Anakin's Going to the Other Side is a Joke

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2005)

Let me tell you the good parts of the movie. The entire cast of wooden character and robotic script reading is reduced. Lucas clearly did avoided THAT not by asking for the actors to change their bad habits, but by using zoom close ups. Even Yoda got some nice hairy closeups. So we kind of ignored the body language which doesn't exists and look at there facial features talking like Thunderbirds puppets.
Now I will not deny this, but you will enjoy the supreme CGI special effects. It has gotten a little clearer and better focus this time. The first two episodes, all the CGI characters looked liked they were Vaseline painted all over the camera lens. This time they did it better, they finally wiped used toilet paper lightly over the thick Vaseline in front of the camera lens. A major improvement.
The movie is certain a major improvement in terms of story, dramatization, more modern camera zooming over the last two episodes. What happened Lucas, forgot how to use the cameras during the 1990s? The last two episodes, I and II were clearly a B movie you would watch after Sesame Street had it not been for the CGI geeks. Again it is not that good when compared to Star Wars New Hope or Empire Striks Back. However the lousy Return of the Jedi and this were close. But since there is clearly no acting talent here, the award goes to Return of the Jedi with Harrison Ford great acting.
The main characters which we will relish is the drama of Anakin and Padme. Both whose acting you care not what happened to them. O.K. so go do genocide if all I care, let me go brush my teeth.
The only two characters who were not main characters that I ended up rooting for were Obe Wan Kanobe and Master Yoda. Master Yoda is a clincher to be nominated the best Actor for 2005. Brilliant, I almost that feeling of bravery. Master Yoda's great acting ability showed acting ability since episode II. Oh, he's just only CGI - or is it the human actors were terrible? The other part of the movie for best acting honorable mention goes to the two little babies. It made me cry. As for Anakin and Padme, I give them the Rotten Tomato Award. I mean even shallow Ben Afleck playing Anakin and quietly serious Matt Damon disguised as Padme would be more entertaining! This is one of those stories that everybody knows how it is going to end. It is one of the movies with the least spoilers. The main suspense of the story is what got Anakin going to the other side.
The funny thing is the reason he went to the other side was his love for Padme and his ability to prevent death by going to the dark side. So after turning to the other side he starts killing the young padawan learner (they must be 5-7 years old). The FUNNIEST PART OF THE story that I vomited in the theater just today on May 20,2005 (as funny as America's Funniest Home Video) is with his ability from the Dark Side to give IMMORTALITY. So once he knew Padme DIED, the Sith Lord said, "oh Padme's dead because of your anger". Yeah, and after going to the darkie side I STILL CAN'T save Padme's live. Oh well, we can throw immortality out the window! It would have been more convincing in going to the dark side to find Padme died in the hands of the Jedi Knights and he became so angry he turned over to the dark side. Some CGI flashes and things as he is converted would have been more fun, followed by rampage of murder and the allegiance to the Sith Lord after killing the entire padawan learner would have been more reasonable as his revenge.
Now let's go to Senator Palpatine. The politics of senator Palpatine's corruption is nothing more than your typical U.S. politician's tyranny. I mean we vote for a leader which we be believe in him and then he turns around and become tyrant leader against our own people. The story line of this is in similar vain of Fahrenheit 9/11. So depending on how you look at this action, you either liked it or you hate it. There is an enormous divide on this issue just like Republicans vs. Democrats. While this scheming of "conspiracy theory" are something like Nazi that can't happened in America soils or it can and very disturbing. This is a rather controversial topic that Lucas has given in his final Episode III that I am on a great divide. A brilliant political look insight.
One of the better movies on politics rather than fantasy. Because of this I am giving only 6/10 because of politics. I would have given a better ratings if it was a mindless Lord of the Rings, Return of the Kings - but then Don't we all? LOTR is in the top 250 of the IMDb movie with the highest rating. This one will NOT make the grade.