I'll put this in spoilertext for my friends reading this on my actual blog, rather than on its LiveJournal syndication. Highlight the text to read it.

I don't think Lucas even tried when he wrote this one. From the very first scene, it was stupid mistake after stupid mistake. Obi-Wan forgets he can use The Force to knock the "buzz-bots" off his starfighter? R2D2 can somehow communicate with a pilot while out on the wing of a spacecraft, yet has to carry a cellphone with a built-in loudspeaker in order to communicate in a place with an atmosphere? (Well, maybe he took out his radio equipment so he could carry several gallons of oil.) Droids explode after a few seconds of being in flames? R2D2 forgets he has jets, only moments after having just used them? Padme fears her relationship with Anakin becoming known, even though she's walking around nine months pregnant? Medical science can rebuild people as cyborgs, but can't tell her she's got twins? And on, and on, and on.

Not to mention the continuity problems with the original movies — like Obi-Wan not knowing that Luke had a sister until Yoda told him, Leia remembering her real mother — or plot holes large enough to drive the Death Star through — such as the Jedi, so sensitive to the power of The Force, being blindsided by the fact that Palpatine was a Sith Lord — or just stupid goofs — like Obi-Wan holding Anakin's lightsaber instead of his own in a couple of shots during their climactic battle.

It was a movie written for people who don't think. Just shut off your mind and look at the pretty pictures, okay? There's a good audience. I'm all for good-looking movies, but I tend to like them a lot better when they're not an insult to the audience's intelligence.

But hey, on the bright side, Anakin did bring balance to The Force, just as the prophecy predicted. Two Sith, Two Jedi. Seems pretty balanced to me.