Great Film---Bad Dialogue

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2002)

The special effects were incredible. Personally, I think that the digital format is not very flattering to the actors and the make-up artists should have adapted to the medium. The story was good and the action was rather intense.
However, the love scenes were atrocious. Through no fault of Portman or Christensen, the love scenes were about the funniest parts of the movie. The script made 90210 look like Oscar winning dialogue. Please don't let Lucas write the dialogue or direct the next one! Anakin comes off whinier than Luke did, and that's saying a lot. McGregor, Jackson and Christopher Lee all give great performances, but with all of the time devoted to showing off the computerized special effects there's not much heart in this movie. The film certainly could have used some Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher charisma and charm.