5/10. Excellent special effects, sound, but the bits in between that are boring, filled with a poor script thats dependant on an equally poor religious 'jedi' background.
firstly the romanace is okay, it dosent really work because Padme is supposed to be a lot older than Anikin, it feels so forced and dosent come naturally, its just not well done. their relationship does have some sparks, but it never really feels like a real relationship - its just there because it has to fit with the other movies.
the story is poor, why do a religious council 'jedi' have to get involved in political matters above their station. the reasons for the Seperatists moving away from the Republic is because their unhappy about the way things are run... so why is it the concern of the jedi. theres too much focus on Jango Fett, whos presense onscreen is very boring imo.
it just feels like an inchoesive story, with canon shoved in to make it fit into the grand saga. and i've said this before, but i hate it when they say Anakin is the chosen one, its so comic bookish, he has no charisma as the lead actor, hes not so bad, its the character thats poorley written.
the best thing about the film is Christopher Lee, who plays a intelligent, multidimensional villan.
