Disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2002)

I never thought Lucas could make a film uninteresting but he now has. AOTC is a major disappointment where there is virtually no cool scenes, no flair, a dumb trite love story (coupled with bad acting), and worse of all no new interesting characters that deliver any interest.
Lucas has managed to only create an ordinary movie, there is nothing special about this film and in comparisons to other sci-fi movies it hardly stands out. I sat in the theatre after about an hour and a half bored out of my skull, and wondering when this film would end..
This bothered me since I love the Star Wars saga so much. But you can't say much when it takes 2+ hours of nothing to wait for a neat 5 minute light saber duel, and the only eye candy is Portmans outfits which seem to change every 5 minutes.
Lord what happened, where's the charisma? where's the charm? There was no force to be had in this film.
Rating 5 out of 10