A disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (22 March 2000)

Being a Star Wars fan since the first film, I can't help but feel let down by Episode 1. George Lucas having Industrial Light and Magic to play with, produced a film that was more a video game than a film. I still don't understand why I should be excited by the pod race sequence. For all its special effects it was boring.
I also hated the fact that they tried to explain what the Force is. Instead of leaving a mystical vagueness about the Force, they started talking about mediclorons or chloroforms or whatever. And if I remember correctly they also used second rate sci-fi terminology about symbioms and other crap. Lucas failed to understand the power of our imagination. Not everything has to be fed to us.
And for all the special effects, the spaceships seemed more fake. They were shiny like they were in a dealership.Had they never been used before? The models in the previous films looked more real even in their simplicity.
Finally, I really hope that we see some grown-ups in the next movie. No more kids and Jar Jars pleaseeeee!!!