"Not if anything to say about it, I have"

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2020)

I love it! In my opinion it is easily the greatest of the prequels. Ever single time it manages to make get emotional, I feel the hurt of all the characters and watch as the republic, a free state protected by the virtuous Jedi, is replaced by the evil empire.
It shows the demise of the one of the greatest movie villains Darth Vader. It hurts even if in the first two movies his portrayal is sub par. Hayden Christenson stepped up his acting, not by much but it is better.
Of all the Star Wars movies this one has the greatest and most exciting action. The battle of Corosant, Obi v Grevious, Yoda v Palpatine, and Anakin v Obi Wan. They are all entertaining, I don't care if anyone thinks they are over choreographed. The are entertaining and capture the magic of Star Wars.
Every time it just gets better, with the addition of the clone wars and other smaller media it gives amazing context and makes the whole trilogy better. But even without it, this movie is still great.
The story and characters do not compare to the original trilogy, but this one is far more exciting. I am not going to say it is better than the OT, but it is easily one of the best additions since then.
None of the performances are through the roof, but Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDermid, and Samuel Jackson are all endearing characters and entertaining to watch on screen.
In recent years this movie as gain more and more respect. It now has some of the most iconic scenes in all of Star Wars.
The politics of all fictional world are always an element that pulls me and makes the situation be comparable to reality, though TPM may be about the taxation of trade routes this movies shows the fall of democracy and the rise of a "fascist" empire. And with Palpatine, an amazing villain pulling all the strings.
Though the movie sucks it ends with hope and ends with a double sunset the perfect way that leads chronologically to the OT.
Though I do have a few gripes with the movie they are all small compared to all the things I love.
Anakin and Padme's dialogue with each other is in this movie better than the previous two movies, but in most scenes it still falls flat. Though the part it plays as a driving force of Anakin's fall is the falls nicely into everything Anakin has been warned about and Palpatine used it to fuel his turn.
I do not like the excessive use of CGI clones, a bit more practicality would have been nice, though they are all supposed to look the same, it would have been hard to pull off the other way too, but they could have at least tried.
And Chewbacca did not need to be in the movie, but that is silly and such a small insignificant nit pic.
The Star Wars cannon still leaves open room for stories of Yoda, Obi Wan and Qui-Gon in exile, set up by this movie and leaves open how and if Palpatine had a part in Padme's death.
This movie is great it is a toss up if I prefer it to my other favorite installments after the originals, but it is still great.