Best of the recent movies

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2005)

"This is ho democracy dies, to thunderous applause!" These words were still with me after exiting the theater where I had just seen Revenge of the Sith. When George Lucas had said he would be releasing the back story of Anakin Skywaler, I was a little leery about how it would work. After Episode I, I was ready to write the new Trilogy off. Fast forward to 2005 and we see the results of Lucas's hard work. Episode III made even some of the older films (dare I say it) look bad. Pure and simple George Lucas does an excellent job showing Vader/Skywalker's fall from grace not out of rage but misguided love. The same love that Drives him to the Darkside is the same love that he eventually kills by turning. Padme loses all will to live. And thus is born the greatest (arguablly) villain ever.