Exciting sci-if action

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2020)

Star Wars revenge of the sith is an exciting sequel to attack of the clones and finale to the prequels. Immediately hooking the audience with a high energy fight between the Jedi anakin, Obi-Wan and count Dooku to save chancellor palpatine and our first encounter with general grievous a cyborg in charge of the rebel cis droid army. By the end of this encounter dooku is dead and palpatine is acting strange towards anakin. Once back we find out Anakin has been having dreams/visions of padames death which pushes him into the arms of palpatine and leads to the events of order 66.
Throughout the movie there is constant action and well choreographed lightsaber scenes that keep the viewers attention. From the beginning Anakin is highlighted when even his master is knocked out, he still is successful in defeating the count and pressured from palpatine goes against the Jedi code and kills a defenseless man. Obi-Wan later redeems himself in his fight against general grievous beating his opponent in lightsaber combat using a single blade while the general used 4. Even when the general tried to escape Obi-Wan won the chase and ended the general's life. And near the end in the duel of the fates when Anakin and Obi-Wan have their fight the scene set up perfectly a fiery planet that Anakin had gone to resemble his darkness and would be a turning point for him renouncing the Jedi way to become a sith. Although Akakin was a better duelist his anger clouded him and lead to him losing everything he has.
While this movie may have many high points there are also some low ones. In a rush to get to the action and show pack as much story in the transitions are almost always poorly done feeling jumpy and like a PowerPoint presentation switching slides. While this can help move the story along and change scenes I feel the transitions take away from the immersion. Dialogue can be confusing and downright awful at points like when Anakin says from his point of view the Jedi are evil. Which is still a massive improvement from the last movie where Anakin has a line "I don't like sand. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere." There are also parts where they can do this right like where you think something big and serious is about to go down between general grievous and Obi-Wan he casually drops down into the scene and says hello there. This comic relief works well with Ewan McGregor's character.
Overall an improvement from the previous prequel films revenge of the sith is a strong send off to the prequels with its shortcomings mostly being overshadowed by the consistent action and intrigue. If you are into action sci fi movies or stories this is definitely a must see conclusion to Anakins story and the beginning of Darth Vader a much darker side of a man they thought to be the chosen one.