What a Pile of Dooku

Rating: 2/10 (10 June 2002)

I had to wait a couple of weeks until all the fanboys entered their
comments and actually see some rational ones from average
moviegoers like myself.
My two cents is that the movie is entertaining. In its genre is more
comparable to box office flop Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within than
to the so mentioned original Star Wars Trilogy.
Special FX: The digital actors in the film failed miserably to replace
puppets and guys in costumes we've seen in other sci-fi films. The
mix of real actors and digital actors made the movie look like a
glorified "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", rather than the realistic
effect they wanted to achieve. That distracted me too much from
really enjoying the film as it was meant to.
The Story: A surprisingly boring plot kept me from enjoying the
really well crafted action scenes. Some scenes didn't ad anything
to the plot.
The acting: I praise the actors for at least making the effort to utter
such terrible lines with a straight face. The dialog is an
embarrassment. Specially those written to push forward the
non-convincing love story. I've seen B movies, soap operas,
ambulance chaser's commercials and even porn films with better
dialog than some seen in this movie.
In all, there are so many better films out there that will never get the
hype of this franchise that you won't see. Still, it's not a waste of
time. Most fans say it's better than Episode One: The Phantom
Menace. Then again, that terrible movie is not a hard act to follow.