good, but still slightly disappointing

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2005)

Episode III was, by far, the best of the three prequels to the original series. The effects were fantastic, the music was brilliant, and Lucas actually worked on the storyline this time. However, I still believe that the original series was better, however primitive the special effects. I did enjoy much of it--however, there were a couple of things I had a problem with. First of all, some of Hayden's acting was rather wooden, but his charisma and looks made up for some of it. Second of all, there was love dialogue that was rather sickening. I could find that same stuff in a cheap Mexican soap opera. There were other lines that I didn't like, such as "Only a Sith deals in absolutes." Jedi deal in absolutes as well. He's contradicting himself. Also, he is saying that people who deal in absolutes are Siths--that's rather like saying that molesting a child isn't wrong, it's all how you look at it, which is baloney. I also looked at the book before seeing the movie and was sort of disappointed when the lines were delivered differently then what I imagined. Another thing was when Anakin chokes Padme--I expected it to be more intense. I mean, he's choking her, and her face isn't even red and she falls down unconscious. That part didn't click with me. (Nor did the freaky part with Anakin, Mace Windu, and Palpatine.)However, like I said before, there were many good points about this film--the most important one is Ja-Ja Binks does not speak. I almost jumped for joy when I saw that one shot of him with his mouth shut. However, I sat back down when I realized he was alive, and not dead. All in all, this was an excellent movie with only slight disappointments. I left the movie theater satisfied and smiling. I hope to see it again sometime, and this is a movie that I will definitely add to my DVD collection. P.S. The light saber fights were wonderful--I was in awe watching it. However, when I came straight home and watched Episode IV A New Hope and its fight, I burst out laughing--it was pathetic compared to the previous.