Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

I saw STAR WARS: Revenge of the Sith today.

I must say that although it was a very good movie, the anticipation was much greater than the actual reward. All in all, the movie was a good movie. It could even be called great but not fantastic or wonderful.

Here's what bothers me (in no particular order):
WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

1. Mace Windu, supposedly second only to Yoda in the Force, gets his arm cut off by Anakin, a padawan. Sure Mace was in the middle of a strike to kill Palpatine but he surely could have sensed the young, Jedi-in-training's intentions or felt the waves in the Force his actions were causing. That's the way Jedi anticipate the movements of others is the vibrations they create within the Force.
2. Anakin is supposed to be this gifted and talented child who could bring balance to the Force. He betrays all those that have taken him in and trained him. He begins to listen and believe everything the Chancellor has to say before he finds out that he's a Sith. He's almost like a dumb jock that you can tell wild stories to and he'll believe without having any evidence. Even after he finds out that Palpatine is a Sith, he still believes in what Palpatine has to say. True he is trying to save Padme from certain death during pregnancy but, geesh!, can he really be that stupid!? I guess it comes down to him being weak minded and a freaking whiny ass bitch! Obi-Wan never lets me play with the blow-up Jedi doll when he's not using it!
3. Why does the Dark side seem so much more powerful than the Light side? I mean the Emperor is blasting arcs or lightning bolts out of his hands. Can't the Jedi blast an arc of rainbows or something causing people to have that "good, tingly" feeling all over? Also, the Emperor and Yoda are battling inside the Senate chamber. The Emperor is Force-throwing the hover pods that each delegate sits in during the Senate at Yoda after they just had a lightsaber duel where Yoda is flipping all over the place and shit. I mean is it really necessary to do a double back, triple twist, half gainer while wielding a lightsaber? Anyway, Yoda is dodging these "pods" until finally he Force-catches one and throws it back at the Emperor. It seems though that Yoda was having more difficulty "throwing" it than the Emperor did. The Emperor was basically just flailing his arms to "throw" whereas Yoda seemed like he was Ken from Street Fighter, welling up a fireball in his encircled arms before "throwing" the pod back.
4. Before said "pod throwing" duel, Yoda and the Emperor were dueling lightsabers to no avail. Now, when Mace fought the Emperor it took him but 5-10 minutes to disarm the Emperor of his 'saber. Why couldn't all-powerful Yoda do it in half the time? Is it because he's half the size? Hm...
5. Anakin is a padawan. Why the hell does he have long locks instead of the close cropped style that Obi-Wan had as a padawan to Qui Gon and Anakin had at the end of Phantom Menace? See continuity is key. Sure Anakin was rebellious to an extent but the Jedi Code should have been enforced by the Jedi Masters. You give a kid an inch and they'll take your arm!
6. When the Jedi are systematically ambushed and killed, do you not think that they would have been "warned" through the Force? Yoda was! Now he is THE Jedi but all Jedi are in tune with the Force and they should have, would have felt the attack coming. Also, the Clone Trooper that got the code for killing the Jedi was near the Jedi Knight or Jedi Master and you would have thought the Jedi would have "overheard" the conversation via the Force.
7. Obi-Wan and Anakin duel on the lava planet - Mustafa or however or whatever it's called. Anakin obviously gets bested by Obi-Wan which is funny because Anakin beat Dooku who previously beat both Anakin and Obi-Wan in Attack of the Clones and knocked out Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith before Anakin slices his hands off and beheads the poor, old bastard. Anyway, Anakin has lost his legs from about mid-thigh down and his left arm about mid-bicep down. He's got the one "good" arm which was previously sliced off in AOTC. Obi-Wan has a speech moment with Anakin about "why, you were supposed to be the chosen one?" All the while, Anakin is slowly slidig down towards the lava river which again is weird since his right arm is mostly mechanical and he should have been able to maintain a good grip if not drag himself to "safety". So, one of Anakin's leg stubs touches the lava and he yells "Flame on!" and now he's the Flame from Fantastic Four (Okay not really but it could have happened). Now you would have thought that the compassion Obi-Wan felt for Anakin because they were like brothers, he would have put Anakin out of his pain, suffering and just all around "burning" misery. Instead, Anakin is a burnt mess barely moving and Obi-Wan leaves him. I'd want him to suffer too but I would have made sure he was dead.
8. How did the Emperor (1) get to the planet Anakin was roasting on in such a quick amount of time because he was just dueling with Yoda and (2) how did he find Anakin barely, I mean minisculy, alive on the huge lava planet? He couldn't have used a heat source search because the whole planet is a heat source. He could have used the force but with Anakin's Force and life force so miniscule, even that would have been difficult. Never underestimate the powers of the Dark side.

I guess that's enough. I mean I could really go on and on. You just can't mess with my FORCE. It's not right.

I told you I was a Star Wars geek!

FINAL VERDICT: As a lifelong fan, I'd see it again and again. I don't think it's horrible for others but some may be even more critical than I.