Parody or Real Thing?

Rating: 2/10 (16 May 2002)

First let me say I have loved every Star Wars film so far, yes even Phantom Menace. I got my ticket early to see the first showing. Kept my wife up to go to the show at midnight and be up until 3 in the morning watching it because of course it would be amazing. Wow....I can't believe how wrong I was!
I mean I don't think this could have been a bigger disappointment. Most of the movie I felt was more of a parody of Star Wars than an actual film, the special effects were the only thing that convinced me otherwise. R2 and C3PO seem little more than comic relief. There were so many ironic comments alluding to the original series it got tiresome. Even going so far as make Amidala look like Leia?!?! I give credit to George Lucas for an amazing imagination. It just feels like he didn't use it on this one. I saw Episode One 4 times at theatres. X-Men 6 times. Spider-man twice already. I am addicted to this stuff. This movie: Once. I might not even buy it on DVD. It'll leave a gap in my series collection but I'd never watch it anyway.