Good film but does not live up to the originals

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2001)

This is a good sci-fi movie that is the beginning of the StarWars storyline. The movie delves a lot into political turmoil and conflict and tries to please a wide variety of audiences. It also tries to stand on its own which it does not do very well. The characters are well thought out though....Jar Jar is very annoying, Darth Maul is fearsome and mysterious etc. and the action scenes are top notch. But there is an overall feel that something is missing, probably due to the fact that we remember watching the originals a long time ago which are the meat and potatoes of the Star Wars story. Watch it as a good sc-fi movie and you will enjoy most of it.