Gerat CGI but not much else.

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2005)

The opening sequence is an indicator of just how good a movie this is. Although it is a very good CGI of ships in combat there is no real hart to this film. We are bombarded with the CGI capabilities of ILM, but for me there is no solid story telling, no great acting, no comic relief, and absolutely no chemistry between characters in this movie. All the elements that made the first three films more then just good movies, but something really great are missing.
I would say that Yoda and R2-D2 are the best characters in this film. And R2-D2 has no lines at all. Lucas seems to be a very bad screenwriter. The inter-action between human actors in this film is just flat out boring. Really good battle scenes save the movie and the last 45 minuets are good enough to make it better then the last Star Wars movie, but there are no Oscar performances here, only the explanation of why there are three great movies to come. But what is really sad is that the three great movies were already made over 20 years ago.
Ewan McGregor delivers a good portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ian McDiarmid and Samuel L. Jackson deliver good performances as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and Mace Windu. However, all of them fall victim to the sub-par screen writing. I have to agree with others here that Lucas has delivered another movie with modern day style, but for me, this movie has a real lack of substance. This film is more a good video game then it is a good movie.