Episode III was on TV right before Christmas, and I ended up watching it for the first time since I saw it in the theatre. I own all the blurays, but I've never watched them as I like to pretend that the prequels don't exist.
My verdict: it's still a terrible film. Not quite as bad as I or II, but it's still a cringe-inducing piece of crap with awful dialogue and bad acting (mostly courtesy of Hayden Christensen). Not to mention Lucas' over-reliance on CGI makes the film look way too cartoon-ish, and it really doesn't hold up very well. Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman are both very good actors, and they do what they can with the dialogue. But in the end you just feel sorry for them. Personally I think TLJ is a far superior film in every way.
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