...and the taste of the public gets lower and lower and lower...

Rating: 2/10 (2 January 2006)

In 1977 as i was 10, i went to the cinema, my father besides me, and we were witness of a scifi - fantasy becomes reality. It was great fun and some kind of magic. As i was older, i realise that the acting of the cast was not worth an Oscar, but it fits to what the story wants. A few years later, i saw the best scifi-movie so far "The Empire strikes back", a real masterpiece, based on but not directed by George Lucas. It was a milestone in SciFi - History. The third one struggles with the claim between a serious intended scifi-adventure and a childfitting teddybear-movie. A callow mixture that leaves a flavorless aftertaste. As like the Alien-Trilogy i thought, three parts are enough, the vertex is reached. Then in 1999, Mr. Lucas surprised us with the first part of the story, and for me it was like part VI but with sophisticated sfx. The second part was like a ripped off part of a memo, fast sketched and totally overloaded with sfx. Not bad, but not very good. To much visuals, to less story. But this third part is a deliberate insult in acting and storywriting. It just shows how blunted in the meantime the public became, that they were choosing this movie into the top 250. No heart, no soul, just visual garbage. Happy Merchandising...