The Perfect Three

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2005)

This movie is the perfect completion to a perfect trilogy! Even if you don't want to admit it these three newest films of the Star Wars universe are sadly under rated! As a film maker myself I know the difficulty of making a "good" movie, but I can't even imagine the horror of having to satisfy a billion movie meticulous nerds with a set of three perfect pieces! Lets face it maybe these three movies were not what you imagined they would be, but guess what your not George Lucas! The first thing that must be done in order to accept these movies is simple, stop comparing them to the original 4, 5, and 6! They are not the same film, George has changed since then so lets accept the fact that stand alone these films as a whole are great and no rating in the world can truly represent what these films mean to those of us that have grown up with the series, it is much deeper than a 1 to 10 vote!
There are so many aspects of episode three that are being disputed and I would like to address only one, the fall of Anakin! I have read that his fall in the third film was far too rapid! Hmm, how long did you really want this film to be? One cannot attribute Anakin's fall to just this movie! Anakin's fall was evident and began as far back as the Phantom Menace. Through these three film the character Anakin is portrayed as being arrogant, selfish, malicious and just plain evil, in fact I find it harder to believe that Padme would fall for him than his apparent fall to the dark side! From movie one you can see Anakin's darkness, it's almost like he's pretending to be good. To be surprised by such a quick switch in character to the dark side is just stupid, He was already there, biding his time, waiting for his master!
As a trilogy you cannot just judge these movies one at a time because they are not meant to be taken out of context for they are one movie, just like LOTR is one movie! I think the lesson is simple, George Lucas is not making movies for a bunch of mindless geeks! George Lucas is making movies for intelligent people who can put three and three together and without a doubt come up with a radical six!