Lack of storyline dents the quality

Rating: 6/10 (18 February 2009)

Well Lucas firing producer Kurz because the latter thought it lacked a good story seemed to have turned out to be a bad move for this last in the line. Kurz was right that the audience did not only care for the spectacle.
Lucas first 2 movies where awesome. Especially in the frame of time. This third installment was inevitable. And it does not disappoint in a lot of ways.
The effects where very good. The sets used brilliant. Jabba the hut and his gang where fantastic to see. I liked the addition of new rebel alliance characters too.
And thankfully the spectacle was of very high quality. The fighting scenes in space and the Death Star very entertaining. The Endor fights and Ewoks a suspencefull part.
And although the acting wasn't of the highest order, i did enjoy Mark Hamills portrait of Luke Skywalker. I thought Harrison Ford was great as ever. In fact without him wouldv given the movie a lot less attraction. Carrie Fisher so endearing. the lovestory between her an Solo was nice and warm. James Earl Jones voice for Vader absolutely perfect. All in all the movie was a pleasure to watch and gave plenty of emotions.
The only flaw must have been the plot and the storyline. Luke, without any additional training, is suddenly a full blown jedi. Who doesn't use any of his force against the Rancor, but does so against Vader, only to lose everything again against the emperor. Strange.
Weakened Vader was still strong enough to lift the Emperor and throw him in a shaft without the latter making any attempt to fight back. The same thing happened between Windu and Anakin in Revenge of the Sith; the most powerful jedi Windu powerless and defenseless when his arm suddenly gets chopped by Anakin and falls out a window. I guess he wasn't so powerful after all.
Then the continuous fighting between Imperial and Rebel fighters; even though the emperor was dead and defeated, and Vader could easely have ordered to cease fire and surrender, the rebels keep fighting and eventually destroy the death star. A simple cease fire would have given the rebels a big equipped death star too. The cheering around the galaxy was also strange; even when the Death Star was defeated, why would the other Imperial troops surrender? They where still much much stronger than the small rebel army.
I hope and Im looking forward to perhaps 3 following movies. Lucas is more than capable of doing so. However i hope he makes the story stick too. And stops using so many CGI effects. It gives the movie the look of animation like tom and jerry. Return of the Jedi, was imo, the best mix of puppets and CGI use.