[Dr Kain]

Revenge of the Sith - There are many things great about this movie, but at the same time, there are things bad about it. First off, the movie just starts out fantastic with a great battle in space the likes we have never seen before and it is accompanied by an incredible score of drums. Unfortunately, it seems to dwindle down once Anakin and Obiwan reach Grievous's ship as Count Dooku is dead while Grievious runs away like a coward. I just do not understand what the purpose of Dooku was in this entire series. He shows up in the last half hour of the previous movie and then is dead within 15 minute of this one. He had absolutely no character development and his character was entirely irrelevant to the plot of either movie. It was like they just wanted to have Christoper Lee's name attached to it. Also, the Grievous portrayed here is the exact opposite of who he was in the Genndy Clone Wars cartoon. As that Grievous was bad ass, would go all out on a fight and not stop until his prey was dead. Here, he is a cheater and a coward, which completely contradicts his character to those that watched the cartoon that had been released at that time.

Obiwan is once again the star of the movie as every scene he is in is nothing short of excellent. It does not matter if it is just him having a discussion with Yoda to his battle with Anakin, this man is amazing. Palpatine also stands out here, but did they really need to give him a reason for having an ugly face in the original trilogy? Couldn't he just have gotten ugly from both age and his own corrupted desires? Once again the visuals and the sound rule the movie as we are treated to some great landscapes, pretty battles, and some of the best music from the series. Sadly, the more things improved, the worse some areas got. Padme's dialog is just atrocious as all of her lines feel forced and unrealistic. Anakin has improved a bit, but not enough to warrant anything less than a smacking. One of the best scenes of the movie is when Palpatine is talking about Darth Plagus to Anakin though as it truly built up some mythos that could be explored in future times, which is something the previous two movies lacked. The movie overall is quite good, but could have been better if it did not exist just to set everything up for the original trilogy, which is ultimately where this trilogy as a whole fails at. Instead of telling its own stories, and giving us a series full of finely detailed characters with rich development, they gave us three movies that were made to just set everything up for what comes after, killing any sense of suspense or mystery that could have been made.

Overall, I give this movie a 7/10.