Highly Disappointed - Vader ruined

Rating: 4/10 (20 May 2005)

***SPOILERS BELOW*** I had high hopes for this movie, as I favor the "darker" movies. However, this movie was not that dark. At times, it was just plain silly.
From the start I was let down by cheesy one-liners and horrible dialog. This was on par with Episode 1. However, I still held faith that things would get better.
In the first Trilogy, it was stated that Vader hunted down the Jedi and killed them. Was this not what everyone wanted to see? During the movie, Vader only kills one Jedi and that Jedi was a bad guy (Dooku). Instead of Vader killing all of the Jedi, we see them die by getting shot in the back by Storm Troopers. I can't think of a more pathetic way for them to have died.
Then, at the end, Lucas was desperate to find a way for Obi-Wan to defeat Vader (because of comments in the original Trilogy). Vader handled Dooku quite easily early in the movie, yet fights Obi-Wan to a stand still pretty much?!? This made no sense. Lucas would have been better off having Obi-Wan and Vader separate early in the movie (never to fight again until Episode IV).
Other issues:
Obi-Wan Character - Has been horrible in the new Trilogy
R2D2 and C3PO - These characters had great chemistry in the original trilogy, but none in this movie. C3P0 brought nothing to the table here as he was not as talkative as in the original Trilogy (which is his main gimmick).
Clones/Droids cracking jokes - not funny
Yoda's backwards speak. It was fine in the original Trilogy but is just plain annoying now (he either does it more frequently, or with longer sentences)
Chewbacca - should not have been in this movie. Lucas created no good characters in the new Trilogy, and was desperate to bring back the old characters he could. However, the entire part of the movie with wookies was completely contrived and unnecessary. It could have been replaced by Vader killing Jedi. While Chewbacca was not annoying like Jar Jar, he was equally irrelevant here.
There are too many other things wrong with this movie to list (ie. overrated fight scenes, sad music while jedi were being shot {should have been menacing music while vader killed them}, bad love story, horrible acting by Portman, Anakin's instant turn to Vader, Anakin/Vader chopping Windu's hand off instead of blocking it with a light sabre and whipping him in a dual, Vader's fighting style {nothing like the originals..should have been more methodical and powerful}, jedi flying {stupid..they took something that happened a couple of times in the original Trilogy and now everyone is hopping around like it's frickin' Peter Pan}, etc)
Now, the good:
Hayden Christensen - surprisingly, he fit the role of Vader perfectly. The only problem is that he had nothing to work with. Bad scripts and a bad story lead to destroying Vader's character credibility. Not bad acting.
Vader burning - Great 10-20 seconds. I would have rather seen him get into that situation while defeating a couple jedi knights. Also, this should have been more of a positive for the darkside and Vader should have sported a sick smile and strength while burning as the emperor arrived.
Two Suns - Another great 10 seconds. Perfect tie back to the original.
Palpatine - A great character, just as he was in Return of the Jedi.
General Grievous' 4 Light Sabers - Great idea. It looked really cool for the 1st 10-15 seconds. In the end it ended up being poorly executed and a poor fight scene overall. However, the idea was good.
Overall, this movie was a huge disappointment and because of the way it treated the Darth Vader character, I would only rate Episode I as a worse Star Wars movie. I will never watch Episodes I-III again.