Well Worth It

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2002)

AOTC was a solid installment to the Star Wars series. The movie was very entertaining, and was certainly worthy to be part of the Star Wars family. It is filled with action, a solid story line, beautifully done graphics and a bit of humor.
If you are looking for answers, you will find them in this movie. We begin seeing the circumstances that lead to later episodes, and get a better understanding of Darth Vader, Storm Troopers and Yoda among other key themes. I actually thought the movie could have been a bit longer, and should have explored the details of the story and characters much more. I thought the 2 hours went by fairly quickly.
About the only disappointing thing to me was the acting. The 2 main characters (Obi and Anachin) are not very good actors. I was particularly disappointed in Christensen (Anachin). His lack of acting ability was apparent, and I was left scratching my head on how he ended up with such a key role.
Outside of the "B Team" actors, the movie was very good. It is well worth the price of admission, and it was great to finally see Master Yoda show his Jedi prowess.
-- DP.