Horrible...

Rating: 2/10 (25 January 2006)

I really wanted to give this film a chance. I was a great fan of the originals from the 1970's and 1980's.
However, I think, even taken as a whole, the movies of '99 and 2000's really ruined the series. None of the "sense of wonder" that I love real science fiction (can you even really call Star Wars _science_ fiction?) for was evident in any of these movies.
The acting and dialogue always seemed forced, clichéd, and substandard. The special effects and particularly those that dealt with creating landscapes I thought were one of the only bright spots of any of these movies. I cannot understand how this movie currently has an 8.0 average perhaps after such horrible precedents anything that is at least marginally different or "better" is desperately hailed. The action, acting, and dialogue was so clichéd and ridiculous in parts meant to be "dramatic" that I often found myself laughing out loud. (See particularly, Darth Vader's "Nooooooo..." scene).