Film of the year? without a doubt!

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2005)

Well what can i say. After being horribly disappointed by the phantom menace and with attack of the clones being fairly average i still kept my hopes up for this film. and did george lucas deliver? he certainly did. I came out the cinema simply speechless.
the film started off great and got better throughout, i wouldn't have changed it one bit.(i wont give anything away) The reason i give it 9 and not 10 is because there is some small cases of dodgy acting but this takes almost nothing away from a somewhat unbelievably excellent film. I was wondering how lucas would put everything in place and in the space of 2 hours 20 mins without getting people confused and i was pleased to find that he has. everything is answered and at a good flowing rate.
But the film would not have been as good if it wasn't for what should be an Oscar winning performance from Ian Mcdiarmid who was absolutely superb and of course another superb musical score which was pretty absent from the previous prequels. It is visually amazing and the story and suduction to the dark side is brilliant. Before you get your hopes up jar jar doesn't die but he only appears briefly (thank god). In the cinema the film got a round of applause which it truly deserves and i left thinking that was amazing. My friend was crying due to the dark emotional scenes and the fact that it could not have been a better film.
Overall from being a fan of the originals and thinking the other two weren't up to par, i can safely say this. LUCAS HAS DELIVERED. A simply must see film. And second best out of the 6 in my opinion (second to Empire). i rest my case.