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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I thought ROTS was by far the worst of the prequels and all Star Wars movies. The big scenes were so awful. HC's character/acting/dialogue was so bad. His chemistry and interaction with Portman was so awful. His turning to the dark side was so unconvincing. He killed a bunch of kids and I didn't even have a reason to care. If you can't buy any of that, it made his battle with Ewan Mcgregor just seem pointless and tedious.
II was forgettable, I was a mixed bag of good scenes and cringey scenese, but III was just terrible in every way. I think there's Star Wars fans who think of ROTS fondly for being dark and mostly void of Jar Jar. But darkness is just corny and boring if there is no depth and the writing and acting is not convincing.
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I disagree. HC was a bad choice, but in his defense he had some awful dialogue to deal with.
I found that ROTS did do a great job of engaging the audience in its final scene. For example, the sadness in Yoda when he realizes what's happened was conveyed quite well.
I'd also say the movie wasn't overly dark. It has to be somewhat dark, as it's a movie where the bad guys win. There's quite a bit of levity at the beginning of the film though. TLJ was overall very dark too. It continuously relied on quips to break that tension, but many instances were just odd and cringy.