TOP 250?????

Rating: 6/10 (20 June 2002)

I'm sure this review will not endear me to the majority of IMDB users who seem to share a far more glowing outlook of the movie than do I but such is the price of a democratic society. THE TOP 250 movies of all time? What movie were you people watching. Yes, I understand that this movie was a Star Wars film and thus it is hard to be totally subjective about it because of the past achievements of the holy trilogy. But please! I will be subjective despite my absolute reverence of Lucas' accomplishment in episodes 4-6. The plot was interesting and succeeded in tying in the generational connection between characters (Skywalkers, Fetts, etc...) Visually, this movie was also one of the most pleasant experiences I have ever had at a movie theater. Beyond that, its all downhill. The writing was a complete abomination of cliches that made characters that we are supposed to legitimately care for appear as nothing more than a big book of recycled hollywood drivel. The topper for me was that line comparing sand to the smoothness of Naboo followed by the awkward moment where Anakin starts feeling up Padme. Also, in terms of actual action sequences, they were few and too far between.
I recently heard a point made that I thought really helped me understand the reason why I was having trouble relating to this trilogy in comparison to the former. One big absence is the lack of the Han Solo character, or more importantly, the everyman, the critic, the cynic, the perspective from the public masses. Solo was the tie between a world of complete fantasy and our own lives. Anyway, this movie is not horrendous. I enjoyed many aspects of this movie, yet when I see it ranked in the top 250 movies of all time, I think this should at least ensure that this movie had plausible dialogue.