I'm going with the "It's been out for three days and if you haven't seen it yet why are you reading this thread with spoilers galore" philosophy, so skip this post if you're the whiny sort in that regard.
I saw it earlier today and decided to let it sink in a bit before making a post. Overall, an allright movie, but it had a sine wave feel to it. Every good thing that happened seemed to have a bad thing happen that negated it. A couple examples:
Good: "I am the Senate" (My favorite line of the film)
Bad: Palpatine's over-the-top pleading when Mace has him cornered
Good: The final saber duels
Bad: Anakin's triple-lutz-into-somersault-dive-with-half-twist right before Obi-Wan fucked him up... what the fuck was that?
Good: Vader destroying the room upon hearing about Padme
Bad: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Overall goods:
- Order 66. What more can be said.
- Palpatine. Although some of his bits were overdone, he was beyond convincing as the supreme villain.
- The end with Owen and Beru on the edge of that pit thingy looking at the dual sunset.
Overall bads:
- Grevious. I found him corny and weak, plus his voice was distractingly annoying.
- Any Padme-Anakin scene. No lessons were learned from Episode 2 apparently
- "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" So bad I had to include it twice. I would have gone with just a general "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
One question (first of many, I imagine, but I can't think of them right now): When Palpatine was getting toasted by his lightning from Mace, was it that his real face was actually getting burned, or was his disguise just getting burnt off?