Little Anakin is by far the best acted character in this movie. I had no compunction in getting up the middle of it and going to bed. Liam Neeson slips effortlessly into the wise jedi role, but everyone else flounders in slow-spoken dialogue and ponderous scenes. Lucas lost perspective when he made the decision to direct this movie, and spent far too much time fiddling with the CGI (which admittedly creates some stunning, if unbelievably perfect, landscapes). A good director could at least have injected some life into dialogue that is obviously serving some ultimate end that precludes character development and, well, anything interesting. The jokes are in the slapstick fashion and are juvenile and unamusing. I loved this movie the first time I saw it in the cinema, and was dissapointed to realise how bad it really is when watching the DVD.