I was a skeptic about all that hype, but it's all true, and worth every dime.

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2005)

I was a skeptic about all that hype. All those advertisements all the previews. Yecch. The ads are everywhere and, like always, I figured that they were overcompensating for a poorly-written script wrapped in shiny CG graphics and spearheaded by a clever marketing guy looking to pickpocket a handful of singles in exchange for a couple hours of disappointment. This time around, I didn't think it was remotely possible for ANYTHING to live up to this kind of hype.
But surprisingly *wonderfully* nope. I was wrong.
This is one of the FEW times that all that hype, all the shameless movie plugs, toys, t-shirts, candy, (burgers?) and all the sickening over-advertisements were all because the movie actually IS a "profound!", "thumbs up", "ten out of ten", "movie hit of the year!" But it's all true. The movie is truly exceptional and it delivers. Simply put, it's every reason I go to the movies and earns every ounce of praise. I've never said that before, but I got way more than I bargained for and came out awestruck and smiling. Hell, I even wanted to clap at the end!  and if George Lucas was in the audience, I'd have to shake his hand. This was worth the wait.
10/10