Best of the prequels, but not the best of them all...

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2005)

****Some Spoilers*****
I saw this movie twice (after zoning out the first time, I went to see it again with my dad and sister). I was surprised that my dad, who had seen A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi in theaters, said this one was the best.
But anyway, the beginning starts off very fast, with amazing visuals of the Clone War battles and the rescue of Palpatine by Obi-Wan and Anakin. (I noticed three lines from the A New Hope inserted into the first five minutes: "Lock S {or X} foils in attack position", "Here's where the fun begins" and of course, "I have a bad feeling about this"). Count Dooku bites it after ten minutes, and there is an elevator scene that has a "Die Hard"-feeling to it. After this, we are subjected to an hour or so of Palpatine drawing Anakin closer to the Dark Side, and eventually reveals himself to be Sidious (Who didn't know that already?). The Jedi are wiped out (children, I mean "younglings", too).
The last 20 minutes are by far the best; very intense and they tie the two trilogies together nicely (still a few plot-holes, but I won't dive into that). Padme squeezes out Luke and Leia and they are taken to their future home, while Anakin, deformed after a great lightsaber duel, literally becomes Darth Vader.
High points: Great visuals, the best in the entire trilogy, good acting by Ewan, Ian and Hayden, who I thought did MUCH better than Attack of the Clones
Low points: General Grievous, love story, cheesy dialog ("NOOOO!")
In all, easily the best of the prequels, but still no Episode IV or V.
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