Lot Of Action...Too Much Special Effect...inconsistent storyline

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2005)

Strangely enough it seems that this film is either hated or loved. The older viewers who where 20 or so, in 1977, when the first movie came out, do not like it, but the teenage crowd thinks it great. They probably believe it towers over "A New Hope" in quality. In 1977, they had to do special effects you could actually see, and I was 18 at the time. I felt this "Revenge" had too much computer generated effects and the more it had, the less believable it appeared. As many have indicated the dialog was very weak and the entire first half of the movie seemed to drag on and on. The film did get better in the second half. I would grade the first hour at a one and the second hour at an eight, with an average score over all. I have seen the first three films many times and Phantom more than once. I did not care much for "Clones". Over the years there seem to have been several storyline inconsistencies, if my memory serves. In "New Hope" OB has no memory of C3PO? Yet they are together much in the last three films. In "Empire" OB sends Luke to see Yoda, who he says trained him, but in "Phantom" it is clear that Liam Neeson's character trained OB, not Yoda. In "Jedi" Luke asked Leia if she remembers her mother, and she indicates that she has a few memories, yet according to "Revenge" the mother died in childbirth and they spent all of 10 seconds together, so no memories could be possible. One thing I find utterly amazing about the entire story is that Luke is taken and hidden from his father to protect him. Yet, he is placed in the custody of an uncle, but yet in Phantom, there were no siblings in the household and no spouse or father. If the protection of Luke is the objective, why place him with relatives and allow him to maintain the same last name? I am certain there are many more problems with the storyline, but these stand out.
bwalter