An average movie

Rating: 6/10 (11 June 2005)

People have a tendency to mix hype+tradition with good film making. Had this been ANY other movie than STAR WARS, this ... mediocre thing would never have received the attention it has.
But now here we have it, millions of people appreciating a bad script, seriously under performing actors (due to worthless directing from a director who, at best, should be doing technical movies outside Hollywood).
There's no wonder why George Lucas wanted someone else to direct this movie - he's probably realizing that this is the flic that either would set "the record straight" (for what you will), however with boy-band-wannabe singers like Hayden Christensen in the lead, you know you're in for a real disappointment.
The story is thin, the twists that take place are illogical and most oftenly very poorly built up. You can expect situations where something just happens without any real explanation (in the movie at least, apologists have thousands of explanations of course).
I give this a 6/10 for a few reasons though:
1. This is the best of the first trilogy 2. Christopher Lee is one of the world's most wonderful actors. 3. Ewan McGregor lifts, what parts of this movie that would make you vomit into "acceptable" levels.
In the end though, this is a mediocre movie. Something that would hardly raise eyebrows without all the hype.