feels odd

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2005)

I watched the original star wars movie back in 1985, when I was a teenage girl in Hong Kong. It was the first sci-fi movie I'd ever seen, and I remember myself petrified in my seat during the entire movie. From then on, I became a lover of computer effects, although I wasn't really a movie fan.
Some 20 years later I watched the new star wars movies again with eager anticipation, remembering how impressed I was as a child. I am completely impressed with the new special effects, but I regret to say that the movie's story line and acting does not match up at all to the visual effects. This is how I would rate each item:
story line: 3 out of 10 (boring, illogical, unbelievable, incomprehensible) acting: 2 out of 10 (poor, rigid, unconvincing) visual effects: 10 out of 10 (spectacular, impressive)
It seems to me that if the story line were worked on more carefully and the actors chosen carefully, the movie could have been as good or better than the original series. I just don't like watching a movie and afterword's ask myself, "What was that about again?" The romance between the two main characters are awkward, and I can't tell why the girl would ever look at some sulking boy.
But if you keep that under the rug and just watch it for the special effects, the movie is worth it.