Better but still disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (7 June 2002)

The first 45 minutes of this film were horrendous, but then it started to improve. Yet I still left the theatre feeling disappointed. I know it has been almost 30 years since the original films were made, and that he has to appeal both to die hard star wars fans and also a whole new audience, but I think he failed on both parts. The dialogue was dire, the casting of Annakin Skywalker was all wrong (How can anyone believe that this 'pretty boy' could ever become Darth Vader'?) and the love story seemed overdone (running through the fields etc). In some cases more is less. Special effects are OK if used to enhance a film. Lucas uses them to try to distract the audience to how weak this film really is.