Anakin Gives In Too Easily

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2005)

I've been disappointed over the years with many of the Star Wars films especially the secondary characters, Ewoks for example. Silly stuff that did not help me suspend my disbelief. The Revenge of the Sith does not stoop to silliness. Thank you, Mr. Lucas. And, because of that I liked it. Ewan McGregor does a little acting at the end. Natalie Portman is radiant but has seriously outgrown the role. It's always a pleasure to see Jimmy Smitz but anyone could have do his role. The one reason that kept me from completely liking this film is the lead character, Hayden Christensen, as Anakin Skywalker. He is very weak, two dimensional and comes off as an inexperienced actor rather than naive Jedi. He has two facial expressions: See-me-smile-because-I-love-Padme and See-me-stare-through-the-top-of-my-eye sockets-because-I'm-moving-to-the-dark-side. He is predictable and boring even though the audience knows what will happen. I would have liked to have seen him put up a much bigger fight before he was taken over to the dark side.