good for star wars

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2002)

Ok, you can probably guess from my one line summery that I actually like Star Wars. I've seen episodes 4, 5, and 6, but i didn't enjoy them, in fact, i hated them - yes you are going to verbally assult me for that statement, but it takes me a long time to get my head around fantasy (second time round for Lord Of The Rings as I couldn't get my head around the hobbits being smaller than everyone else and that thy were played my real people - ok, going off the subject, so...) for this reason i did not enjoy the original Star Wars films. I never seen episode one, but I would like to so that I actually understand some of the things that went on in episode 2.
Onto what I thought of the film, I thought that it was quite slow moving with not much action, only the development of the love between Anakin and Padma (? spelling? Natalie Portman's character anyway), I may be a girl but I do like films to have some action in so that I don't get bored, so I really enjoyed the action scene in the arena with the Jedi's fighting the droids which Count Dooku manufactured, that had to be one of the best parts in the film, and the touches of humour from C3PO had me in stitches, however the fight scene between Yoda and Dooku was hilarious (SPOILER), Yoda hobbles in there leaning on his walking stick, uses the force against Dooku, then they fight with their lightsabers, Yoda is flying around, levitating and generally acting as if he is not ancient, I was in hysterics at this point, because (even with my limited knowledge of Star Wars, I know that Yoda can barely walk around), so this was slightly hypocritical, but even more so after he has (SPOILER) saved Obi Wan and Anaklin from getting crushed as they lie passed out on the floor of the hanger, he goes back to hobbling around on his stick - it was so funny, if you don't like Star Wars, you have to go and see it just for that.
Finally, this is a well made film, and I am going to go and give episodes 4, 5, and 6 another chance, even if it does take me ages to get my head around the whole fantasy genre thing! It is amazing what Yoda can do when he hasn't got a hand stuck up his a*se, and he, and the absolutley gorgeous Anakin, are my favourite characters and I hope that I will be able to go up to Leicester Square to see episode 3 as I am now curious, like everyone at a guess, to see how Anakin goes 'to the dark side', but I could see hints of it in episode 2. I give this film 7/10, very good entertainment