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Saw it last night (this morning) and I loved it. Best of the prequels. By far the most pure action in any SW flick (though it does have its fair share of exposition), and thankfully the stupid comic relief was kept to a minimum, most of it is in the first 30 minutes of the movie and as mentioned before involves R2 and some even more inept than usual battle droids. Jar Jar is finally seen and not heard. But Lucas' warning was right, this not so much a film for the kiddies as the earlier films were. Very dark, very intense, with a few visuals of a type never seen before in a SW film. So many scenes and so much dialogue foreshadows (or echoes?) scenes in the OT. The Jedi purge actually made me tear up, as well as the final scenes. They were filled with emotion and very well done. As always, the most powerful scenes are those without dialogue where the usual top-rate John Williams score, Ben Burtt sound, and epic, sweeping visuals are all that is needed. The acting is still very wooden. Hayden Christensen is a better actor than he has shown us in these films. Ewan McGregor carries this film as he does in all the prequels.
All in all, I rank it equal to or maybe a notch better than ROTJ but still behind ANH and ESB. Definitely worth the price of admission, although maybe not a 6 week wait in line. And a definite plug for Fandango. I spent a half hour in line for concessions, and about 10 seconds at the box office window after walking right up.
-Mikey
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