at least it's not episode I

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2002)

So i was skeptical, but it turned out pretty good. The action sequences were pretty cool to see, and parts that i thought would be stupid looked pretty cool. I liked this movie, i am surprised by how much i enjoyed it. I expected it to suck. Don't get me wrong. George lucas has no ear for dialogue and the scenes where people are talking are pretty rough because of it. Acting is bad in this movie for several reasons, ewan mcgregor is straight jacketed into an alec guiness impersonation. Everyone seems to have trouble working with the huge amounts of computer effects. It seems like no on really has any idea what is going on in the shot. Hayden Christensen would have been good, there is a scene where he starts to get angry, but unfortunately George Lucas lacks Cajones and doesn't show anakin skywalker go insane and kill a bunch of tuskan raiders. That would have been cool to see, but Lucas had to make it kid friendly and that hurt.
Also, the effects in the movie are way overdone. I read some where that it had a shooting schedule of 60 days, which i totally believe. The rest is computers. Maybe Lucas should ignore the computers and focus on people, his movie would have benefited from it. The effects kick butt though, so hey!
I did like this movie. Despite deficiencies in the script and acting and a dependence on computer graphics that rivaled robert downy JR.'s dependence on drugs, it has a great plot. Real confusing, pretty complex, rather impressive. And the abundant eye popping action sequences are cool. I gave it a 7/10, Jar Jar Binks still sucks though. He is only in it for a few minutes total.