Rubbish... by far the worst Star Wars.

Rating: 1/10 (19 September 2006)

OK I'll admit it I'm not a big Star Wars fan, not even of the original Trilogy, but I did a least find the original Trilogy watchable. What I do like about Star Wars are its philosophical and historical underpinnings that were strengthened and supported throughout all six films by what is a very good plot and an engaging storyline, particularly in the first three films. Even so I could never and still cant see why that original Trilogy was so popular! OK it may have been visually excellent for its time, but Lucas' script is rubbish, and the acting is hopeless, particularly Mark Hamill who has never done any work of note since Star Wars for a reason: he can't act and is horrible to watch! Therefore when the new Star Wars films started to be released in 1999 I didn't have very high hopes. Alas, however I found myself quite enjoying The Phantom Menace, it wasn't great but it was OK, I guess. Then this monstrosity of a film was released and I hate it, I really do! This film is massive step back from TPM. It's so bad. The acting is terrible (particularly Portman and Christiansen) the script is simple and cumbersome, and the CGI is absolutely woeful. In fact the CGI is one of the things that annoy me the most about this film, it's that bad. Monsters look they are made out of play-doe and fight scenes look unrealistic. For example there's a scene where Anakin jumps onto the back of some kind of monster and it looks awful, as if its been done with stop motion or something. On top of all this is a boring, boring film, sod all happens and some of the scenes drag on forever. In particular a scene where Anakin and the Amidala are running through a factory or some such thing and it looks more like a cheap platform computer game. The cinematography is woeful throughout. Finally I should say having watched Revenge of the Sith the other day its probably the best new Star Wars film, but even that's not that great! This film is utter crap!