Movie Review: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

I realize I've been putting this one review off for a long time. So, without further a due, here is my review of Revenge of the Sith. Now ROTS has always been one of my favorite prequel movies. If not my favorite prequel movie out of the three. Revenge of the Sith is a movie that takes place three years after Attack of the Clones. During the three years, we had what we now know as the clone wars. If you don't know about that event, it's five seasons of CGI on Netflix. So this movie was created to pretty much acomplish one thing: Anakin turns to the dark side. Yes, we finally get to see Anakin Skywalker become Darth Vader. This movie has two things that you should know before you see it. Number one, this movie is the most emotional star wars movie after Return of the Jedi. It's filled with scenes that actually provoke real human emotions. However, there are still a good bunch of people who could probably break down the scenes with feelings, and figure out how they don't really work with the movie. Number two, this is THE most violent Star Wars film in the entire series (yet). I read somewhere it has the highest body count in the entire Star Wars saga. It also has some really disturbing sequences. That scene where Mace Windu (SPOILER) dies. We have Anakin getting yelled at by palpatine, Samuel Jackson yelling, and then a guys arm gets cut off. Yeah, that's just the midpoint of the movie. I actually really enjoyed this movie overall. Since this is almost a 3 hour movie, I'm going to pick three things to talk about. The first thing I really liked in this movie was the cast. This movie brings a lot of characters into the picture at once, but it brings back Chewbacca. I thought that was really awesome. It makes us feel connected to the OT. The second thing I love in this movie is the ending Yoda vs Sidious duel, it's so well-crafted that it looks like there are two real dudes just swinging some lightsabers around. Now the third thing I love about this movie is Ian McDiarmid. Palpatine is so awesomely evil, that you can't help but to find his character really intriguing. He starts off so melow, and then escalates into the Emperor. Now what would I like to see in this movie? Well, apparently George Lucas originally had young Han Solo with the wookies on kashhyk. That would've been really cool. I also would've wanted to see Anakin stay out of the suit, but still be evil for a little longer. It's like one second he's just this Hayden Christensen, then he's in the Darth Vader suit like a snap. I guess that's really it. This movie is actually really well done, the acting is great, the cinematography is good. Three stars.