The best experience I've had in a cinema!

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2002)

The Phantom Menace was a great film, despite widespread comments on Jar Jar. Believe it or not it wasn't about Jar Jar, it was meant to re-introduce us to the Star Wars galaxy and introduce the key characters to us. It did this and so much more brilliantly!
When I first heard of Attack Of The Clones I got very excited, the message to Obi-Wan Kenobi about the clone wars echoed in my head. So for the first time ever I go to see the film on the opening screening (Midnight), and everyone was excited! The audience (which included myself) would cheer at various points in the movie, and it is always so good to feel that shared excitement in a film!
The film is set 10 years after The Phantom Menace, and we see things in a new light. The special effects were great, so were stunts. I was very interested in finding out who the clones were, seeing 3PO's first flight into space and of course Jar Jar's blatant stupidity!
On the down side, and the only thing I can really comment against is the saber effects. Every so often in the film, you'll see a saber and it won't look as authentic as it did in the original trilogy.
Overall it was a WONDERFUL film. 10/10, and I'm tempted to say the best Star Wars film yet. But I've only seen it once, the movie won't be quite so grand the second time around :)
-Daniel