As good as the others

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 1999)

A lot of jokes on Letterman about how this movie supposedly bombed, so I was expecting a bit of a letdown, but my cousin said it kicked ass and my expectations changed. I went in looking forward to seeing a great movie, and was NOT let down.
I had no idea what this thing was going to be about. I didn't watch what little previews there was, never sought the trailer on this net. Hell, I didn't even watch McDonald's/Pizza Hut/Taco Bell commercials. All I knew going in was that my cousin said it kicked ass. A couple of things really surprised me; r2d2 and c3po! no way!
Not only were the effects awesome (the underwater world was amazing, where "There's always a bigger fish.", The Pod race was great. The androids being deployed for the battle on whatever planet it was, wow!)
There was some great acting too. Natalie Portman is just awesome in this, as she is in everything she does (Leon, Beautiful Girls.) I'm not a big Liam Neeson fan, couldn't stand him in Nell, but I liked him here. (What's with the British, Scottish and Irish Jedis? Oh, okay Ewan McGregor is the same character as Alec Guinness, nevermind.) The kid who played Anakin was good too.
I'm glad the majority of people here saw what I saw and this thing has an 8.0 rating, though I gave it a 10