Great film, unjustly critizised.

Rating: 6/10 (28 May 2002)

It's now been three years since I first saw this film, and I've seen it 7 or 8 times since then. The thing that strikes me is that this is a really good action adventure. It is not as good as the original trilogy or Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, and yes it's flawed. It's flat in places, and Jar Jar has too much screen time. Apart from those minor gripes it is a fantastically entertaining and exciting piece of movie making with some of the best action set-pieces ever filmed, like the Pod race and the end Lightsaber duel.
The music, as always very good. As are the sound effects (I still can't believe they didn't win the Oscar in that category).
So in hindsight, avoiding all the hype, I can say that I still enjoy this film immensely and will probably see it many times in the years to come.
Rating:9/10