Top notch action scenes....otherwise absolute drivel.

Rating: 5/10 (11 March 2008)

George Lucas is a disappointing guy. He brings the world the first three Star Wars films, which were fun, funny and fairly low on their level of cheese. Now, CGI is much better, and George Lucas throws away the script and goes for lots of drawn out action scenes. And those action scenes are very cool looking, though they do make up quite a lot of the film, but is that a positive or a negative? If the movie had more action scenes, then there will be less story and dialogue. More action it is. The dialogue in this Star Wars especially is so god-awful and corny you might want to claw your ears off.
George Lucas spins us a love story between two very boring people, Anakin Skywalker, played by the always dull Hayden Christianson, and Queen Amadellus, played by Natalie Portman. Their is no chemistry between the two, and the characters are so uninteresting, you'll find whatever fait's in store for them won't matter to you. The best characters are Yoda and Mace Windu. Yoda is a crowd pleaser and a funny little guy. Windu's not much of a character, but Samuel L. Jackson makes the character his own. Other than these two, every other actor and character falls flat (out of battle).
What happened to the sense of humor, and good characters from the first three Star Wars? Maybe Lucas should've tried harder on the script and gave the animators a break.
My rating: ** out of ****. 135 mins. PG-13 for violence.