Absolutely Awful...

Rating: 1/10 (8 July 2002)

I don't understand all the hype from this film. Granted, it was way better than Phantom Menace, but that's not saying much. The first 1 and a half hours was sooooo boring. I know that the plot needs to be set up, but did they really need that much time to do it? Cheesy, unbelievable love plots, horrible whiny acting from a kid (Christensen) who has done wonderful acting before (Lucas killed his talent with horrible directing), and over-use of special effects made this movie annoying to watch. I don't think I saw a single seen that didn't use CGI. I'll give credit to the final battle seen... that was pretty well done, but all the junk thrown in before that was boring and a visual nightmare... overall, very forgettable. Some of my friends think that the final battle seen was worth waiting for, but if I had known how bad it was going to be, I would have waited for it to come out on Cable, and then only watched the last 45 minutes.