that turned out... General Grevous had the High ground... look how THAT turned out... and the over dramatic cringey darth Vader "NOOOO" don't get me wrong I understand it, just the way it sounds WAS LAUGHABLE. My 12 year old daughter laughed her ass off at it... however I looked online and there's a FRENCH version of the "NOOOOO!" And I feel it is MUCH more better.

Look all in all. I still have my moments of shine of the prequels. I respect them for world building, I respect them for the moments they have of amazing moments and I mean AMAZING. I respect them for trying a different approach and not trying to mimic the OG trilogies... but they are NOT good movies. They do not do what a good film does and they don't have the elements to have what it takes... as far as REVENGE OF THE SITH... it's definitely the best of the 3. I wouldn't watch it again... but if it's on at a party or someones tv I might tune in here and there scene for scene that I like... and NOT in a laughable way lmaoo. There's a lot of weird cuts in this movie... there's a scene where the camera cuts to master yoda less than 1 second just for a ship to randomly hit an area he's standing and we watch him stumble while catching his balance with the kane... as if it's TRYING to be funny... like WHY? Why did we need to see that scene? It's an important scene and the movie says Let's cut to master yoda and watch his foot nearly get blown off and he stumbles and randomly cut it less than 1 second... or let's cut to lord palpaltine who should be acting like he is in fear so obi wan doesn't know he's the main villain... only for him to say a cringey line nobody knows LESS THAN ONE SECOND... and cut back to what's supposed to be very dramatic...
This films a 6/10 and that's just me being nice... honestly this film deserves a soft 5. The effects are amazing even though the set design did not age well and looks so fake. The makeup is amazing. The acting with certain actors are very lopsided. Obi wan has great acting, whereas anakin is whack. The film has a plot to work with but a script very floppy and performances with chemistry that barley hits. However the ending will leave you somewhat satisfied.