Rate Revenge of the Sith *SPOILERS*

[fett527]

...7. One last request. This might have redeemed the movie at the end. Okay, so Anakin becomes Vader, and Palpatine tells him Amidala is dead, and Anakin gives a very un-Vader-like (and un-James Earl Jones-like) cry of "Noooo!" Now imagine if the scene had lingered for a moment longer.

Vader is kneeling, looking down at his new, inhuman body. He takes one slow breath, slumps slightly, then takes another breath, looking broken. And then with his next deep, mechanical breath, he straightens and stands. We can almost hear a growl in his breathing.

"Anakin Skywalker has lost all he ever loved. It has all betrayed him, all died. Now there is nothing left but the power of the dark side of The Force. There is nothing left but Vader."

And we can fade out with the Emperor quietly cackling. Roll credits.

That would have been an ending I could love...

While I don't agree with the rest of your critique, this is exactly what I was talking about in this scene.

 

[Ycore Rixle]

I gave it a 9.

This was a super movie.

Like JohnCrichton, I can't get the final image of Anakin rising as Vader, and losing Padme, out of my head.

 

[WanderingMonster]

I gave it an 8.

Ironically, it was the schlocky scenes during the first 1/2 of the movie (especially when Anakin and Padme were alone) that required the most suspension of disbelief in RoTS. Aside from that, I liked this movie.

 

[diaglo]

I gave it an 8.

Ironically, it was the schlocky scenes during the first 1/2 of the movie (especially when Anakin and Padme were alone) that required the most suspension of disbelief in RoTS. Aside from that, I liked this movie.

me too.

didn't see nor feel the love.

 

[Krug]

After 117 votes, an average score of 7.70.

 

[Desdichado]

After 117 votes, an average score of 7.70.

Which is enough to get rid of the outlier fanboys, and the outlier naysayers, and approaches something like a consensus!

 

[sniffles]

I prefer an A, B, C, D form of rating to numbers, so under that system I'd give it a B.

I am still convinced that George Lucas cannot write good dialog, except for the occasional humorous line. Some of the dialog was cringe-inducing. He's also a master of making events fit his overarcing story and logic be damned; i.e., they have bacta fluid and droids in the Star Wars universe, but apparently they don't have ultrasound, because Padme didn't know she was having twins.

But I have to say I'm always impressed when a filmmaker is willing to make a film that doesn't have a happy ending. Yes, we know there's a happy ending on the way, but that's three more films down the line. This film isn't happy. The bad guys win. Most of the good guys die. The battle against evil is lost, although the war isn't over yet. I like it when a movie does that.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

What is the median score now? We know the average; what is the median?

 

[Zaukrie]

I gave it an 8. I think a 7 is a better score though. My biggest problem was making Padme into a girly girl. My wife and I really hated that part. She should have confronted the emporer, or started the rebellion, or something, anything. Turning into a pregnant damsel in distress was annoying.

I found the movie to be fun. That's why I gave it an 8 and not a 7 (a 3 for dialogue). I really had fun. For those of you with young kids, I took my 7 and 9 year old boys. It was their first time seeing that kind of movie in the theatre, though they've memorized the first 5 movies. They handled it just fine.

 

[Frilf]

Wow. It's a 7 in a world where I was hoping for it to be more of an 8 or 9 (Lucas is incapable of perfection, try as he may not). What follows is my rationale (like anyone cares), and there are SPOILERS below, so if you haven't seen it yet - suffice it to say that I felt it was a solid "7" - far better than Eps I & II.

OVERALL VISUALS - Incredible! You've never seen anything like it - just incredible!

OPENING FIGHT - Right on! Classic Star Wars. This got the film off to a rollicking start and raised my hopes. Then... the death of Dooku. Give me a break!

GEN. GRIEVOUS - Grievous was cool (esp. the lightsaber thing later on - awesome!), but he was a bit too wheezy for my taste. Come on! Is he a first-rate butt-kicker or in serious need of an inhaler? I also thought HE was dispatched too easily, but that's standard Lucas (see Dooku, Mace Windu, Boba Fett, Jango Fett, Darth Maul, etc., for further proof of this).

MACE WINDU - Um. Not sure what happened here. I guess Lucas just didn't know what to do with the character. Offed like a chump.

OTHER MISC. JEDI - Also offed like chumps. I would think that Jedi Masters would sense something wrong with the Force and be able to fend off multiple clone troopers at least for a few minutes - not get shot in the back like dogs! Arrgh. And wouldn't it have been better if Dooku/Grievous/Vader did the killing instead? Why do the generic clones get the honors? Aren't they the chorus in this space opera? I digress.

ANAKIN/PADME - Wooden and awkward, but less so than Episode II.

YODA - Cool, cool, cool. The fight with Darth Sidious is fun!

FIGHT ON THE VOLCANO PLANET - Wicked cool! Nice effects. Anakin is torched! Nice!

BIRTH OF VADER - In five seconds, Lucas dashes everyone's opinion of Darth Vader as the ultimate baddie. All I can say here is "Noooooooo!" Pass the cheese. Peee-yoosah!

Those are some of the highlights and lowlights (as I saw them) of Episode III. Overall, it's worth seeing, but I felt it was far from satisfying on several fronts. When I see it again, maybe my opinion will change somewhat. Who knows? For my money, though, Lucas should have left the original triology as its own thing and renamed the Episodes I-III (or not have Episode monikers at all). Here's hoping they stop and don't make Eps. VII-IX unless Lucas hires someone else to write and direct them.

Cheers!