that stunk

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2002)

i know everyone was dying for AOTC to be good after the last load of crap that Lucas dumped on us, but there's no need to lie to ourselves or to anybody else. it sucked. i'll admit that it was better than the Phantom Menece, but is that really saying much? the acting was the worse thing this side of Keanu Reeves. literally, everytime that Christensen kid opened his mouth i cringed. Portman, as lovely as she is, didn't do much better. Ewan McGregor did his best Alec Guinness impression, but they all seemed lost acting in front of a blue screen. acting has never been a strong point for Star Wars films, but it has hit a new low this time. i'm not even going to get into the terrible script. i wish Lucas had done what he did for Empire and let someone else handle all the real film making work. he's obviously more focused on "dazzleing" special effects. but to me they were about as dazzleing as watching my lame room mate playing video games on a friday night. maybe i'm old fashioned, but i miss the old days of puppets and creative makeup. they seemed much more realistic. as far as technology has come, alot of the scenes stilled seemed about as real as Mary Poppins dancing with cartoon penguins. i could whine all night about this and that, but what good would it do. yes, i'll be there when the next one comes out on opening night just like i was this time. but untill then i'll be watching the origanal three movies to try to reclaim what's left of my childhood after seeing the last two.