A decent end to a hyped trilogy

Rating: 2/10 (21 May 2005)

I just saw this movie with a few friends. I'm a Sci-Fi fan, but not a star wars fanatic. After watching this movie, one a my friends quotes "This movie insulted me as an adult." I don't know exactly what that means, except maybe the is weak in its acting. The overall storyline is strong. It nicely concludes what was a very confusing and poorly acted Eps 1 & 2. THe CGI is crazy of the wall. Almost all the characters take a back seat except obi wan, anikan, yoda, and Palpotine. As it should be. I heard some comments on Pademe fall from a strong female character. We have to believe the woman has to be shown a blinded by love of a hateful man and she is there to serve one purpose (mother to the twins). Anikan's acting is terrible as usual, but Obi wan and the Empiror acting fill in his gaps. Lucas promised a much darker movie and he delivered. The story got so dark by the end, i questioned why parents would let their 4-6 year olds watch it.
The only thing i don't like is how he embraces the dark forces. The reasoning was not as strong as it should have been.
This movie stands as better then the first two. And the acting, while uninspiring is along the stands of Eps 4, 5, & 6. I think this movie will stand the test of time, and 5 out of the 6 should be part of your movie collection THe Phantom Menace...well we can't all be perfect.