pathetic!

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2002)

Once again, George Lucas has taken us into new realms of awfulness.
While the digital effects were quite impressive, they really couldn't replace a decent script. The dialogue - never a strong point of any Star Wars movie - was laughable and the acting was somewhere between adequate (Ewan McGregor) and downright bad (Natalie Portman). Since I've seen most of the actors do much better in other films I guess this has to be attributed to the quality of the script and the direction. The love story was especially grating, being completely unbelievable. Most people in the audience were laughing in moments clearly intended to be serious, which really says everything.
This awful film deserves a much longer review, but I wouldn't want to bore the reader in order to create a contrast to the movie. Do yourself a favour and don't watch it. Rating 1/10