on the whole rather good

Rating: 8/10 (4 June 2005)

on my way to the cinema i walked behind a mother and her two kids, one dressed as Yoda, the other as Darth Vader. Yoda was waving his stick around and his mam told him to stop it. i then wondered if Yoda's mam ever told him to stop waving his stick around.
anyway onto the review. On the whole i did enjoy this film with the possible exception of the puke-inducingly bad dialogue (yes it's that bad, i almost felt physically sick) and some pretty bad explanations for things.
Everyone (who hasn't spent the last thirty years in a coma) knows what happens so it's really no surprise when anakin turns to the dark side and becomes Darth Vader but i couldn't help thinking that George Lucas couldn't have come up with a better way of dealing with this transformation and others. I didn't think padme's death was as well handled as it could've been.
Also, i found myself laughing through a good part of the film. For a film that is supposed to be darker and more adult than the others i did laugh an awful lot. Maybe it was just me because when i laughed other people didn't, it might just be my sick sense of humour.
This film does have a lot of faults, but in the end i didn't go to see it for the terrible attempt at romance, i went to see it for the lightsaber fights and that is where the film actually delivers. the lightsaber fights, especially the last one, were brilliant.
This isn't the best star wars film, i would put it third best, but it is the best of the prequels and on the whole a good way to go. I'd give it 8 out of 10