Quite a relief this movie is :-)

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2002)

I 've recently rent Phantom Menace on VHS just trying to find out what really sucked about that movie and i must admit i hated it more! So i was sceptic enough when i attended the advanced screening of AOTC here, in Greece.
To tell you the truth, i expected to see something as bad as Phantom Menace but, thank God, i was wrong! There's a plot (they don't just hang around in the galaxy), the acting is cool (even Hayden is ok), the fighting sequences are excellent... and Jar-Jar has not more than 3 minutes on screen.
The only minus is the love story, too slow and boring... Seemed like Captain Corelli in space! Oh, and the fighting sequences seemed a little bit like Bladerunner (first fighting sequence), had a lot Gladiator in it and some Black Hawk Down too!
There's no way the film can reach the higher level the old episodes set, but it's a cool movie, not to be missed by true fans!