It's not perfect but...

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 1999)

It's not perfect this new installment of the Star Wars Universe but it is a fun movie and visually an incredible tour de force! I am not the first one to say that the writing could have been better, the direction more full of well, direction and the acting this time around won't garner any Oscars (Especially that truly unemotional last scene by Neeson) but as far as summer movies go I feel that this is head and shoulders above all the Will Smith's and Godzilla's in the world. This movie left you with plenty of wanting for more, yes, but that is part of its purpose. Knowing that he IS going to make three Lucas was not threatened to tell too much at once although maybe he could have. Remember this is just the beginning and just like the two sequels of the original trilogy do a lot for the original Star Wars so (I trust) will the next two sequels do for this film. The effects are unstoppable and flawless unlike other summer movies that claim the same but don't live up to it. Star Wars lived up to what Star Wars is; It's fun, food for the eyes that leave you very filled yet craving more. Only this meal will have to last you another two or so years before the great appetizers (trailers, toys books and rumors) start to gently tickle the palette and get everything geared again. What Star Wars brings to the screen that many other summer movies doesn't (i.e. M.I.B. Godzirra and ID:4) is such an incredible sense of realism, imagination and wonder. Its eye candy just like the rest of the crowd but it stands above and beyond because of its magic and yes, perhaps some of its magic today can be traced back to the original trilogy but I can assure that ten years from now when the children today are nearing there twenties or in there twenties (As I am) they'll remember Star Wars in far more detail than MIB or ID:4 and definitely Godzirra! If you can quickly name three sci-fi movies of the seventies then you are exempt from the previous comment. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride because the new Star Wars era has just begun. :0)