Better than the last one, thank God

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2002)

It's opening night of this movie and I've just come home from the theater. Sadly, Jar Jar Binks is still in this movie. I tried to use the force myself to have his character killed, but it didn't work out. As far as storyline goes, this movie was pretty good because it really brought a lot of things together. People and events of the original 3 movies (IV, V, and VI) start to come together in this one. The problem with it is that Lucas still felt it necessary to include the lame, infantile one-liners that make people over the age of 10 cringe. Shoreline Theaters was overrun with little children who have probably never seen the original films, and who probably can't appreciate any plot developments (yes, it has some). So as I expected, I was struck by the commercialism of the movie and at times I felt as if I were watching an infomercial, not a film. Lucas included some garbage that made it hard to take some of this one seriously. All I can say is, thank God it wasn't The Phantom Menace again.