Gets better on repeated viewings

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2004)

This was the first Star Wars film I saw that I didn't feel the need to see again. Although I felt it to be an improvement over the Phantom Menace, it didn't make my world rock. So recently I just to watch it on DVD with the Phantom Menace, and its only now that I see the vision of George Lucas. When watching these movies you have got to remember that they are thowback to the old serials of the 1930s like Flash Gordan and Buck Rodgers. Watch them as a serial and you get the most out of them. If you attempt to see them as some of Godfather-like classic you will be disappointed. They are not inferior but its a different genre, and within that genre its just brilliant. The film is paced perfectly, the acting is good and the music,the sets and Natalie Portman are just gorgeous.