Rick and I went to see the latest Star Wars flick yesterday.  Pardon me while I laugh at those who have called this George Lucas’ coup de grâce.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is indeed the final installment of the Star Wars trilogy of prequels.  Intended to complete the transition from the three prequels to the original storyline, it did that — but nothing else.

In typical Lucas fashion, this movie is boring, tediously drawn out, poorly written with dialogue that is both uninteresting and tiresome, acting — if that’s what you want to call it — which is rigid and anticlimactic, and an overall feeling of impending doom — and I don’t mean within the context of the storyline.

Both Rick and I agreed that we now had closure on the entire Star Wars franchise.  The movie definitely closes the circle between the original movies and the three prequels of recent years.  But that’s all it does.

This movie is not exciting.  It’s not riveting or engaging.  It’s certainly not enthralling.  To call it spectacular is to show a complete misunderstanding of the definition of that word.

I found enjoyment in the film only insomuch as it provides closure.  It completes the journey from point A to point B, from Republic to Empire, from Skywalker to Vader, from Jedi to no Jedi, from Padmé to orphaned Luke and Leia.  It fills in the blanks between the prequels and the original movies and story which we needed to connect.  Outside of that, it’s meaningless gibberish with no style or grace.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t go see it.  On the contrary, if you’ve watched the first five movies and are looking for closure, you must go see this in the theater.  Just don’t expect much.  It’s no different from the rest of Lucas’ movies, certainly no different from the other five Star Wars movies, and will not be winning an Oscar.  It does close the loop between story arcs and is entertaining in that manner — but only in that manner.

Anyone who calls this a restorative and reinvigorating film — like the idiot who wrote the review at IMDB (see the link above) — is a fool who hasn’t the synaptic ability to make a phone call, much else review a movie.  It’s a pathetic piece of work indeed, but it’s worth seeing if and only if you’ve seen the others and need to close the storyline once and for all.

In a word… vapid.

Thankfully Lucas already said he’s not making the three sequels.  Given the last three movies and their horrific impact on my synapses, I’d be brain dead from such drivel.