Another worthless piece of trash

Rating: 1/10 (24 September 2014)

So this is supposed to be the "best" of the prequel saga, a movie that can be held in the same regard as the original trilogy if not even better. No. Absolutely not. This movie is just as dull, uninspired, nonsensical and boring as the other two. Nothing has improved since Attack of the Clones, if this is what passes for a good movie lately then it's no wonder people like Michael Bay are still allowed to make movies. This movie has the same exact flaws as the other two prequel movies because they are made by the same person with the same goal: selling action figures, make tons of money. So we meet again our heroes Anakin and Obi-Wan in a bizarre and confusing opening action scene that leads to the death of the previous movie's villain (Count Dooku) and the rescue of the Chancellor from the clutches of the evil General Grevious (a villain so important no one cared to introduce, a trademark of this franchise). Then we get to the dull and lifeless exposition scenes where we are reminded that Anakin and Padme are supposedly in love (why would a queen/senator marry an annoying teenager with rage control issues is beyond me, ask George Lucas) and that the Jedi Council does not trust the Chancellor because it's obvious he is the Sith Lord they have been searching for 10 years but somehow the wise and all- knowing Jedi masters are still unable to connect the dots. Then we get to the action, and as usual Anakin and Obi-Wan need to be separated just like in the previous movie (so there is no chance to establish any sort of friendship between the two), Obi-Wan has been given a filler content mission to justify his presence in this movie, while Anakin has to spend time with someone even more boring than Padme : the Chancellor. This was supposed to be an intriguing part of the story and I must admit that the actor playing the Chancellor did the best he could with the horrible material given to him by George Lucas, but as everything in the prequels this scene is ultimately a letdown. We have a vague speech about the dark side and that's about it. Now get ready for the main part of the plot : the reason Anakin "turns to the dark side" (what it actually means we are never told or shown) is because he had one vague dream of Padme dying (it's very vague, we don't even see her dying so we can't be sure, but apparently Anakin is). So at this point I was done with the movie, I'm not even gonna stick around to tell you that after a overly self indulgent 30 minutes long light-sabre battle they stick Anakin in a robot suit so he can yell "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" and Lucas can sell Darth Vader merchandise. What a piece of garbage.