boring

Rating: Null/10 (29 August 2002)

I never saw this in the theater; I downloaded it instead (sorry, George). But at any rate, I got so bored I couldn't watch it. Let me explain:
My favorite scene in all the Star Wars movies is in the first one, towards the beginning, where Luke is about to leave Tatooine but takes a moment to whistfully look at a matte painting of two setting suns. All the while, cheesy John Williams adventure music is playing over the soundtrack.
So, even if that scene seems kinda goofy now (and it probably seemed kinda goofy back then), at least you can kinda snicker and say, "yeah, you go Luke", and it's all good.
The problem is, everyone grew up before these last two movies got made. It's like how you'll never see Spielburg make another Raiders of the Lost Ark. Pretentiousness and showing off is never any fun. (Look how complex THIS scene is!) You gotta have that youthful exuberance. Hopefully someone else will get to direct the last one.