Black/white story with graphics that need more maturity

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2002)

I'm not sure if this is true, but I believe that Mr. Lucas said at some point that he hadn't done movies 1-3 first because of the fact that the technological advances in film making weren't yet at the level that he needed to make these movies.
Given that statement, and after seeing this movie, I have the feeling he should have waited a few years, still. Yes, the graphics are state of the art and much better than what we saw before. However, if you look at scenes, you will notice that each time only a certain set of colors is used, rather than the whole spectrum (which you would see in a normal movie, recorded on film rather than digitally). I'm not an expert on computer graphics, but I have the feeling that the color was removed from the recorded images, to allow the computer generated graphics to blend in better: without removing colors and enhancing the other colors, the computer generated parts would stand out too much. I had the same feeling while watching "The Lord of the Rings - The fellowship".
There are more similarities with "The Lord of the Rings". They both end at an odd moment (as they are both movies that have a planned sequel). They both are based on the 3D video game culture that exists nowadays (in fact, both movies might have been much more effective as a video game). They both make a clear distinction between "good" and "evil", with only rare attempts at creating a character that is in between (Boromir/Anakin), but not without giving the audience ample notice of this "anomaly".
I'm not saying it is a bad movie, but if you want to be awed by the graphics, it might be wiser to consider "Ice Age" or "Shrek". As for a better story line, I won't make suggestions for that, but there are plenty of movies in this database that have more depth. If you just want to see how the Star Wars hexology comes together, you should watch this movie, however.