Attack of the Snores

Rating: 7/10 (4 January 2009)

This is by far the "worst" of all of the Star Wars films (including the Animated Clone Wars Movie). I use the term worst lightly as it is an overall good film, it just doesn't hold up to the dramatic standards of the original trilogy or Phantom Menace.
I felt while watching this movie that the relationship between Anikin and Padme was not fully fleshed out, and I don't mean in the physical way. As both of these characters were fighting there training, expectations, and duties, neither seemed conflicted enough, nor was there sufficient tension established during their romantic development. This is reinforced when one watches the deleted scenes dealing with some of these issues. Obviously they were edited out for time, and perhaps their inherent sappy quality, but would have made their secret romance far more satisfying to the audience, and Padme's surrender to her feelings more fulfilling.
Outside of the lack of depth to the main character's romance, the film was excellent. The chase scene through the air space of Coruscant is just incredible, as is Yoda finally brandishing a lightsaber (if he had a meat cleaver instead, he could also double as a food processor). The special FX are incredible as always with ILM's work, as is John Williams' score. Overall an great movie, and as it is part of a trilogy/hexology, it is somewhat difficult to judge it all by itself.