Whatever

Rating: 3/10 (3 June 2005)

Mediocre at best. I can't believe friends of mine liked this and said it was dark. I guess it's certainly better than the last two, but I found it long, boring, and unconvincing. The acting seemed better in this one from the Anakin and Obi Wan characters, but it wasn't enough to carry the bad script. I didn't find Anakin's transition to the dark side powerful enough. Especially the one scene where he pledges his allegiance to Darth Sidius. "What have I done??" he says, in reference to killing the Jedi Master...followed immediately by "I will do anything you ask of me" to the Sith lord and then he goes out and kills younglings with no remorse. Wanting to save Padme could have been better developed. Even if they had stuck in a few lines between the "What have I done" and then "I'll do whatever you want" to see Anakin's will crumbling. And if the love between them was more heartfelt. Despite the good attempts of t he actors I just didn't find it convincing. And I dislike that they have Padme out of politics like some dumb housewife just saying things like "let's go away to the lake and be in love and forget everything." There were so many unnecessary boring scenes that could have been cut to make room for more character development that could have fixed these problems. And when the newly suited Darth Vader learns that Padme had died...what a pathetic scene. He cries out "Noooo!" in a very cow-like sound and that's it??? Darth Sidius says he killed her by striking her, and then it's all OK and they sit and watch the Deathstar being built like best buddies. I didn't feel the tragedy in this at all. This had all the makings of a good tragedy, tragic flaw and all. His love for Padme and refusal to lose her leads to him losing her, but this is so poorly executed in the script that it looses all the emotional pull it could have. A forgettable movie.