Not for me, sadly

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2002)

This new Star Wars installment has action, aliens, music, drama, special effects, good guys, bad guys, destiny, space ships, and an elaborate plot.
It has many other things too, but the one thing I found it didn't have was FUN.
This show completely reeked of over-indulgent self-importance and pomposity. All the talk about inter-stellar taxes left me cold. Can you name a scene in this flick where people actually have a good time for the sake of having a good time?
Fun is what made the first three movies so special; the characters acted human, and they didn't take themselves too seriously. But these folks are all one type of heroic archetype or other, and seem more concerned with following a script than being normal. Even C3PO, the cyborg, was more human than these handsome devils.
And please lose the accents. A serious English accent coming from a hero automatically deflates the story and calls attention to itself. Once the heroes opened their mouths and they sounded like Prince Charles, I knew it was going to be a long few hours.