A Fitting Finale

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2005)

I have read a lot of feedback on this movie recently and felt the need to put in my own two cents.
One of the biggest problems with creating a masterpiece, which undoubtedly the original trilogy was, is that it brings out all the snipers and haters who have nothing better to do with their time then put others down. I've listened to this for the last six years, people screaming LOTR is far better, bad acting, awful script, rubbish, blah blah blah! I think this film is brilliant. The best of the new trilogy by a mile but thats not to say its the best film ever made. A New Hope is frequently voted the best movie of all time, but personally I prefer the Return of the Jedi!
Back to this film, the plot is excellent and the story flows well,starting with an excellent rescue sequence and then slowly building the story of Anakins fall to the dark side. Anakins fall is excellently portrayed, I particularly disagreed with the previous reviewer on this. Maybe you can fault the acting, or the dialogue, but how could that have been done better. Anakin was put in a position where he had to make a choice, thats all there is to it, once he made that choice there was no turning back. As soon as he married Padme he had started down a path he was never able to deal with. That being that he put her before the Jedi order. Palpatine simply exploited this. I noted it was never mentioned how well Palpatine was portrayed or how cunning his plot was?
The lightsabre battles are all superb, however I still found the Darth Maul scene in Episode 1 to be my favourite overall. I had goose pimples by the end and everyone I have been with has thoroughly enjoyed it. The lava scenes at the end were exquisite, and the end with the twins and Vader's new persona were touching. I left the cinema feeling rewarded and fulfilled.
I like to concentrate on all the positives, I wish others would not immediately nit pick the negatives. This film is miles better than Attack of the Clones where personally the dialogue ruined an otherwise good movie. The less said about Jar Jar Binks in Episode 1 the better, but no film is perfect, I wonder how many people cringed in A New Hope when Luke says "But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!!!" but now of course, things like that are over looked because of the positives. Revenge of the Sith is a superb film and people who deign to give it 5/10 really should take a look at themselves when they even compare this to the drivel that is being made today!!!