What a digital muddle...

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2002)

I enjoyed a lot about this movie, mind you... That was the problem, in fact... there was a lot crammed into this movie. A lot of scenes, a lot of effects, a lot of dialog, and help us all, they had to put in wacky courtship scenes as well. For two people who knew they should not be flirting with each other, they certainly did a lot of picnicking and wrestling. I wouldn't have a problem with the story of their relationship being told, but surely they could have made it a little more subtle and well... LIKELY.
I have no problem with any individual action scene, but somewhere toward the end in the middle of the biggest hand-to-hand battle of the film I suddenly tuned out and began puzzling over what I had seen so far. I felt a little queasy and thought I would rather like the fighting to end. Also, knowing that certain characters couldn't possibly snuff it, I felt no suspense of wondering whether they would escape. Let's face it, we all have the misfortune to have read the last page of the mystery first.
I enjoyed seeing the hot-headed Anakin illustrating the sort of person who could desire power so much that he'd systematically become a cyborg to get it. The idea that he could massacre a village of any creature and confess it to his woman and not have her run screaming from the room is a reach, though. Wouldn't that stand out a little? If he'd deliberately light-sabered a poodle, it would cause worry! But not little alien children?