Better than the previous 2 but still a little weak from the first two in OT

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2005)

Possible SPOILERS CONTAINED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good movie, better than the mediocre Phantom Menace and the Over top Attack of the Clones. This movie had more substance. They were no needless side plots and the chemistry between Portman and Christiansen (though still not exactly magnetic) was better than the previous joke of a romance on Attack of the Clones. Ewen McGregor is an extremely talented actor and he is Obi wan. He is what makes this movie what is.
Christiansen, does well with conveying feelings and actually does well when conveying dark moods. He is rather wooden when it comes to regular dialouge. He does a better job as a darker Anakin in this one, than the more even tempered anakin in Attack of the Clones.
The movie did a better job of concentrating on plot and script more than special effects, which the previous two did not. The acting has improved.
The weakness (IMOO) is still the relationship between Portman and Christiansen. Even though they did better in this film than the previous, I still cannot fathom the fact that they are so love with each other that they would throw everything they love or dream about, just to be with each other. I did not buy it. I did not see that magnetism in the film between the two lovers. They just looked like 2 teenage lovebirds recently married, not lovestruck lovers.
Lucas did a good job of leading up this film to where the original trilogy would start up. I recommend this over the last two of the prequel film, about par to Return of the Jedi but still lacks the drive or impact of New Hope or Empire strikes Back-but not by much though.
One question to anyone, I am not picky, but after seeing New Hope last night on my DVD collection and seeing this film, I have a huge question. How does Obi wan Kenobi know R2D2 really well, alongside that of Threepo but when New Hope starts, and Luke takes the droids to him, he seems to be oblivious to them and does not recognize them for an instance. THey did not change appearance and Threepo's lack of prior knowledge of Kenobi, can be explained away when he gets his memory wiped out by Sen. Organa, but does not explain Obi Wan's. OH well maybe I am making too much of it.
recommend watching this, unless of course you are the 99.9% of Star Wars fans that have already seen it. Then you already know how good it is.