This is no Spiderman movie, AOTC leaves you waiting for the next prequel

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2002)

I watched Spiderman on its opening weekend and by half the movie I was ready to leave, it looked a copy of the Original Superman motion picture. AOTC brings back the magic and myth of the original Trilogy, without leaving you the sense that it is a replica, and is almost as good, or tops, the Empire Strikes Back -- with two clear plots carrying over to the next prequel. The last 45 minutes looked more like only 10 minutes, time goes by that quick since it is that good! Not to mentioned that also right at the beginning you are jumped into action. Hayden Christensen carries to perfection Anakin's role --- anxious and impulsive, best reflected in his eyes. I am also glad Mindu (Samuel L Jackson) had more active screen time. George Lucas had the hard job of showing how the Republic looked before the raise of the Empire and the role of the Jedis in that "old Republic" and he clearly mastered it. After watching AOTC I came out of the movie convinced that "Return of the Jedi" is not named after Luke Skywalker come to mastering of the Force, but for Anakin (Darth Vader) conversion back to the light side of the Force. In short, I will highly recommend it.