Vast improvement...

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2002)

I saw this movie a couple of weeks after it opened because I wanted to read what people thought about it before I saw it. In a number of instances I was taken aback by the number of people who seem to be personally offended by this movie. They sound as if they expected Lucas to make the movie to THEIR specifications, etc. rather than his. I will agree, the story is much better than the first but, they are both just as good as the original 3 episodes.
What I don't understand is the rather forceful rebuke of the romantic twist in this movie. Many who simply can't stand it all profess to be die hard Star Wars fans, but, they seem to forget Han and Leia... Besides, if Anakin is going to be the father of Luke, Luke is gonna need a mother; it stands to reason at least doesn't it? If we want to revisit Greek mythology we can have Luke popping out of Anakin's head like Zeus and Athena but, that just doesn't work.
We hear a much less campy script, although the light hearted, corny, 3PO lines during the "colosseum" scene, but it was just good fun. We are blessed with less Jar-Jar; I think I appreciated his goofiness much more in this movie because instead of a constant stream of it we got just a peppering.
Another complain I heard was the understanding of the Force in this movie, that the Jedi seem to have "lost" the understanding of what it is all about. But, I think that this comes from a blind viewing and not putting that LOSS in the context of the other movies in which there the Jedi are not simply destroyed but the understanding of it is lost. The Dark Side, for the most part, has over powered the good guy in the original 3 and Luke is the "New Hope" for the Jedi... Sometimes the titles of the movies tell us something...don't you think?
This movie was impressive and fun. There were some kinks, I think, in the plot (For one, I didn't understand the fact that Dooku didn't know about the Clone Army yet he was the one who recruited Jengo Fet to be the clone host) but, I don't care. They don't take away from the fun and enjoyment gained from seeing it. It was great fun!