A Travesty In All Regards, and one of the Worst Movies of All Time

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2015)

As a Star Wars fan myself, I do feel as if bias could have clouded my judgment of this movie. For that reason, I will split my review into a review of the movie and its role in the Star Wars saga, and a review of the overall quality of the movie as a whole.
From the perspective of a fan, this movie is terrible. What the hell is going on? Taxes and trade disputes have no place in a Star Wars movie. Neither do racist aliens and this midichlorian crap. Way to take the fun out of using the force, Lucas. Now, it's about how many damn midichlorians you have in your blood stream, not about your ability to harness the force. I never wanted to see Darth Vader as a whiny little kid, nor did I want the terribly-rendered caricature of Jar Jar Binks ruining this movie. Lucas couldn't even recognize when he had a good thing. He killed probably the best character in the movie, Darth Maul, when he could have played an even bigger part in the later movies. This is by far the worst edition to the Star Wars universe.
From the perspective of a normal reviewer, this movie is even worse. The yes-men at Fox obviously let George Lucas do whatever the hell he wanted with this one. Not even Liam Neeson could redeem possibly the worst writing in modern film. This creepy pedophile romance between Padme and Anakin was uncalled for, and I know it doesn't get any better later, not to mention the horrendous CGI. The environments looked more like matte paintings than real landscapes. And I know it's not because of the limited technology either, because movies like Blade Runner, Aliens, and 2001 were made years prior, and are much more believable than this garbage heap.
This isn't only a bad film, it's an anger-inducing film. It is a disgrace to Star Wars, and it's a disgrace to every movie ever made.