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Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006)
Mirren great but story awful
Helen Mirren was superb in this - she was tough but broken. Scenes like when she went to the local shop but could barely raise the energy to shop for food, and quietly broke down while reading a Pot Noodle carton, were totally original. The thing is, compared with earlier episodes, the story was no good. It really plodded along and it was obvious who had done it from the start. Also, what an error when Tennison receives the phonecall from her niece, who is being attacked, and seconds later is able to pull the attacker off! I mean, this is London - unless she was in the next street it could've taken her ages to get there, and we're meant to believe her niece was being attacked that whole time? Hmmmmm.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Makes no sense!
The only reason Anakin agreed to help Palpatine was to save the love of his life Padme. Then it seems he just thought "ah, balls to it - think I'll just go the whole hog and go fully evil" and turns on all of his lifelong friends and his principals. Gives Padma a virtual shove to the ground too, just for good measure. It just WAS NOT believable! And er, who comes up with such a word as "younglings"!! Also, they used the lazy trick of having background music on throughout the entire film - because they knew the drama just wasn't up to scratch. Sigh, the poor kids who had to put up with this level of entertainment when we got the far better parts 4, 5 and 6 when we were growing up. To quote Yoda: "Regret watching this, you will".