A bit disappointed...

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

After hearing how positive most reviews were, I guess I was expecting too much. I agree generally with our Finish friend who had a few hours jump on us Yanks :)
Hayden Christensen must have been in acting school the past three years. Although he certainly isn't great in this movie, he is still 100 times better than he was in E-II. The only time I winced at his delivery was the lead up to his battle with Obi-Wan.
I must say that the birth scene, particularly the "doctor's" comments about "losing the will to live" almost made me gag. (What about the babies? Not enough to live for?) The dialogue at times was sophomoric, as others have already commented. I don't understand why Lucas can't buy a little writing help with his billions of Star Wars dollars.
I was glad to see some of the tie-ins to the original. One thing that puzzles me, doesn't Yoda tell Obi-Wan in TESB (or was it RoTJ) that "There is another." Wouldn't he know this already since he was at the birth of Luke and Leia? Also, was Leia's surname always Organa? Don't remember that.