I was extremely disappointed at the last episode. The acting - I must say was just rubbish. I was laughing my head off when Padme (Natalie Portman) died - it was just so fake. And that creature that was like 'Lulabell!' lol

Aniken or however you spell it just GOT on my nerves. Disobident fool. Palpatine was cool though - and I'm glad Mace Windu died because he annoyed me from the beginning of Episode 1 - he's so moody. Lighten up.

Really, just special effects - what George Lucas does best really. I saw a bit with a house that looked like a Doll's House. - What was ging on there?

The War! bit was really the only cool bit.

When Plo Koon died it was pretty sad - but there was nothing in that film to cry about! God!

1/10

Have to disagree...I thought Ewen MacGregor has been fantastic throughout the series, even with all the stiff dialogue.

He did Sir Alec Guiness justice.

Let me say first off: I don't want to argue about the movie, or even talk about the movie beyond this post. I hated this movie. I am going to rant on and on about what I hated about this movie and why. I just want to leave it at that.

God has forsaken humanity. There is no hope left for us, if this, THIS is considered to be in any way par with the original trilogy. This wretched, vile piece of cinematic excrement, spewed from the hackneyed mind of a 'man' by the name of Lucas. The classic trilogy, already brutalized more times than a skinny guy in prison who drops the soap, now has this to add to its list of shame.

As this movie has already been discussed to death, I will simply list what I didn't like about this movie. Presenting AWeskers 10 Things I Hated About Episode III:

1. Terrible, overwrought CGI dominating every scene. You think I get uppity when they use CGI for bullet hits in the latest zombie movie? Now, image that only when the entire movie is CGI. I swear... no, that's it. I swear. A lot. You should have heard me. A drunken sailor with tourettes and a serious anger management problem would have trouble keeping up.

2. Wooden, stilted acting as a result of wretched writing. I couldn't believe it. There is no acting here whatsoever. "Anakin, you're breaking my heart." Yes, and I'd like fries with that. Your one true love and father of your children has just become the ultimate evil. EMOTE, DAMN YOU! EMOTE! A group of wandering retarded dyslexic minstrels with no tongues could act better than you! I COULD ACT BETTER THAN YOU!

3. Needless scene changes every five minutes. George Lucas made this movie with 13 year old ADD suffering males in mind. CUT! CUT! CUT! CUT! CUT! The editor is having a seizure! Good... good...

4. A lack of any editing flow and continuity whatsoever. A lack of any type of flow whatsoever. Just when something gets going, it cuts. The final climactic scene has no tension whatsoever. Obi-Wan and Anakin begin to fight, hey! I know what we'll do! We'll cut to Yoda and Sidius bickering like two crotchety old men sitting on a porch. A battle has just begun? Let's cut to Anakin and Padme over under acting.

5. Pointless transitions between every scene! WHO NEEDS SO MANY BLOODY TRANSITIONS?! Square wipes, box wipes, clock wipes. All I have to say is this: If you're going to oversaturate a movie with wipes, then where in the HELL is my star wipe?

6. Lucas has turned one of the darkest tales of good and evil in cinematic history into a two and a half hour movie about teen angst. Anakin broods, some stuff happens. Anakin broods some more. More pointless stuff happens. Anakin complains he's not treated fairly and wants to be equal. More pointless stuff happens. Anakin cries and mopes. More pointless stuff happens.

7. Every... single... scene... has... flashing... BUTTONS! Every scene! In every single scene there is something in the background doing something with no purpose! Ugh. Again with the ADD people in mind.

8. Yoda fighting should never have been committed to film. It is a crime against all we have come to know and love about the little green guy. It looked terrible in Episode II, it looks even worse here.

9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Moving on.

10. Order 66. In Episode I (By that I mean Star Wars, the REAL episode one) Obi-Wan sits fondly remembering the days of the republic, his memories broken by the past. The slaughter of the jedi. This one scene holds more power than the entire prequel trilogy. You know how dramatic an execution can be when done properly? Yeah, Lucas knows. And he went the complete opposite direction. It's handled with about as much grace as me in a social setting. There's shooting, screaming, and a whole lot of destruction, but no real meaning to it. Hell, one character doesn't even show any emotion. She turns, sees the troopers, and turns away. Nice try and running there, lass. Hey, did you know the jedi can throw things with the force? And block lasers with their handy dandy light sabers? And JUMP HIGH! Wow, some of the most powerful jedi brought down by a few clone troopers. And these same troopers would go on to have so much difficulty bringing down a smuggler and his hairy friend trapped on a space station full of nothing but said troopers.

I was glad when it was all over. When that last wipe raped the screen and this movie ended I cheered. I let out a cry of "Finally!" loud enough to be heard next door. I just... I hated this movie. It wasn't the build up that killed it. I've heard tons of good stuff about this movie, and I still hated it. Even more than Episode II, even more than Episode I. And I HATED Episode I.

