The digital world and creatures don't fit in

Rating: 4/10 (17 May 2002)

I really didn't like the movie because the feeling was very much avry. The digital effects looked unnatural and clumsy. For example there were a group of jedi standing in a room. All the human actors stood still and looked grave, but the master of all jedi, Yoda, had to look around and twitch and twirl unnaturally all the time. I really didn't think Yoda was hyperactive. If a 3D specialist has nothing better to do than try the limits of his imagination then don't let him do it!
The digitized Anakin riding a 'cow' was another scene that I would not have wanted to see. It looked really stupid. If you compare the feeling of AOTC and Lord of the Rings I must conclude that Peter Jackson knows how to make movies look and feel good. George Lucas on the other hand has lost his vision and doesn't concentrate on what is essential in the movies - Good plot.
The scenes in general are too clinical. Characters just don't sit well in them and the three dimensional feeling is lost a lot of time. it feels like actors were acting against a background. It seems that Lucas has ripped a lot from his earlier Star Wars movies and the rest from other sci-fi movies (coruscant traffic looks just like the fifth elements traffic etc.)
I have been a huge Star Wars fan since I was seven years old. It is really sad to see what has happened to the good old trilogy. Star Wars 1 should have never been released, not atleast under the name Star Wars (possibly Attack of the Jar Jars would have been better). If Lucas wants to test new technology he shouldn't have done it with Star Wars. Star Wars 2 is much Better than Star Wars 1 but still the feeling and emotional level isn't right.