a waste of time and money

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 1999)

George Lucas DEPENDS ON computer graphics and the Star Wars reputation to sell tickets for this one. He made a movie in a computer, and filled in the holes with actors. Two Jedi knights set out on a mission to save a queen and her kingdom from a greedy empire.

Money and graphics a good movie make does not. Poor Natalie Portman and Liam Neeson, two of the most passionate and talented actors in movies today, and they were never given a chance to mesmerize the audience which they do so well. It appeared they were just following bad directing, and reading their lines off of cards. I know they're much better than this.
This movie has no personality whatsoever. The characters lack personality, the script lacks personality; everything is boring. The directing is bad, and the writing is worse. As I watched the credits roll by at the end of the flick, I thought "look how many people it takes to make a cr-p movie(insert "a").
I wasted $18 U.S. per ticket(regular price) for this one in Japan, don't you waste your money. It's going take some real convincing to get me to cough up cash for the next episode.

I give it a 3 for the graphic effects only, which we already know are the best anywhere, but so what.
George good businessman is, good writer/director not is.