Repost: Revenge of the Sith disappointment

We saw it last night.I was excited. I even pulled my button out, that was given away at the very first movie, to wear. It said May the Force be With You. I'd been playing the soundtracks from the originals all last week. I was ready.

I can only say it didn't move me. I felt no emotion for most of the characters, other than Anikan's struggle trying to save Padme, and Obi-Wan's gut-wrenching discovery than Anikan had abandoned him and the Jedi.
The rest of it was like reading a comic book, three lines on this page, two lines on that, and the rest was action. The "actors" read their lines like zombies.
And where was the inspiring John Williams soundtrack? After all the other movies, I've gone out and bought the soundtrack. But this time I kept thinking they tried to save money by just putting in a sound byte from the previous movies, or having subtle music suggesting wonderful themes that came with the first three. Boring.
It was amusing when Palpatine started his maniacal laugh after the fight with Mace, and the audience was laughing at how hokey it was. His former sinister laugh would have been much better.
OK, the last half hour was worth watching. But the rest...ho hum.
And where was the explanation we were promised of the midiclorians? Yeah, yeah, an now-dead Sith had manipulated them to create life. So are these cells?
I'm going to watch the originals to get some enjoyment out of it. There is no way those will ever be topped. Sequels usually don't do well, but prequels suck big time. Hubby kept saying the reason I liked the first ones were the "special effects" were so new. Now they're blasee. I disagree. I felt for the characters, and I identified with them. I cheered for them.
I still like Obi-Wan the best.
A group in the audience stood up and applauded the trailer for the Chronicles of Narnia.
still ewok