Attack of 'Days of our Lives'

Rating: 3/10 (18 May 2002)

Dialogue -- Unexplainably bad. I honestly felt nauseous.
Directing -- Makes Daytime directors look like Scorsese (except for some of the action scenes)
Acting -- I think Lucas made everyone in this film look as though they have Keanu caliber skills. Hayden Christiansen as an actor/character was thoroughly uninteresting and flat.
I always thought Darth Vader came from more than a spoiled unintelligent brat. I will continue to believe that... I have to keep my love for the original films/characters intact.
CALL TO LUCAS: Get Lawrence Kasden to write!! Get anyone else to direct. This would not be a problem for you because you can still spend all of your time on the CGI (which you'd do anyway). Your 'story' ideas are great Lucas, you've proven that to us over and over again, but your execution is HORRIBLE. The true geniuses in the world realize their capacities and do not exceed them. Those who exceed their capacities do nothing but show their inadequacies and make it possible for people to doubt even their genius. Lucas, you have one more opportunity to leave a taste in the mouth of history. Make it a good one, or risk the last memory of your work reeking of sulfuric slop.
Please don't be the Aerosmith of the movie industry. Don't let your last big movie (Episode III) be the `I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' that will not only pale in comparison to your earlier work, but will make people wish that you stopped while you were ahead of the game.
I now am stepping off of my soapbox. Adieu.