Overrated but fun end to the saga

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2005)

I saw Revenge of the Sith the other night with huge expectations and in most accounts it delivered. However there were a number of area's that were so poorly done that it really did take a lot away from the movie.
The scenes involving Anakin and Padme were so poor that to overlook this would be just plain wrong in my opinion. Due to the poor chemistry and wooden acting Anakins reasons for turning to the darkside seemed even less excusable. Also the scene where Padme gives birth to Luke and Leah seemed so rushed it was laughable. In fact the last 15 minutes of the film with what were meant to be the most important scenes of the prequals felt so watered down it just made everything overall seem rushed and anti-climatic, which leads me too...
Anakins transformation to Darth Vader, this scene was meant to go down as perhaps the most famous scene in cinematic history, but turned out to be for me a cheesy comedy sketch. When Anakin breaks the chains free and wobbles you could argue that was a natural reaction as he wasn't use to his robotic legs. But in reality it looked plain stupid as Hayden Christensen wasn't nearly built enough to be Darth Vader and just looked silly. Then the cry of "Noooooooo" was so pathetic half the cinema was laughing. The whole scene came across as cheesy, rushed and anti-climatic which left a sour taste in my mouth.
I could talk further about the awful acting throughout but I won't bore you so I will talk about the good stuff. The effects were as expected magnificent and the flow of the film was excellent, also the movie partly due to the insane build up felt 'epic' and lead perfectly into Star Wars 'New Hope'.
Overall Revenge of the Sith is a fun film and certainly answers all the unanswered questions, but it far from exceeded my personal expectations. It does however close the Star Wars story in a positive fashion and is clearly superior to the other two prequals.