Episode 3 or Midnight Movie

So last night I checked out a midnight showing of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith at Grant Park with Erin, Lee, and Zee. The theatre was full, luckily without any cosplay nerds in attendance, although there were some vocal fans who cheered at certain scenes and applauded at the end (maybe 20 or 30). With hype up the ass and anticipation moderately stoked, I was interested in seeing how this one was going to turn out. Seeing as how I HATED the last two with a passion, I had low expectations. To me, the Star Wars movies are ONLY the original version trilogy (no special edition). After seeing this new one, that thought is still in my mind.
While not the worst of the new movies, this one was not excellent either. It was a solid ok. It had horrid dialogue and acting, especially by Mr. and Mrs. Anti Charisma, Hayden Christenson and Natalie Portman. Every time I was about to get sick of the thing though, they would toss in a super impressive action scene (whether relevant to the plot or not).
Taken as a whole though, the new movies do not accomplish what was needed. There is no real sense of a good man falling to evil. He's just a whiny kid. It's not particularly tragic like it should be, nor is it really all that justified. He just kinda goes bad on a whim. There should have been a whole movie with him battling those feelings, then in another one, have him finally succumb. Essentially, Episode 3 should have spanned 2 films with an earlier one establishing how great of a hero Anakin was. THEN you would've had a tragedy... instead of an annoying jerk killing kids because some dude told him jedi's were bad.
There were tiny continuity errors, large logic gaps, and stupid attempts at comedy (R2 and the battle droids) balanced with super awesome battles (the volcano planet fight). On the whole, the movie fluctuated between unwatchably bad (episode 2) and pretty cool (1/5 of episode 1). I'd say maybe 2.5 to 3 out of 5. Although seeing it in the theatre is a must, as the special effects are nuts.