Very silly

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2005)

Silly. Very silly. Very, very silly in fact. The script still has the vocabulary and creativity of an impaired third-grader, the acting is either so far over the top (in the case of the emperor) or devoid of talent (in the case of Anakin) that you want to barf at times, but the movie is saved by the fact that it is so (unintentionally) funny in so many places that you stay awake in anticipation of the next howler. I suppose if you're one of these sad people who drool over cornflakes packages containing light sabre mazes and sacrifice a goat to the shrine of George Lucas that you've built in your attic you would find the film stunningly brilliant, but for the rest of us who see Star Wars for what it is (a rather plain kids' space opera), it's just harmless mental froth. Yeah, worth a viewing I guess, but put the brain on 'low' before entering the cinema.