A hhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuggggggggggeeeeeeeee disappointment

Rating: 6/10 (12 January 2000)

I AM A STAR WARS FAN. I had high expectations for this movie, really high expectations. Ever since I saw the original Star Wars trilogy, I have been dreaming for a sequel(or a prequel, or whatever). I never tough the day would come where I would see proofs that there would be a new Star Wars but I kept hoping for it. One day, I saw the words "Episode 1 casting announced" on the cover of my Star Wars Insider! It was an incredibly good moment for me. You should have seen entering the movie theatre on May 19, 1999... I was out of control! I came in there believing I would be blown away... I came out of there really, really, really disappointed. God knows I tried to like that movie(I have seen it 4 times!), but every time time I came out of the theater, I felt disappointed. Okay, now lets get to the qualities and problems of this Star Wars. Let's start with the good...First of all it's a Star Wars(although sometimes I ask myself if it really is). The movie is beautiful from a visual point of view. The special effects are great and some action scenes, like the podrace and the Jedi combats, are great. I would even say that some of the characters were okay, like Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. The music is great(thank you, John Williams). Now let's see the problems... Here we go! First thing, let's just say that Jar-Jar Binks is horrible. He is so annoying and every last one of his line is absolutely ridiculous and useless. Some characters were poorly introduced: R2-D2, C-3PO, Jar-Jar and... Anakin! This boy is the whole point of the movie and he is poorly introduced! Jake Lloyd really has a terrible character to play and he doesn't help it! Anakin is so annoying as the "little boy that wins by accident and luck and never needs to do anything to be the best" that most of his scenes are boring, particularly in scenes with his mother. These scenes are absolutely unbelievably fake. Talking about the "point of this movie", it almost has none. It's an introduction to universe we already know! It almost feels like a movie for people who have never seen Star Wars!Let me tell you one thing, not many people fall in that category. The plot looks like the one of the weakest episode in the original trilogy: Return of the Jedi. Talking about Return, those stupid Gungans are even worse than the Ewoks!!!
60%, just because it is a Star Wars.
See you in line for Episode 2, hoping it will be better!