Star Wars Episode 3

[WarLocke]

But I can overlook all of that, since it has more action and a bit of that magic that made me like the original trilogy. 
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A bit is right. It's better than Episodes 1 and 2, but doesn't stand up to the originals.

The dialogue was especially bad at some points (I mean, really - "Sith Lords are our speciality" ?) and the Trade Federation droids were hideously annoying (I really really hated the way they did 3 Stooges-like effects as they 'died'), but most of the fight/battle scenes were really well done. Well, except for Mace Windo vs. Palpatine (that fight was clumsier than Obi-Wan vs Vader in A New Hope) and Yoda vs Palpatine (I'm sorry, Yoda is not the "hop around like a pregnant cat on acid' type).

The acting was okay for the most part, considering what the actors had to work with (Sam Jackson and the guy playing Palpatine were excellent, but hampered by their lines), with the notable exception of Hayden Christenson. That boy couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag, and he seems to be able to do two emotions: stoned and whining.

Worth a viewing, but not a purchase.