Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

So much average

Powerful

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

My favorite of the Prequels. The movies flies along giving us the fall of Anakin to the dark side. The end of the Jedi. The rise of the Empire. Order 66. Luke (he's the oldest!) and Leia. Great battles, including two of the best light saber duels in the entire series. This ends on a low note but is the best of the Prequels.

I too was critical of Lucas' prequels, after all, how could you improve upon the originals; but after watching them again and taking my time with "understanding" what Lucas was trying to lay out as the foundation, I grew to enjoy "some" of the prequels (still can't stomach Jar Jar or young Anakin), and thoroughly enjoyed Revenge of the Sith. For much of the same reasons that TESB is my favorite of the original movies (seriousness, tragedy, and directing), ROTS is by far my favorite of the prequels, and sadly, includes The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens, which in my opinion didn't do anything for the franchise. The storytelling and direction in ROTS is top-notch and although people, I know, hate Hayden Christensen's portrayal of Anakin, I feel he redeemed himself and brilliantly portrayed a flawed character who went selflessly down the wrong path for a noble reason, his love for Padme. That path, told throughout the three movies, is evident and painful through his transformation because of the unknown, to fear, and ultimately ending in anger and madness in ROTS. Could it have been a better movie, possibly, but as movie afficionados, don't we all wish our favorite movies had been better in some ways? I think "fans" have wrongly, unmercifully and unapologetically trashed this movie unnecessarily, IMHO, of course. Again, the best of the prequels and infinitely better than VII and VIII.

Still not the best but from those 3 this one was really good.

I quite enjoy this movie. Though there are still some unbearable sets of dialogue, this movie works on almost all levels. All the action (except for 1 of the 4 lightsaber duels) is fantastic. Though I can't say Hayden Christensen is good, he's not terrible and has definitely improved since the last one, and all the other performances are great. For me personally, this is by far the most emotionally impactful Star Wars Movie. It didn't make my cry, but it gave me genuine emotion. And aside from a few odd green screen effects, the CGI in this movie is awesome. I really like this one. It gets an 84%