Shake yourselves people

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2005)

I am a lifelong Star Wars fan (the first movie came out when I was 9) and I understand all true fans have very high expectations for this series, but come on people!!!! THey're Just Movies!!! I have read post after post on this site that has lambasted George Lucas for everything from meglomaniacal control of the movie's script to his gratuitous use of too much CGI.
First things first, I like all true Star Wars fans have many ideas about what should and shouldn't happen in to the characters in the Star Wars Universe, but the realist in all of us should realize that while we can all sit back and play Monday morning quarterback with the plot of ROTS, this is a luxury George Lusas does not have. He had one shot to develop a storyline that could adequately detail Anakin Skywalker's fall from grace. While all the amateur screenwriters who saw the movie are picking and poking at the plot lines and complaining about how the movie wasn't paced correctly, they need to realize that a two hour film basically allows the director 70 pages of dialogue to play with to convey the plot to the audience. This being the case, Lucas may have wanted to show a more gradual progression of Anakin to Vadar but time wouldn't permit. Like most fans who have posted comments on this page I think he missed opportunities to more gradually detail Anakin's conversion in the first two movies, but once again this is idle conjecture.
Secondly, in regard to the look of ROTS. While I am a big fan of the first trilogy, I took a look at all three when I purchased the DVD release recently, and I realized they didn't age very well. The breathtaking special effects that wowed us in 1977 don't translate very well to the Computer Generated savy audience of 2005. Lucas and ILM have done amazing work on the look of the 2nd trilogy and shouldn't be condemned for making the movie look too good.
All in all the movie is a well crafted, if not great, close to the Star Wars series. Everyone who has yet to see it should go to see it. It may not be the Space Opera Opus that some hardcore fans were waiting for but all in all it is a good time at the cinema......and remember.....it's just a movie.