so...so...

Rating: 5/10 (27 June 2005)

I suppose if one went to see the movie with no prior exposure to all the hype, it might receive a higher rating than otherwise. Its a decent enough movie, though, as my peers have noted, the dialog and acting is ridiculously sophomoric.
One particular scene with Jimmy Smits and Yoda had me rolling on the aisle - when he goes, in his best NYPD blue voice, 'that's when I called Yoda'. I half expected Jimmy to break out his Glock with 'You want a piece of me?' or 'How you doin'?'. Sam Jackson's forced menace seems to be wearing thin these days. Also, young Skywalker's descent into evil seems ludicrously quick. Its hard to swallow that an angry adolescent would suddenly transform into a monster after a few crafty promises by the Senator. One second he's saying 'what have I done?' and the next he's pledging allegiance to the dark side of the force? Gimme a break!
I submit that some of the believability of Star Wars 4-6 was due to the no-name actors in them. With big names like Jackson, Smits et al, any dialog that comes out of their mouths seems silly and anachronistic.
Lucas obviously did a great job with SW 4-6 - perhaps he should have left it there. It was the mystique that sold SW - not the silly acting or corny dialogs.