Believe it or not, a Good Movie.

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2002)

Maybe some people are angry because this movie is so good and that it can attract viewers that aren't usually into sci-fi movies, but believe it or not the movie is really a good movie. The bottom line is what should someone expect from a sci-fi/action movie and in that manner I cannot talk for others but according to my own expectations (after A.I.) this movie is the best I ever saw.
It's true that maybe in some theaters people will laugh at serious cuts of the movie, but probably they are the some people who go out there and make terrible popcorn noises (or something worse) when you are trying to hear a dialogue in an 'Hannibal' scene ... In a sense Star Wars is a very serious saga which relates serious issues like manipulation of the masses, corruption of politics by the economic corporations, warfare politics and balance in the use of power in the form of a classic-like story with futuristic look. Even if some people cannot view that in the movie they can see the magnificent visual and audio show that stays in your mind even after the movie end. Memorable scenes that stay in your mind in a world of fast food-like-movies is something very precious and defining of the quality that this movie has.
In terms of the acting I'm forced to agree that for the time being the group of actors of the last movies don't seem as good as of the first set of movies, but again my opinion is that the lines and characters played in the first set of Star Wars didn't had much of a saying in terms of actor-like-movie and truth is that they didn't get prized by their acting in that first set so why should it be any different in the second set of SW. Maybe some people were seeing the movie only to catch the flaws and mistakes but that was not my case so I think the acting is very good taking in account that they were trying to enforce the role of events really would led to all the bad things that are supposed to happen in third chapter of this story. I must say that the romantic scenes and the acting of Hayden Christensen are very good and I believe that the scenes around Anakin relation with Amidala were very important to understand why will Anakin turn to the dark side (watch for next chapter). In this sense I think that this set of SW is much more developed in terms of personal stories than the first set were it seemed like the characters were less important to complete the story.
Finally I wish to say that SW II is a very impressive set of cinematic art and that it's good that people talk about it, good or bad critics.