I just saw it... a big THANKS, George Lucas!!!

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2002)

It was as Ep I should have been (at least, according to my taste). It had the long shots I missed, and the more space scenes I also missed, it had less references to the future (and the ones included made more sense), Jar-Jar's role in Ep II will be appreciated by those who hated him in Ep I [personally, I shrugged at Jar-Jar, other things bothered me], the scenery is better (Coruscant -- Ep I had only glimpses), there is no word about gods, the actors are allowed to act at times, and including a co-scriptwriter was a wise decision. And it is darker, like The Empire Strikes Back (my Trilogy favourite).
On the low side, some scenes looked as if they were made for video-game adaptation, and I counted no less than four scenes whose idea was 'shot down' by other Hollywood films released during Ep II's production.
Finally, a nitpicker's nitpicking: how does one parsec relate to stellar distances at the edge of a galaxy?...