Just not that good.

Rating: 4/10 (30 August 2010)

This movie is really a treat for the eyes, and maybe all the flash and bang helps you ignore the HUGE plot flaws.
Long and short- You have this Galactic Republic where the government kind of ceases to work due to all the bureaucracy. On one side, you have separatists who want out of the Republic, but few of them want to fight to do it, so they build millions of robots. The systems that want to stay in the REpublic aren't all that keen to do the fighting, either, so they need an army of clones to do their dirty work, lead by Jedi who aren't all that interested in what the fight is about. they are busy looking for a whole TWO Sith dudes, one hiding right under their noses.
Oh, wait, this has a love story. That you don't buy for a minute. Honestly, I was kind of creeped out by Anakin, and I couldn't imagine his pining for fascism or genocide was a real turn on for Padme...
Give me the original trilogy, which at least felt a need to develop character and story, and not see them as a place to hand special effects.
The underlying flaw of prequels is that the character's backstory is best left to the imagination. Darth Vader was vastly more interesting in the way he was remembered in the earlier films. When you actually show him as a petulant teen with hormone issues, he becomes a lot less interesting.