Forget what you've seen and heard regress and enjoy.

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2002)

I can't believe that there are so many bad comments about this film. For a lot of people my age seeing Star Wars was probably they're first recollection of a cinema experience so that in mind I do take some unnecessary and unintelligent comments and cast them aside.
Nice comments only.
ATOTC is not going to win the hearts of all film fans or even all die hard star war fans but it is a big improvement on the Phantom Menace, which fear to say was still an enjoyable movie. You must also keep in mind that Lucas wrote the story along time ago and cannot be fully appreciated until episode III is released. Only then can we all breath a sigh of relief and see the vision that Lucas intended.

The film itself has a feeling of uncertainty as in Empire strikes back as it was a darker mood to its predecessor. Ewan as Obi-wan gave a much better performance this time round he even looked like he had enjoyed working on this film. Its fair to say that the Obi-wan and Jango Fett battle sequences are the highlights of the movie. A lot of criticism has been said about Heyden Christenesen wooden acting but I think he gave a tortured and almost innocent Vader-esq performance. Romance scenes between Anakin and Padme could have been a bit better maybe the use of more humour was needed (take tips from Han and Leia maybe. Leia to Han "I love you" Han to Leia just before the big freez "I Know")
The CGI was the best I have seen and did not detract you too much from the story I would like to see it on DVD so you can spot more of the detail in the end battle. And just check out the sound FX from Slave 1's bombs to the creatures in the arena.
The Yoda and Dooku battle what can you say? When yoda uses the force he means it.

I love this film and it opens so many options for the next. I don't think that its better than A new hope but it certainly gives Return of the Jedi a run for its money.
Time will tell...