Loved it!

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2009)

I honestly don't understand why this movie is getting so much criticism. Friends of mine say that is the worst Star Wars movie ever. I loved this movie the moment I watched it (and yes, I have seen all the other Star Wars movies), and I think that it is well done. I thought the special effects and action scenes were well made, the story was essential and solid, the acting was much better than the old Star Wars trilogy (and Hayden is really not that bad. When I saw him act in the scene after he brings home his dead mother's body and talks about how unfair it is that he couldn't save her, I was actually intimidated. Not only is George Lucas setting up Anakin's tragic flaw, which is a traditional character trait of a Shakespearean tragic hero, but he is also foreshadowing the next movie where Anakin is going to give into a lust for power and anger and make the same mistake. In doing so, he will lose all his humanity and the one he loves most). However, the element that stood out most for me was the music score. The love theme that John Williams composed is so beautiful that it makes me feel so sad that Anakin and Padme's love is doomed. It is beautiful, and it suggests a truly deep and devoted relationship (not Hollywood cliché style in any way), but it's sad because it will destroy them in the end.
Overall, I think that this movie is getting way too much criticism from viewers alike. Although my English teacher would never approve of my review (my English teacher thinks that Star Wars is bad literature), I am going to write and share it anyway. Star Wars has as much depth as any of the great literary works, and I make this statement confidently.