Absolute rubbish

Rating: 2/10 (10 June 2005)

Let's start with George Lucas's work as a director: Is it possible that he was on the set when Samuel Jackson filmed his scenes? Other than in camp films, I have never seen a more wooden, preposterous performance. In fact, Ian McDiarmid does the only decent acting in the entire movie. As for the action scenes, they are utterly unexciting, filled with the kind of disorienting jump cutting where you never know what you're watching or even where you are. Flabby, lazy, unoriginal. And besides, does anyone ever suspend disbelief any more when these CGI things come on the screen? Fake, fake, fake. Characters you can care about? Sorry, nothing there either. The unintentionally hilarious dialogue doesn't help: Padme: "Ani, you've been feeling a lot of stress lately." What is this, the Dr. Phil show? And Yoda still annoying is. The movies have passed Lucas by; he still thinks he can recycle the same old formula, phone it in, and cash in. Well, yes, he can cash in; but I have seen more sophisticated entertainment (and I am not kidding) in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.