Entertaining yet poorly done.....

Rating: 5/10 (14 April 2005)

Sadly as entertaining as this film was unfortunately all the hype was far to much to live up to. the original trilogy being so strong. Thought there have been several advances in special effects technology in recent years one can't help but feel that a lot of soul is lost through the excessive use of special effects. The acting is extremely dire and without the effects this would just end up being a forgotten B grade sci-fi film. Even though we see the most memorable feature of star wars in this film "the light sabre" the duels are lacklustre and the joy of the double edged light sabre is lost. Beautifully crafted the sith lord could be classed as the highlight of the movie but gets no where near the dizzy heights of the emperor in the original trilogy. Jar jar binks? what where they thinking??? you might as well have had the sickly cute Ewoks from RTOJ, at least they were more realistic than a computer animated kangaroo lizard with a Rather annoying voice, far too childish and uninspiring. The pod race is definitely the highlight of this move though. The only exciting pulse quickening scene in the film.... All in all not a bad movie not great either.