Wish it were better, but....

Rating: 1/10 (13 May 2005)

This movie, much like Episodes 1 and 2, is one where everybody wished so hard for it to be good. It just doesn't seem fair, or even possible, that any film in the Star Wars franchise could possess the ability to disappoint. And, no matter how much we try to convince ourselves that these movies are in fact in the same league as the 3 master pieces that Lucas directed years ago, the movies exist as they are: Mediocre SciFi. Lucas ability to direct the more recent movies is quite suspect. We all agree Episode I was a horrible abortion. Episode II, though better than Episode I, still failed to capture the spirit of Star Wars. Lucas greatest failure seems to be that he is bent on modernizing the films, per se. I feel as if he is trying to do too much with the movies. The story is obviously flawless. Yet, he someone fails to realize that the story can in many ways stand on its own, and he doesn't need to add ridiculous cheesy lines or overly fantastic colored scenes and obvious CGI. The movie, is in a sense, too busy.
Episode III caps off the "recent trilogy," and the three "new" movies are in fact mutant step children of the original three.