A dizzying experience...

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2002)

Coming out of the theatre after this film I felt I needed to sit down and get a bit of fresh air to clear my head! There's just so much action and so many visual effects (especially in the second half) it was almost impossible to take it all in - definitely a must-see-twice movie. The strongest aspect of the film for me is the plot which starts with a bang when Padme's ship is destroyed and never lets up. Some say the first half is boring but I disagree; it sets up the characters and plot very well - if the whole film was like the second half I think I would have fainted trying to keep up!
The weakest aspect(as with the phantom menace) is the dialogue and some of the acting. Having said that Ewan McGregor is good, Christopher Lee excellent, and the love scenes not half as bad as some critics would have you believe. Hayden's performance (Anakin) is a mixed bag but his talent really shines in the scene's involving the search for his mother. Natalie Portman is much improved from her role in the phantom menace- again the critics have unfairly attacked her when she really isn't that bad. But of course the main talking point has to be Yoda - one word : WOW!!!!. You've never seen him like this! Incredible. The Force is back. Cheers George.