Overrated

Rating: 3/10 (15 June 2003)

I've never understood the fascination with this film. The special effects aren't that impressive (simple mat-shots done on black-screen with inanimate objects) even by 70s standards (Superman's were far superior as they required matting a moving person). The story is practically plaguiarized from Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress". The characters play like a cheesy soap opera, with bad dialogue to match. The only person in the film with onscreen charisma is Harrison Ford (which explains the directions of careers after the SW films). The fascination that "Warmongers" have had with this series of movies (this one, in particular)is beyond my meager understanding: It's obvious to anyone who isn't a sick freak obsessed with these movies that Lucas & co. made it all up as they went along (no epic master plotline as many mongers wish to believe--Lucas was on a journey with no destination), which left them with each successive production to try and write their way out of the box they'd previously written themselves into (luke i am your father-but you killed my father-only in a manner of speaking--what nonsense is that?).Sorry, gang. I'm not drinking Lucas's KoolAid anytime soon.