Very disappointed fan

Rating: 6/10 (29 May 2005)

As with all three of the prequels I came out very disappointed. Once again Lucas has proved he has spent too much time focusing on Industrial Light and Magic and not on his Star Wars universe. The movie is a visual masterpiece, but once again falls very short as for storyline.
I think my biggest problem is the lack of likable characters. Anakin spends the whole movie crying and whining, very fitting for the future evil lord of the empire. Padme only talks about how much in love she is with Anakin, and Obi-wan was never my favorite character. Where is the Han Solo and Lando Calrisian to round out the characters. Where is the quick banter back and forth between characters that makes the story more real. That brings up my next problem.
Once again the movie is filled with 3 word lines that fall short of their intended emotional impact. I heard Lucas hired a script writer for this movie, but I get the feeling he vetoed every idea the writer had. While watching the old movies there was plenty of dialogue between characters that was just jokes and quick wit. In all three of the new movies every line is dead serious taking away the fun of the movies.
Overall it was an enjoyable movie with quite possibly the best computer animation ever achieved in movie history. I guess nothing can recreate the feeling I got from the original trilogy. Perhaps I went in with too high of hopes.
6/10