Pretty much a great star wars movie, if you ignore the cringey romance

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 2019)

Not the best Star Wars movie but still not a dumpster fire by any means. This film is one of the cooler looking Star Wars films especially when it comes to introducing new planets and environments. The slick asthetic and cool new characters give this movie a feel that stands apart in the saga. The lightsaber duels are also very visually satisfying most of the time. However, the acting and dialogue especially toward the middle of the film is just so poor it holds back what is really a pretty good intro and conclusion. Thankfully, the cringey romance is inter-cut with a really intriguing mystery aspect to the plot so the pacing doesn't suffer too much. That being said the really poor dialogue in the romance embodies what certain critics hate about the prequels and really holds back the rest of the movie (which is really quite good) from being one of the really good star wars films. However, everything else about this movie is honestly great. Count Dooku is meanacing. The Jengo hunt is intriguing as heck. And the finale is the colosseum is one of my favorite star wars scenes. So overall a pretty great star wars movie that gets held back by a very poorly written romance.