Strike Three

Rating: 1/10 (20 May 2005)

I was six when I saw Star Wars (New Hope) in a movie theater. I remember going home after the movie and trying to move things with the force. I am very grateful for Lucas adding something magical to my childhood. A really good movie can do that. These last three Star Wars movies have done the opposite. They have sucked out the magic and replaced it with disgust and disdain. Why I think the movie/s sucked: 1. Poor acting: whether it was the actors, the script, or the director is irrelevant, the acting was lousy. 2. Special effects: they are supposed to augment a good story, especially in scifi, not take over the movie. 3. Horrible script: cheesy lines are not only annoying but distracting as well. 4. Political messages: I think Lucas was taking a stab at current politics. I watch movies to take a brake from reality. I do not care about the political opinions of a movie director.
I have read many reviews where people have said Sith either replaces Empire or is on par with Empire. All I can say is that if you starve someone for a week and then on day 8 feed them stale bread and water that stale bread and water is going to be the best damn stale bread and water that person ever had. After 20 something years and two atrocious prequels Sith is the best damn lousy movie I have ever seen.
To sum up the last 3 movies in a few sentences: The main character of the story looked more like the member of a failed boy band. This was a love story where the two key characters had zero chemistry between them. The movies looked like a bunch of popular scenes from various movies were slapped together haphazardly and then the end result was painted over with a Star Wars brush(excessive special effects). JarJar Binks.
George, if you read this, you have already tampered with the original 3 movies and now I cannot buy and watch what I originally saw in my youth, how about digitally removing JarJar Binks from the series. While you are at it you can cut out most of the cheesy lines. Then you can release the whole series as a 6 movie set that would actually be worth buying.