Most critics miss the point

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2002)

I just saw this movie and found it to be an exciting thrill ride of a movie that made me feel like I was 8 again watching Star Wars and wondering if the force was with me. Much like Lucas's Indiana Jone's trilogy, Star Wars is about larger than life characters, doing what we all wish we could and done in the pulpy style of the films Mr. Lucas enjoyed when he was growing up. Are there plot holes, yes. Is some of the dialogue sound like something from a fortune cookie you get with your Chinese lunch special, unfortunately sometimes yes. Is this what we expect from Star Wars, ABSOLUTELY!!! The Star Wars world has always been a fantastic, over the top world, a place where the bad guys can't hit an 8 foot hairy Wookie but the good guys never miss, and the most wise character shares his voice with Miss Piggy. Do we care? No. The critics may say we should but why should we. These movies do what they are supposed to do, they bring us to a magical place for a couple of hours, a place where while we are there, we can all channel a bit of that mythical stuff Lucas calls force...and be 8 again, if only for an hour or two.