I would like to apologize

Rating: 2/10 (11 September 2000)

I would just like to apoligize to those of you who read my first review of this movie. I was under the influence of a Star Wars high, that rampant lie was the result. I have seen Episode1 since then and be rest assured, I've changed my vote from a 9 to a 2. I guess it was just me going, LOOK! Pretty special effects!!!. I've now come to realize that cool sfx alone certainly don't make a real Star Wars movie. The origional trilogy had so much more than just SFX, which is why they're still great today when the effects are dated.
That poor fool Lucas is trying to hold his entire movie up on special effects. He doesn't understand that great effects are only great when they're used to support the plot, not the other way around. Some examples of well used effects are The Matrix, Dark City, Fight Club, Gladiator, the older Terminator 2 and many others. Those came to mind because they used so many effects. Episode1 overdoes it, they put the effects everywhere and sacrafice everything else for that. Shame on George Lucas for trying to palm that off as a Star Wars movie.
At least I ripped on Jar-Jar though. Later I realized that it's quite a big disturbance when that clumsy freak is a main charactor. The only way George Lucas can redeem himself is if he sucks that freak out of an airlock in the first 30 seconds of episode2. The oppening text should start to scroll and a ship flys by and jarjar flies out, choking to death.
I probably will see episode2, but after all the hype is done with. I'll be sure to sneak in so I don't feel ripped off again. If the movie still sucks in 30 minutes, I'm leaving.