A shameful addition to the Star Wars saga

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 2003)

This movie is, simply put, awful.
When Episode I was released, people agreed that the movie was bad. It was too kampy or childish, nothing like the original trilogy. George Lucas tried to address this problem, and even though this movie is aimed at a more mature audience, it could not solve one big problem. The story is incredibly boring and terribly paced. Endless times through the movie you get a fight scene, and it is interrupted to show Anakin and Amidala in the middle of a romantic scene. It broke the flow of the story.
Also, the acting was terrible. I personally enjoy most of Natalie Portman's work, but she looked terribly stiff in this movie, only surpassed by that kid who played Anakin. They tried to make me believe that they were in love with each other and failed miserably at that. The only actor who really did a good performance was Ewan McGregor.
Finally, Lucas went WAY overboard with the special effects. Filling the screen with a thousand CGI is not the way to compensate for a lackluster plot. Plus several unnecessary FX, such as a flying R2D2, made me regret going to the movies to see this.
Terrible, terrible movie. I wouldn't see this again, even if my life depended on it. 1/10