Perhaps the Worst Installment

Rating: 7/10 (26 June 2009)

Fans waited 16 years for this? For shame, George Lucas, for shame. I had embraced the original trilogy as a child and was expecting this film to create that same sense of amazement as the first films did. This movie had its high points, but Jar Jar Binks is often unbearable. Rather, it is Anakin Skywalker I found annoying. He didn't care for him as much as I thought I should for being THE Anakin Skywalker. The Gungans and Jar Jar come off as okay characters, but Jar Jar himself becomes tiring.
The whole film seems ruined with this aura of cheeriness and way too much comic relief in my opinion. The plot was well done actually and we have some good actors here, including Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, and Liam Neeson . Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson were both pretty awesome ein the movie, but it was Natalie Portman who was rather stale most of the time. Perhaps the main problem with this one was the lack of any emotional strong points, as seen in the five other films. Things just kind of happen, you know? Lucas probably relied too much on a mystery-type setting to make up the film's lack of any and few emotions, probably as a way to set up the two sequels. As it stands, a bad choice but the film has its redeeming moments. The highlight of this film is definitely the three-way lightsaber duel. Incredibly intense, with John William's score playing along with it, one reason to see the film in itself. Not to mention there's quite a bit to see in this film, which is also a plus, and in the end I still like to watch my DVD of Episode I from time to time.