I think I may become hated with my very first post. Quite frankly, I don't think ROTS really deserved ANY Oscar nominations. The makeup on Ian Mcdiarmid was horrid. The only cool makeup used was for "Flame Broiled Jedi". As mentioned in previous posts, the music WAS rehashed. The direction was horrible (no surprise there), and with the exceptions of Ewan McGregor & Ian McDiarmid, the acting was atrocious. It's really a shame to think of how downhill Star Wars as a franchise has gone since the release of TESB. I hate to say it, but even ROTJ never lived up to the standards set by the first 2 films. Then of course we have the 2 Ewok films, the Droids & Ewoks cartoons, the prequals & the clone wars cartoons. Sorry to ramble....

As I was saying, ROTS was a disappointing film. It had so much potential, but failed to reach it in so many ways. People here seem to be upset with Brokeback Mountain being nominated for so much, but face it folks, subject matter aside, it's a great film. It deserves all of it's nominations. As far as the technical awards go, I think King Kong is much more visually impressive than ROTS (Hell, as far as I'm concerned, the original 1933 Kong is more impressive than ROTS). The reason the the prequals are so disappointing comes down to something that Lucas forgot he said back in 1983 (in From Star Wars To Jedi: The Making Of A Saga) "The special effects are not the story. The Story is the story. A special effect without a good story is a pretty boring thing" I guess Georgie Boy didn't realize then when he made the OT, he used the FX to ENHANCE the films, and with the prequals, the FX WERE the films. When all you do is shoot against a blue (or green) screen and use minimal set pieces for virtually every shot, it's hard to think of the special effects as Special.

I realize that I may have been rambling again, but that's my 2 cents, and I stand buy it.