Great, but not the best

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2005)

I went to see this movie today with some of my friends. I must say that it was refreshingly better than Episodes I and II. Bits of it confused me, especially the close-up of General Grievous's eyes. The movie did not really explain that. It did, however, explain many things. It showed how the Jedi were wiped out, how someone like Yoda did not manage to defeat Darth Sidious and why exactly Anakin became Darth Vader. There was a lot of irony laced into the movie. It was especially ironic how Anakin risked everything to try and save Padme, but by doing so, killed her. Anakin's transformation into the masked Darth Vader really disturbed me, though. Everything up to that point had been PG. I could understand why that caused it to have a PG-13 rating. It was a break from the childness of JarJar Binks as well. It still cannot compare to the original, though, but it still deserves 9 out of 10.