Very happy about this movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2002)

A huge success. This movie had adventure and excitement. For those who crave not such things, however, it also had intrigue, character conflict, insight, emotion, and an extremely well constructed sense of helplessness.
Of all the criticisms that are dogging this movie, wooden acting and and bad dialogue seem to be the most common. I just want to say that I didn't find the acting wooden, I found it suitably restrained. Christenson (sp?) and Portman are portraying characters that are being forced to suppress their emotions and I felt that they did that quite well, hinting at their reactions rather than wearing them on their sleeve, and allowing their emotions to show when the plot called for such developments.
As for the bad dialogue, I think there's a difference between bad dialogue and dialogue that is not naturalistic. Although some of the lines may make hardened cynics wince a tad, I have no objection to giving Lucas the creative license to be a bit of a Romantic. This is a galaxy far far away after all, not a slice of life love story set in modern day New York.
Although 3PO's punny sense of humour is shamelessly awful in this movie, I have an odd sense of humour and admired Lucas' sheer gall in injecting such bad jokes into the movie.
After one viewing,I think this is the second best movie in the series (after Empire of course). Easily far better than the two movies it is sure to be compared to: Lord of the Rings and Spider Man. An absolutely fantastic movie.