i must see...but for no special reason

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2005)

opening night. and opening night that has been anticipated by many since a long long time ago. people showing up in costume to finally see the transformation of Anakin to Vader, the birth of Luke... and so on. the movie starts, the audience applauds - and then..... nothing special. the long awaited movie pretty much ends up being just a pretty long movie. a movie which obviously you have to see till the very end - when Anakin turns to the dark side. that is the reason we bought the ticket in the first place. but all in all the movie isn't really good. great affects throughout the movie. probably the best affects of all the six movies. but a very, very slow and boring start to the movie, and very, very ( i can't even stress how very) bad acting all through the movie. if ever there was a doubt of casting Hayden Christensen there is no doubt anymore. the kid just couldn't pull it off. neither could Natalie portman for that matter. even thought her part in the movie was quite small, maybe it was just better that way. other then Ewan McGregor, who didn't shine either but was semi OK, the whole cast really blew it when it came down to the acting, which might just be (and forgive the blasphemy) the fault of the director. with all the down sides to this movie, it is still a must see for star wars fans. it is. because we just have to know the whole story. not to mention that the second half of the movie is quite better the the first half, and it's far from a bad movie. it's just not really good. but truthful it just might be the poorer version of a finally to a poorer trilogy.