An improvement over TPM, though the 'love scenes' made me cringe

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2005)

I'll never forget how surprised I was when I saw this film opening night. I didn't have to line up (like I did with TPM) so that had me worried right there. I was in a theatre with teenagers that constantly heckled parts (mainly those 'love' scenes). So that ruined the experience for me. In terms of action and story, I'd say it was an improvement over TPM. So that's a good thing. The lightsaber duel at the end was pretty cool. Though the one in TPM is still the best (until I see the ones in ROTS of course). Overall, I think it moved the story forward in a decent way. I don't really see Anakin as a pain as most people did. He is a teenager and pretty whiney so that's to be expected. I didn't like his choice of 'lines' to Padme though. I would be pretty afraid to use those lines on a chick :). It reminds me of what Carrie Fisher said in an interview about Lucas' writing: 'You can write/type this stuff out on paper, you just can't say it'. That's basically my feeling about it. Still, I give it a high rating because, as painful as those scenes were.....seeing the action and Jango/Obi Wan scenes (and the arena battle) made up for it all.
Bottom line: If you can look past the dialogue in some parts and enjoy this movie for what it is - a nice escape from reality (and I really mean that) then please give this movie a chance. I know there are a lot of people who haven't seen this yet, as TPM disgusted them THAT much. Well, to all of you, come on!!. If you want a thought provoking/change your life experience........why see a movie and expect that to happen?!!.