Not deserving of the hype it got!

Rating: Null/10 (10 June 2005)

I am and will always remain a Star Wars fan, and after watching episode 1, much as it wasn't fantastic it started the story off with an admirable goal but clearly it was lacking the charisma of the originals. Episode 2 however improved with greater depth of character, fantastic fight scenes and some of that comedy we all relished so much in the originals. Then here we are the last Star Wars instalment, it's been given rave reviews, comments that had me rushing to the cinema to see it! I was I have to say, disappointed. The acting ability seemed somehow to have diminished, in fact it became laughable. Scenes which should have been serious and touching were cringe worthy. Ewan Mcgregor as OB1 almost lost any ability to register emotion and it felt almost pantomime like. I will give some credit to the opening sequence and the fight scenes towards the end of the film, there was great light sabre action and it was only in the last 20 minutes that the film redeemed itself. We were all waiting for Darth Vader lets face it, the first breath through his ventilator was a great cinematic moment, but after that his gesticulations, his manner was inconsistent with the originals, it just looked like some guy wearing the suit! All in all I was not fulfilled by this film, it was like star wars by numbers, all the pieces of the puzzle were there, but the delivery was not up to standard and failed to complete the saga to the level it deserved. Yoda was by far the best thing in it, and he was CG! Maybe a re-watch on DVD might ease the pain, but I doubt it!