The 1977 movie is still the king

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2005)

Hayden Christensen's acting is somewhat wooden in this movie. Although, looking back at Mark Hamill's performance he's probably not too bad. Natalie Portman is somewhat better but not by much. She basically is in the movie for eye candy appeal, which she's quite good at. While the movie is okay to watch, it just does not have the magic of the old 1977 original. That movie was fun to watch because the idea was new and the whole universe Lucas created was great to watch on film. A whole slew of sci-fi and fantasy movies were made over the next few years copying Star Wars. Lucas continued on with his series of movies, but by the third movie, enough was enough. These last recent offerings were made for the sake of money, not art. There are no surprises in the recent movies, they're just completing the story set up by the first three movies. When will Hollywood stop rehashing the same old ideas just for money's sake? There are a lot of new ideas, never put on film, waiting on the shelves of the local library. Go check out some books, Lucas, Spielberg, and Mr. Steve Jackson (King Kong again? Ye gods!!!)