It hurts

Rating: 1/10 (4 June 2005)

I gave in to the pressure coming from my co-workers and watched the movie. I thought I was prepared after the first two movies of the same series. I was wrong, it was worse than I ever expected.
The computer graphics were as good as we came to expect from Lucas and co. but the way they used it reminded me of the time when I played with my action figures in the sandbox. I felt no suspense, drama or anything throughout the whole thing. I know they had to tie in with the other 5 movies, but that's no excuse to abandon all original thought. This was highlighted by the fact that they used every single cliché from films made in the past 50 years. There was one time when I prayed "please don't make the robot get up as in Terminator", my prayers were answered, but that was a close call.
Acting: none. OK, Ian McDiarmid who plays the emperor was good, and Ewan McGregor tried in the first half of the movie, but the text was so badly written they were powerless against it. Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader) fought with the part, but I felt he didn't have the experience and Lucas took away his chance to get it right anyway. I don't think Natalie Portman even tried.
Music: not memorable.
To sum it up, the advertising campaign and spin was the best made part of the movie, they suckered me into paying. Mark my words Lucas, I won't pay for any of your movies from now own! My only hope now is in Joss Whedon, his Serenity movie at the end of 2005 will be a sci-fi movie that is worth watching, and now just for impressionable 8-15 year olds, whom were the target of Return of the Sith.
And don't even get me started on the stupid robots who yell in pain...