Great Film, shame i missed the 'bloodbath'

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2005)

George Lucas has directed his second good film. A New Hope obviously being the other. I knew what was going to happen anyway, as i had played all the games and read the script. I wasn't sure how some of the scenes were going to work out, as a lot of it is effects laden, and the last two weren't exactly vying for the effects Oscar, but by George, excuse that, he did a Star Wars film, not a movie for Hollywood, but a film, for fans mostly. Grevous, I thought, would be the rubbish character shamelessly added for high priced commercial toy sales, as he has more two arms, which is almost ten seconds extra wasted at the toy manufacturing plant, but no! It was an actual character, all right he died within the first half, or so, but he died well. And Hayden Christenson almost acted for a second. My only four problems were Yoda's constant backwards talking, a guy who shouted out the Imperial March as the BBFC rating came up, kids who had to be constantly taken out as they were scared of the violence, and the shameless advert for Sin City at the start, in which after that I heard four little kids say to their parents, 'I want to see that mummy, that looks good.' I mean it's an 18, or R/NC17 or whatever rating in America. Shamless. Be warned though, Vader's reconstruction and healing scene is particularly grisly, but James Earl Jones screaming 'NOOOOOOO!' afterwards is hilarious enough to keep you happy. The 12a made this film. Go and see it, or wait for the DVD. But don't get the septupligy box set or whatever, as you'd be paying Lucas for the two movies before this, and that is not what we want. And as a final note, Lucas, don't touch up this movie, you'll only ruin, just muck about with the crappy ones.