The weakest of the prequels.

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2019)

Overall I enjoyed this movie but much less than the Phantom Menace. What this movie suffers from is weak writing and CGI. The fact that Anakin gets so much character development is essential to his story, but the way that it is done is slow, flat and sometimes straight up weird.
The acting in general in this movie is nothing to write home about, but really how can you blame the actors when all they are looking at are green screens for the most part? the abundance of CGI was detrimental to the entire movie. And must've been awful for the actors.
The saber duels, especially the ones during the big battle also are just sloppy. Much more sloppy than the Phantom Menace where even though that had its shortcomings.. it at least didn't make using a lightsaber look clumsy and unguided.
In general though, I was pretty shocked at how much my memory told me that certain events in the *next* movie revenge of the sith were in *this* movie. I was like ''when is this/that gonna happen'' So its pretty interesting that in my memory these two movies almost merged together. But it makes a little sense as this movie does end on a bit of a non-ending.
In the end, this movie suffered from its CGI, weak writing and poor portrayal of the Jedi's and their skill. That said, I still enjoyed most of my time watching it, and certainly isn't ''revolting'' like some others may say.
As a side note, the popularization/memes of the bad writing in this film actually made it much more fun to view. And it says something about taking the movie less seriously. I can still understand the hate from the older star wars fans though.