It must be sad being a movie critic

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2002)

The original three Star Wars pretty much got slaughtered by the world press. Later, in the 90s - the 80s "Star Wars hangover" had deteriorated, and these critics must have felt criminally unhip when the 70s' and 80s' teenagers had grown to intelligent, young people who STILL proclaimed the Star Wars triology as one of the few essential film-experiences.
They must've felt so let out! And most of them - of course - later talk of the original three as movie classics.
Now, they've blown it again. As most of us SW fans agree that this movie is definitively up there with the original trilogy, and a far jump from the pathetic tripe that Ep. 1 was, they actually manage to give this movie a worse review than Ep. 1 (!!).. as well as even trying to convince us that this film "doesn't even convey the traditional Star Wars feeling for the fans". Oh, really?
Imagine working with popular film, and so obviously revealing that one doesn't have the slightest clue as to what film experiences are really all about?
Anyway: This movie is really, really good. It gave me the feeling I hoped for for Ep. 1: "Star Wars - is back". I know SW fans don't like Lucas' term "space opera" :D, but we all know that the storyline is supposed to be a bit over-dramatic and the acting over-dramatised. It is, after all, the ultimate space drama.