I don't know what to do now. No, wait, you know what I'll do? Tomorrow I'm going to go out and buy a dozen of the cutest kittens I can find. Then I'm going to go to an orphanage. Then, in front of the orphans, I'm going to snap those kittens necks one by one. Then I'm going to cut them open and spread their blood on my body while eating their eyeballs. That should pretty much guarantee me a place in hell, which will give me a whole eternity to help make Lucas' existance even worse.

And now, the only questions which could possibly follow up a post of such overbearing negativity...

If you hated 1 and hated 2, why did you watch 3? And furthermore, if you were hating it so early on, why sit through it? I always wonder about people going to watch something they know they'll hate...

Because, just because I hated 1 and 2 doesn't mean I automatically hate 3. I always give a movie a chance. And, no matter how much I hate a movie, I NEVER stop it part way through.

Episode 2 is much better the second time around.  Can't wait to pick up this DVD!

Quoted from George Willson And now, the only questions which could possibly follow up a post of such overbearing negativity... If you hated 1 and hated 2, why did you watch 3? And furthermore, if you were hating it so early on, why sit through it? I always wonder about people going to watch something they know they'll hate...

I thought Episode I was only all right and I thought Episode II was a pile of crap, but I still managed to very much enjoy Episode III.  And, also, ditto to Freak's comment: no matter what, I never leave a movie half way through.  No matter how fucking awful, I always stay until the end.  Who knows?  Maybe some really, really great part will present itself within the vast waste of celluloid (I.e.: the re-introduction of the room in "Saw 2").

And, Freak, it is your opinion, and I am not here to sway it.  As a matter of fact, I agree with many of your points, I just don't think they effected me as much.  My only real problem is that you mention an annoyance with the constant wipes.  The only thing is that the original trilogy also contains constant side swipes and diaganol swipes and vertical swipes and all.  Then again, it is possible that those annoyed you in the originals as well, so my point may be invalid.  Oh, well.  Just wondering.

How feel you? afraid are you?

Lots of anger i sense in you.


Fear leads to anger,anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.


Ok enough with the yoda quotes.


Most Star Wars Fans,nerds,whatever-would dissagree with you. ep.3 is the best of the new  movies and olny 4th overall, IMO anyways. it does have it's problems but what flim doesn't? the worst part IMO is Anakin and Padme on the balcony with that stupid "No it's cause im so in love with you" crap, but it is still a good movie overall.

also an movie with less Jar Jar is a good thing.

anyone that likes star wars should get it.

I have always not enjoyed the 6 films but Star Wars is a good idea just not written by George Lucas.

It's like a chocolate enema, it's good for awhile but than it just gets really ugly.

I think the prequel trilogy would have been much better if he had followed the route of the original trilogy. Bring in other writers and directors, and just watch over the production on a whole. Of course, he took over control of Return of the Jedi, so I suppose it was inevitable. Unlimited dollars and ultimate control of three major motion pictures? I expect he nearly shat himself.

I agree with you there. If Lucas had allowed someone else to write the scripts (or at least edit what he had), the prequels would have been much better. I didn't really have a big issue with his direction. Would it have been better with someone else at the helm? They probably would have redone his dialogue. They might have tried to get more acting out the new actors. But we'll never really know. I find that unlike the original trilogy, the prequels were presented as a more continuous storyline with time breaks. This means the Episode 2 started where 1 left off and ended before closing its loose ends. Movies like that never leave a good taste with most moviegoers (Back to the Future 2 being a solid example of this).

Personally, I love sequels and overly enormous plots that have a lot of stuff going on and a lot of stuff to do. I was disappointed that subplots were cut from Ep 3 for time since they worked more for the big picture than that one film. But I enjoyed the prequel trilogy for what it was: backstory. We'll never watch the original trilogy the same way again. Subconsciously, we'll be reading into the characters' actions and wonder how much backstory Lucas discussed with Alec Guiness...

I've gotta say, when everything else is working right (and I thought, for the most part, it was in Episode III), I kinda like Lucas' laughably awful dialogue.  I dunno about others, but I think the writing in alot of the original trilogy is a little laughable, but I also think that that really turned out to be a good thing.  I've always found Star Wars interesting in that I can laugh hysterically at it, yet still enjoy it more than almost anything else, and think of it as an excellent trilogy (I'm talking about the originals here).

I liked most of Episode III, and therefore, I thought lines like "No, it's because I'm so much in love with YOU!" only made it all the more enjoyable.  I don't take Star Wars too seriously, and I don't think you're supposed to, so frankly, I like Lucas' bad writing and quick cutting.  

"Let them pass between us" and "It's over Anakin, I have the high ground" are two of my favorite lines out of all six films.