I'm a very impressed little movie-goer...

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2002)

I saw AotC at eleven o' clock this morning, the very first showing at my local cinema. Bad points first: Most of the dialogue is DIRE, absolutely cringeworthy, and I'm still not too sure about Hayden as Anakin.
Good points: The acting is fine, on the whole (well, as good as they can get with the words they were given) -- Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor are as good as ever, ditto Christopher Lee and Samuel L. Jackson. And YODA, of course. What a guy...
The scenery, effects, and battles are breathtaking. As a child, light sabres were the most fascinating things in the world to me, and in scenes like those in AotC (especially towards the end) all those happy memories came flooding back.
Is it as good as Episodes IV, V and VI?? Absolutely nowhere near. Is it better then Episode I? Hardly a high mark to shoot for, but yes. So it might not be the best film of all time... so what? Did anyone really expect it to live up to its legendary predecessors? Go to the cinema with the low expectations I'm sure everyone will have after reading press reviews -- you just might be surprised.
Over and out, love Mieko xxx