I just saw Star Wars Episode III yesterday and, dare I say it, it is fantastic! So good, in fact, that it blows away my bitterness at the joke that were *cringe* episode I and II. It's not easy, expectations are high because this is it! This is where Annakin Skywalker completes the journey to become (arguably) the most famous fictional villain in history, Darth Vader!

1. Fight sequences are killer (no pun intended).

2. Everything ties up very nicely to Episode IV.

3. Annakin's glowy evil eyes as he glances back after ruthlessly murdering creatures who would probably be killed off by evolution anyway (See above).

4. The betrayal of the Jedi. The tragic music swells as the camera zooms out to see tons of Jedis being outnumbered and killed off *sob*.

5. Watching that idiot Christensen getting his just desserts for murdering every bit of dialogue given to him. Try butchering lines when you're limbless!

6. The sequence where Vader's infamous black mask is fitted onto Annakin's head. A moment of silence for the death of Annakin Skywalker and then... the deep, heavy breathing signifying the first breaths of the Darth Vader we know and love to imitiate (well, I do anyway!).

7. The final fight between Annakin and Obi-Wan!

There's really only one major negative point in the whole movie and it's called Hayden Christensen. His protrayal of Annakin Skywalker is, sadly, horrible. Everytime this guy says a line after he's gone over to the dark side makes me want to either slap him or laugh in his face. Some examples: "You turned her against meeeeeh!", "I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take overrr!" (heavy American accent, hence the severe rolling of R's in every scene), and pretty much every dialogue in the last confrontation between Annakin and Kenobi. Through most of the movie, Annakin only needs to look alternatingly grave and lighthearted and speak in a serious manner. While this, too, is done in such a severely wooden fashion that it would shame a door to see it, it can be ignored. It is, however, when Annakin's inner rage makes me yell out every sentence that Christensen completely bombs and ends up sounding like a three year old throwing a tantrum instead of a truly powerful Jedi on the verge of becoming the most evil dark lord ever known. Bad casting!