Brilliant-Could be better

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2005)

I saw revenge of the sith at 12:31am at my local cinema Thursday morning, i am a huge star wars fan but i don't think there's anyone out there that cant say they were caught up in the hype and were extremely excited about this film. I went in with incredibly high hopes and thankfully for the most part the film did deliver.
Providing us with the best opening sequence from a star wars film you quickly see that Lucas is pulling all the punches for this one, the special effects are superb, definitely the best seen on film in recent years, the action is fast and pretty much never relents. The many light saber duels are all varied enough to keep the audience entertained and with expert music some people will most definitely shed a tear at one scene.
We all know how the story pans out but credit must still be given to Lucas for the storyline this time round, it is very deep and Anakins path to the dark-side is portrayed well, Obi-Wans struggle to do what is right will reach out to you and Ian McDirmid's Emperor is particularly menacing.
Revenge of the Sith does has its flaws though, first being the acting and dialog, i wasn't a fan of Hayden Christensens Anakin in Ep.2 and had read he was much better in Revenge of the Sith, i didn't find this so, he is given bad dialog that he fails to deliver well enough until the end, though a fan of Natalie Portman she is simply annoying in this doing nothing but moping around providing the worst dialog in the film, Samuel L. Jackson is also not up to scratch with his performance as Mace Windu. There are however some truly great performances, Ewan McGregor shines once again even with his bad dialog, you really feel the pain of his duty, Ian McDirmid is brilliant as Palpatine but the true hero of the film is the the little special effect himself-Master Yoda. Definitely the best performance in the film Frank Oz hits all the right notes as we see a different side to Yoda, it is a truly heartfelt performance.
So its over and if truth be told a very well fitting end to a great saga, i cant help but feel the acting lets down the prequels most notably in the last two but Lucas will be praised for this very enjoyable end to the saga in that galaxy far far away and so he should be.