Painful... but at least the jedi fights are good

Rating: 3/10 (2 November 2015)

Obviously, a film of this kind is going to use a ton of special effects. Actually, it's safe to say that were it not for CGI, this film could never even have been made, but somebody please justify how the performances are as soulless as the graphics, with the cast stumbling on woeful dialogue that any first-time screenwriter would have earned the notes of, "Give up... now" were he to have written.
I get that this film is aimed at kids, but Star Wars producers need to accept that many an adult will make up the viewing audience and accommodate accordingly. I fail to imagine an average 8 year old swallowing most of the film, so for adults, it's particularly appalling.
The battles scenes are CGI affairs that do little to engage the audience, whereas the jedi sword fights are - for the most part - consistently as good as they were in episode 1.
I'm not a big fan of Star Wars and after suffering the first two prequels, I wasn't in any hurry to see this, but when I did watch it, I was able to judge it with a complete lack of bias... and on the evidence presented over Star Wars Episodes I, II and III, I'd have to say that they are quite possibly the worst insult to a film franchise and childhood memories ever.