"so bad, it's gone past good, and back to bad again"

Rating: Null/10 (4 November 2003)

is a quote from Ghostworld. And it applies here. This movie is badly made. Putting aside the plot. The monsters sucked. The alien designs were lame. The battles were god awful, and most of them were ripped from other movies. And this lame beast of a movie has to limp through two plus hours to reach its Saturday Morning cartoon finale, which has neither drama, nor wit. Lucas reaches new lows, trying to stretch his movie out with scenes of Obiwan going to the library. When I watch Star Wars, I think fantasy, I think exotic. There is nothing exotic about the library. For every place the movie goes right, it takes an inexplicable turn for the revolting.

Now the plot. Just because when you write out the political backstory on a paper and read it to yourself it's exciting and intelligent, doesn't mean Lucas sucessfully filmed it that way. In fact he didn't, he just had his characters tell it to you in very non creative new-story style.

Of all the crimes I've listed that this movie committed, it's worst was by far this: It's boring. REALLY boring. Even for children and monkeys. There's not a stretch of this movie that's captivating in anyway. It's a strictly pedestrian affair when it should be flying high above us all.