Competency never tasted so good. I was expecting many things from this film, competency was not one of them. Unfortunately, this final outing in the prequel trilogy is still fairly messy. There is no real through line or plot, but the film throws enough action at you that most should be at least entertained.
Hayden Christensen is the one actor who hasn’t really matured or grown over the films. He manages to sell some moments, but for the most part he remains somewhere between laughable and cringe. Ewan McGregor might have grown the most as an actor. He sells the hell out of his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi here, and he is clearly really trying. Obi-Wan and Anakin actually have some real chemistry in this one. I bought them as close friends. Too bad this couldn’t have been developed in previous films, would have made that final fight with them both that much more emotional. Natalie Portman is relegated to wait on the sidelines and be pregnant (feminism?).
The CGI here isn’t bad, it’s biggest flaw being that it still looks like video game CGI. The action scenes are mostly good (R2 even gets to roast some motherfuckers. Brutal af), though the final fight is a little too big and epic ( definitely trying too hard).
This last installment gives fans some things they’ve always wanted to see ( some of Order 66, and Anakin’s death and re-birth into Darth Vader). Sith is still silly, over-the-top, exaggerated, and overly operatic at times (the script isn’t as bad as previous installments, but there are still some meme-able moments here), but this concluding chapter mostly delivers a very fun, very entertaining time.
3 STARS
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