A movie without flaw, just imbecilic viewers.

Rating: 10/10 (24 September 1999)

Okay, I've heard every possible reason for not liking this movie, from "the plot, acting, and dialogue sucked" to "Jar Jar annoyed the hell out of me" and would like to put my own insight into this. I've always been just a casual Star Wars fan (always owning just the trilogy and never merchandise), but as film production major, the technical superiority of this latest installment raised my awareness of just how imaginative and awe-inspiring films can be.
First of all, this is a sci-fi movie, NOT a Broadway play. It's highlights ARE SUPPOSED TO BE the special effects, the sounds, and the camera work. If you didn't know ahead of time that the film DOES NOT EMPHASIZE witty dialogue, Shakespearean acting, and plot twists every inch of celluloid, I would like to suggest getting a CAT scan. You guys who bash the film for the reasons I mentioned previously have arguments that are a)totally invalid, and b)completely bogus. That's like criticizing John Elway for not being good at basketball or pole vaulting! You're trying way too hard to dissect and analyze the movie instead of kicking back and ENJOYING it like all decent bipeds do. It's the same thing that happened with Godzilla in 1998. People trashed it for reasons the film was never meant to touch up on. "Man, did that plot and acting suck!". Gee really numbskull, what did you expect from a film about a 200 foot lizard stomping through New York??? As if the previews weren't enough of an indication that it was strictly a sight-and-sound driven film! Would you skydive without a parachute even though the odds of survival are slim to none? No? THEN DON'T ACT SURPRISED WHEN A SCI-FI FILM LACKS ELEMENTS IT WASN'T MEANT TO EMPHASIZE STRONGLY IN THE FIRST PLACE! Do you hear anybody saying the special effects in Pulp Fiction sucked or the action sequences in As Good As It Gets sucked? Certainly not. Therefore, logic dictates not wasting you time on what on what I just said in all caps above. If you're whining about how bad the story to this film is, perhaps you're just too stupid to understand it. IT'S NOT a sequel to Return of the Jedi! It's purpose was to set up events for five other movies. Oh, but you were too upset that the plot wasn't what you expected to realize that...
And for people who waste time in chatrooms and guestbooks dogging Jar Jar Binks, I have three words for you: GIVE IT UP! Your efforts to sound macho and brash just sound like a total scam. Rumor has it George Lucas said he will be in the next two films and he addressed all you dorks to "get over it". Indeed, get over it! If you can't handle it, don't bother with the next two movies. YOU'RE MONEY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM!
Finally I want to say that in my humble opinion the 2-on-1 lightsaber duel in the film is the most technically awesome film sequence ever. What do I base that upon? The zooms, the stunts, the music, the wide angle shots, the backgrounds, the camera trickery, on and on and on. I challenge anybody (film buff, critic, even film scholar) to come up with something else from another film that can be anywhere up to par with the magic of this scene! Of course, a lot of it was done with the aid of computers, but so what! If you've got the power, use it!
If you want to put your 2 cents in anything I just ranted about, be a man and email me directly instead of posting your comments in this guestbook which I seldom if ever browse.