Oh no, not again...

Rating: 1/10 (21 May 2002)

I hated this movie. I thought it had no story - ahh you say, but this is part of a bigger picture. Drivvel. All the others (bar ep 1, which I ain't even getting into) have a story in their own right, but add to the whole individually - the FX were too plastic, the characters went 'bendy' in wide shot action scenes (Jango and Obi-Wan fight, for instance), and all the characters lacked emotion. Anyone remember the emotion Luke Skywalker showed at the end of Empire Strikes Back? How about vs Vader in Return of the Jedi? Is that so long ago, in a movie so far far away? The fight scenes back then didn't need thousands and thousands of items on the screen all at once. We had a hero, and the action followed his attempts at thwarting the bad guys.. the near misses on his life, his successes - you were right there with him. This time, the action breaks from one character to the next, and none were hero worthy..
I applaud the technical achievements of this groundbreaking FX movie. I fully agree with Mr Lucas that the quality of the film reel at the cinema is important, and that digital projection is the way forward.. It's just.. can we keep the movies worth going to see, please George?