Like a chore to watch

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2005)

Let's face it, if you're at all interested in Star Wars, have seen any of the other movies, or are just mildly curious about what all the fuss is about, you will watch this movie. So the producers of the film are in a winning situation no matter what. But to me, this seemed like a chore to watch. Maybe the challenge of making a prequel, but it plodded along to the inevitable events we all knew would happen. Anakin's abrupt change from expressing his love to Pad Mai and their unborn child to slaughtering younglings in the Jedi temple was hard to swallow. So was her extremely fast gestation period, hardly looking pregnant at all to giving birth to full term looking twins. Oh well, suspend your disbelief, it is science fiction after all. All I can say is I was genuinely relieved when the ending credits rolled.
At the end of the day, it seemed more like a sales presentation from Industrial Light and Magic than an adventure story.