Darker, better than Eps 1 and 2, but still poor

Rating: 5/10 (22 May 2005)

Left the cinema very let-down. Yes, it's better than Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, but not a patch on the original trilogy, and not a patch on the Lord Of The Rings trilogy in terms of characterisation and scripting. I fully accept that Star Wars movies have all had cheesy scripts, but the prequels have had awful scripts, and ROTS is no exception.
As I say, characterisation was also poor. Anakin goes from slightly-bad-but-not-really-anything-more-than-annoyed to imminent-child-slaying evilness in a scene lasting around 90 seconds. What's that all about?? At the time of writing (May 22, 2005), ROTS is ranked #130 in the IMDb All Time Greats....I suspect within 6 months it will be out of the top 250 when people re-assess their votes in the light of day.
Very very disappointed.