Don't even think about wasting your time like that...

Rating: 2/10 (26 June 2006)

I don't get it. Everything would have been there. Great Actors, a nice effect team and a great universe to tell stories. But Lucas screwed everything.
The story is just awful. The Characters are stereotypes and therefor totally unbelievable. The dialogs are as clever as TV soap operas. You know every line in advance and the love-story is totally embarrassing. Lucas must have a mind of a fourteen year old, when I was at that age I had the same ideas about relationships. I usually don't care about logical flaws. But the way they jump out in this movie drove me nuts. Why does an apprentice Jedi has to protect a seriously endangered Senator on his first mission? Did Anakins mother wait for him to arrive so she could die and why did they tie her up in the first place? etc etc
Of course star wars films are not known for their stories as they are for their effects and action sequences. The visual effects are technically amazing. The renders are quite realistic. CG and real life action blend together very well. But the colors are just too much. There's something blinking everywhere. But I think that's a matter of taste.
But the action is not. I know a Jedi is really strong and stuff. But you simply can't jump onto a flying car e few hundred meters under you. Or how do they survive a few thousand attacking soldiers with guns with simply one laser sword and without any cover.
I really like the actors. They did brilliant jobs on other movies. But they seem to be overextended by all the green-screen acting and non existent characters.
I didn't see episode 3 and I won't. I loved the original star wars and I want to keep them just as they are...