Not great acting or great dialogue, but still a very entertaining movie

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2005)

This is probably one of the few movie where I can say that the main character's acting left a lot to be desired, and the dialogue was a little boring at times, but I still want to see this movie again, if not more then once again. Hayden Christiansen(sorry for the spelling) just isn't believable at times, and I think you would want to have the most vital character in both trilogies be believable. I think corny would be another word I would use to describe him. But, Ian McDermid, Sam Jackson, Ewan McGregor, and even Frank Oz(I was glad that Yoda didn't do quite as much backwards talking as in Episodes I and II) helped make up for Hayden's shortcomings.
One of the best things about this part of the series is that Lucas does a great job connecting it to Episode IV. The Ships are all starting to resemble their future counterparts, the clones are starting to look more like the storm troopers, and we even get to see how Luke ends up getting his father's light saber.
The movie was very moving, with a couple of close to tears moments for those of us that really get into these films. Seeing how the Jedi come to their demise by having the clones turn on them in mid battle almost had me going. Also, seeing Anakin doing his part with leading the attack on the Jedi temple really shows how complete his turn to the dark side is. The only thing I could ask George Lucas for, other then a different actor for Anakin, would be to have seen Darth Vader take somebody out while he was in the suit. A bit more screen time for the man in black would have been nice. However, I hear that there is supposed to be a TV series coming out that is between Episodes III and IV, so maybe we'll get to see him in action then.
On another note, being that I'm a projection manager at a movie theater, I had one hell of an experience on the Wednesday night opening. Seeing everybody dress up in all their Star Wars get up, and running the film on 12 screens was great, but actually being in the theater when the LucasFilm logo popped on screen, and hearing the crowd go nuts like they were at a rock concert gave me goose bumps. If anybody knows how many screens some other movie theaters had for their midnight shows, please let me know. I wouldn't mind knowing how my theater stacked up to the rest :)
All in all, this was a very entertaining film, that does a great job forming "the bridge" to Episode IV. I hope all of you enjoy it as much as I did.