Age Dependent Reaction

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

Star Wars groupies, of whom there appear to be millions, will no doubt love this movie since it has more (and better) things they've loved in prior films in this series. Those of us who are not afflicted by Star Wars mania will find this movie somewhat better than most, if not all, of its predecessors. The action scenes are extremely well executed and, from a technical standpoint, there are few if any movies that can approach this one. If you can invest any belief at all in the plot, the suspense and tension are incredible. The acting, however, is atrocious. Christensen and Portman are especially bad. McDiarmid is the only one with any flair. I went to this (as I have to a couple of others) because I have Star Wars fanatics in my family. The most I can say is that I regretted being there less this time than I have on other occasions.