Visually stunning piece of rubbish...

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2002)

I nearly walked out of this film. If it wasn't for the gladiatorial scene and what followed I would have. The actors did their job well considering that they were required to imagine their co-stars. Yet one wonders whether or not Natalie Portman and who-ever played Skywalker were required to do the same with each other! Honestly, the chemistry between them simply failed to materialize! I knew that the 'love' story was going to be insipid but non-existant!
The movie contains what is probably the best Sci-Fi battle scene ever. But, imagine if you will a beautiful maiden (Effects and Conceptual design) who is dragged into the mud by the Swamp thing (everything else)and you have the movie in a nut shell.
What I feel needs to be said however is that the worlds created are wholly convincing. Understand that I mean WORLDS. Populated with imaginative and stunningly realized characters, beasts, buildings and vehicles. It just had a lousy film made in it.