This Isn't The Star Wars I know

Rating: 4/10 (8 August 2005)

Having grown up in the generation of the original Star Wars, and having spent my Summer in the movies watching the first Star Wars installment, upon finally seeing The Phatom Menace, I was scratching my head. This wasn't the Star Wars I fell in love with. In fact there's not much to love about this film. The "story line" is so convoluted and confusing, and the characters come and go so fast you can't figure out who they are. Lucas should have spent more time on creating an interesting story line worthy of Star Wars instead of relying on so many special effects (I felt like I was in a pinball machine with all the bright colors and glaring sounds) and bizarre costumes to distract us from the threadbare script. I started to watch this installment in hopes of watching "Revenge of the Sith" but now I have no intentions of seeing it.