7/10
The Dark Side Rises
3 August 2021
"Revenge of the Sith" uses more computer generated images than the two movies before it, only it is brighter and richer in detail than "Attack of the Clones". But it visually loses to "The Phantom Menace" because real sets, real locations and practical effects, when used well, work best. The plot is easily superior to both "Episode I" and "Episode II". It does introduce some elements that have never been there before and some of the important events did happen off screen, but in general, it works with the material that has been built across the three movies. And regardless of the great amount of action that it has all over the place, "Episode III" does not even come close to suffocating under its own spectacularly huge weight. It may have primitive dialogue here and there, it may have primitive acting here and there, it may have too much ridiculous lightsaber swinging, it may still want you to believe that human soldiers are somehow better than battle droids, and it may not have much Christopher Lee, but it is beautiful, meaningful and bold, especially, for a mainstream piece of entertainment.
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