A great movie experience but....

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2005)

Star Wars Episode 3 is certainly well worth the money spent on the tickets. The special effects were out of this world! During the opening scene of the fight in space, a fighter was blown to bits and you can actually SEE the pilot being thrown into orbit together with the rest of the debris. If that effect does not meet expectations, I don't quite know how else anyone can make it better. The light saber duels were excellent. However, the Obiwan-Grievious fight scene was a huge disappointment. I mean, how can someone (or something) known as the ruthless killer of other Jedi warriors, and wielding FOUR light sabers, be so incompetent to lose 2 arms in a space of seconds?Unfortunately, I have to admit that what brought this movie down a few points was the hurried pace during that all important scene where Anakin became Darth Vader. The scene was perfect to extract the maximum dramatic emotion from the audience, but it felt as if Lucas was running out of film and needed to finish the shoot in double quick time. All in all, Episode 3 is the best of the prequels but some way short of the spirit of the original.