Annoying FX!

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 1999)

I really wish I could say a lot of good things about this movie but I really can't. This movie is a Saturday morning children's TV version of a real Star Wars movie.
The FX actually detracted from the story instead of adding to it. Everything was too clean, too in focus. The background is supposed to be in the background (out of focus) so it doesn't detract from what is going on. Also there is a certain amount of charm in having a guy in a suit rather than a completely computer generated being.
Also I am annoyed that Natalie Portman was made to redub her lines because it definitely shows at some points. And they must have had her do some of the dubbing in a city street it was so garbled.
Also the alien races were crude racial stereotypes. The movie was too busy making fun of everything it could to be gritty like the original Star Wars.
I am not saying that it isn't worth seeing, but this movie will really appeal mostly to young children, and not to older "children".