Good, if taken in the right light.

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2006)

I found this film to be a good film indeed. It's main flaw was the awful dialogue and acting on the part of Hayden Christanesen (spelling?).
You cannot watch Episodes I,II and III expecting them to be the original trilogy again. They are different, as the events that shaped the characters' lives were different. You have to view them as good prequels to the first, but slightly tongue in cheek, and in the case of General Grievous, very tongue in cheek.
I liked General Grievous, he provided good comic relief from the sorrow of other parts of the film.
In all, it is not a feel good film. This film is a tragedy. It is meant to make the audience feel a sense of loss (and not of time wasted). It certainly made me feel this loss as I saw the Jedi slaughtered and the fight between Obi Wan and Anakin was almost good enough to go down in cinema history, if the dialogue of Anakin was cut out.
It was a great tragedy, with good tongue in cheek comic relief elements as well. However, it was not a poor rendition of the original trilogy. That is not how it should be viewed. It is different, and meant to be so.