Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2005)

overall this movie was pretty well done. visually it was stunning and John Williams score was nearly as good as the original trilogy (OT). however there were parts that i wanted to fast forward through. either because the acting was horrible, or it did not have a lot of importance to the plot. The first scene that has Padme and Anakin together in Padme's apartment was one of these. The acting was horrible. plan and simple. the relationship had no feeling behind it and the delivery of the lines made it seem like a high school play. almost all of the Padme/Anakin scenes were like this...the only one that wasn't was the little talk before the final fight.
now that i reflect back on it, Portman's (Padme) was not up to par with what she has done before. her lines were delivered without any emotion and she looked and sounded like she did not wish to be in the movie. when she was giving birth was the most obvious instance when her acting was that of a high schooler at best. i couldn't feel her pain of giving birth...all she did was scream a little and *pop* there's Luke and Leia.
as for Christenson, his acting as improved from Clones, but he is still a long way from an Oscer Nomination. most of his lines here deliver in a very monotone voice that did not have much emotion in it. line delivery aside, he did play a good Anakin. he had the evil look down and his Lightsaber fights with Dooku and Kenobi were very impressive and fast. even though its all planed out, he did a good job at making it appear real. i say that in his next movie he should play a mime or something to that extent.
McGregor was better in Clones. his lines in Sith weren't what they could have been and i think he did the best he could with the delivery. the same with Christenson, lines aside his physical acting was great.
the guy who plays Palps was pretty good in the movie. some of his lines were horribly delivered he was one of the best. the horrible line delivery came after Windu dies and he turned Anakin to Vader. the lines are overly exaggerated in terms of speech (like dragging out words or sounds a lot longer then he should have). but, i did like his character.
OK, enough bashing.
like i mentioned above, the movie was visually stunning. the CG characters and worlds were near flawless. almost everything blended together and there were only a few instances that a something looked like it was actually CGed. Yoda fell victim to this a few times, as did some of the clone troopers.
the Lightsaber duels were amazing, Kenobi/Skywalker's fight was one of the best that i have seen in a movie. Dooku/Skywalker i would have liked to have seen longer but the short fight was pretty good. Mace/Palps was good, it would have been better from a different angel to see more if the action. Yoda/Palps...it was OK, there wasn't as much of a real fight as i would have liked, but there's was more of a Force fight then a saber duel. Grevious/Kenobi...did not like it, it lacked the grace of a real star wars fight when Lightsabers are involved.
thats really about it.
the movie kept me entertained and i plan on seeing it at least 2 more times and i do recommend this movie.