Laughable acting/dialogue uplifted by great effects...

Rating: 5/10 (14 June 2003)

... and then, brought down by the fakey ones. Yep, I'd say about 80% of the effects in this film were outstanding, and about 20% were so laughably fake-looking and absurd that it just drags down the whole "believability" factor. Just when I start to believe "I'm really there," something reminds me I'm looking at poor digital seaming. The scenes toward the beginning where Anakin and others were falling out the hovercraft & being caught looked as bad as any 1970's cheesy blue-screen effect I've ever seen.
No comment on the acting and dialogue (nothing to say to the nonexistent), but I suppose the plot was OK... a bit slow, it dragged in the wrong places, etc. Anyway, here's my breakdown:
Plot: +3, Great effects: +7 = 10
Acting/dialogue: (10) -7 = 3
Poor effects: (3) -3 = 0
Oops...! Can't rate it a zero. Well, I'll give it 5/10 for "effort" and a mild entertainment value -- better luck next time, George.