still great

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2002)

Just like all the other star wars films, this is a highly entertaining and interesting film. It transports the audience into an amazing story by using incredible scenery, costumes, effects, sounds, and music. The only legitimate complaints are with script and overuse of CGI. When comparing to the original trilogy, there is a slight lessening of identifiable characters. The prequels have more emphasis on politics and the tonality of the dialogue is more monotonous. The story is still strong but unlike the originals, the dialogue is a bit weak to carry the story. The CGI is amazing to watch and the detractors are correct when claiming this movie to be like a video game. However, what is disregarded is that films combining CGI and real physicality are kind of new. For this dilemma, a real-model/CGI combo should be suggested. After all, there is something magical about the models and puppets seen in the originals and ILM can create some of the most astounding CGI. Still, this slight degradation of quality in terms of script and overuse of CGI should be accepted because nothing has come close to a production with this scope and diligence to continuity.