After 28 years, the final chapter has given us closure.

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2005)

I couldn't give this movie a 10 mainly because of Hayden Christensen's poor performance. The story, effects, and all other actors were great but as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Christensen was just plain...bad. He was very one-level all throughout the movie, when it would have been so wonderful if we, the audience, had truly seen his struggle within as he hovered somewhere in between the dark and the light side of the force. It was embarrassing too to see Natalie Portman trying so hard to get some chemistry going with him in their love scenes...it's not good when the audience laughs at something that is supposed to be tender. But those scenes are very few in this movie. The best acting comes from Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid. Both are very believable in their roles.
Overall, Episode III IS MUCH better than I or II, and it's fun to see some other characters (I won't say names in case some of you haven't seen it yet) totally kick butt on the bad guys. The cinematography is great, costumes are great, the music is fantastic (kudos to John Williams once again) the CGI isn't over-whelming and even though we all know how the story will end up, it still is exciting and sometimes sad to see how the actual story lines unfold. (and yes, Jar Jar has two very short scenes but no lines...thank you George Lucas.)
I would not recommend taking a child under 8 to see this movie, as it does have a few harsh scenes and is, overall, a dark movie.