Good enough!

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2005)

What every fan of Star Wars hoped would get accomplished in this movie almost certainly did...and it was done in a smart way. We all started to wonder how/why Anakin turned to the Dark Side at the beginning of the below-par "Phantom Menace"...as this was the most compelling story of all the movies. THANK YOU George Lucas for doing this part well, as it was believable and really made sense.
As for "Revenge of the Sith" as a movie itself - I found myself hoping the movie would go on and on and never end...which is always a good sign. The action sequences were sharp and fun as the special effects were simply off the charts! And the movie moved from one scene to the next without any uncomfortable bumps like in the Episodes I & II.
The only part of the movie that stops it from being a "10" is, of course, the wooden dialogue. But with "Sith" it seems to me that Lucas really had no choice - the story needed to move along quickly and the dialogue needed to be straight-forward enough to keep up with the pace. The love scenes between Anakin and Padme are just bad...but how can anybody (including George Lucas) write a perfect love scene when everybody in the audience knows the outcome? That can't be easy.
ANYWAY - I was hoping to walk out of the theater feeling satisfied and wanting to pop in the original "Star Wars: A New Hope" and that's exactly how I felt!