The best produced bad movie I've ever seen

Rating: 5/10 (26 June 2005)

There is one basic problem that shows itself with the release of every single Star Wars movie: George Lucas cannot direct human emotions.
Off course, it all looks great. The worlds created are stunningly realistic and computer graphics are (most of the time) convincing. But it doesn't work on an emotional level; storytelling is much more then showing effects, and this is what wrecks the Revenge of the Sith.
Lucas seems to have forgotten what story he wanted to tell, thus causing lack of time being the movie's greatest problem. Halfway through the movie I started wondering how many times you can land a spaceship on again another planet, and why that fight between Yoda and Palpatin is so important (knowing both have two films ahead of them).
The dialog between the action sequences is either short and beautiful (not so many times) or boring and ridiculously badly written (times to many). And this in particular stings, because the story in itself is a beautiful one. I keep asking myself: Why is Padme so in love with Anakin? I for one don't see it, or it must be Padme is falling for aggressive, mood-swing suffering spoiled brats.
The transformation of Anakin into Vader could have been one of the great highlights in film history, but left me stunned in my seat instead, rubbing my eyes in disbelieve, not knowing to laugh or weep, but then I knew: Lucas killed Vader. The villain of villains is no more.
The point made by Lucas himself still stands: He is a great producer (The Empire Strikes Back) but a very, very poor director (All The Other Episodes).