High level of entertainment in spite of Lucas' stray from original SW-formula

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2002)

Great film. Contains all that we might expect in an adventure-science fiction movie of the 21st century; Action, thrills, comedy, romance and tears (drama) ...not to mention the superb special effect throughout the entire film. But a perfect 10 it's not. There's still too much Disney over the two droids. In short; the movie is still not dark enough (and who knew R2D2's capabilities were THIS advanced...?). At first I thought the lines spoken by Anakin and Padmé, when they were alone, were very un-original, but after having seen the scenes three times, I realized that it's Hayden's rather poor acting skills that's off. Don't get me wrong; I like him, and I think he's right for the part, but those lines could've been read with a LOT more credibility than that. He's sounds like he's late for date or something. Last there's the little things like why the spacecruisers and fighters all of a sudden sounds like propeller-driven aeroplanes ??? NOT good ! Still... I'm a hardcore starwars fan... Any sci-fi fan would be a fool not to go see it,...it's worth it, I guarantee it !