A Star Wars Retread With Glitzy Effects

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2010)

The same old worn-out plot, good guys shooting bad guys. When will people get tired of this?! It was like watching a shoot-em-up video game. Boring as hell. Can't believe I spent 3 hours and six bucks (the early bird rate) watching this. But I had to see what everyone was (cough, choke)raving about.
Sorry, folks, I'm not impressed with pseudo-humanoid images created by eggheads behind computer screens. Yes, they're life-like, but that's the point, they aren't life. I want real human actors, and no computer's ever going to duplicate that.
Yes, there was a lot of beautiful imagery. Yes there was artful rendition of battle scenes, strange creatures and forestry. All good and wonderful. The themes were admirable, such as how all of life is interconnected and how our planet is in ecological decline because of irresponsible economic economic exploitation. Major points for driving those issues home.
But the film glorifies death, violence and destruction, as do so many of Hollywood's offerings. Why must the solution to conflict always be presented as war. Haven't we had enough war? I guess it's too easy to create video games. People keep buying them.