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Review
Great special effects bring, robots, strange
creatures, aliens, space ships and weird planets to life but while the
movie is visually stunning the story plods and grinds along. The magic of the original trilogy, Star Wars, Return of
The Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back is missing.
It’s a classic case of special effects coming before plot and no
matter how stunning the special effects are there still has to be a good
story. Chronologically, the
story is leading up to the original Star Wars plot and it is interesting
to see how the characters and plot are developing and growing into the
Star Wars characters and story. But
if you haven’t seen Star Wars or if you don’t know who’s who, this
film, on it’s own, is let down by a very ordinary storyline.
Much of the movie is taken up
when Anakin escorts Padmé back to Naboo and they fall in love. The scenes
jump from Anakin in Naboo to Obi-Wan Kenobi who is investigating the
assassination attempts. This part of the movie is slow and the scenes
jumping from one to the other is tiresome.
The characters in this film are
much more serious that in previous episodes. The humour and “fun”
element that is in the previous movies is sadly missed.
George
Lucas is going to make one more “Star Wars” movie and I am looking
forward to the next episode, as this final movie will join up with the Star
Wars plot and characters. Hopefully George will brighten things up and
try to bring back the magic, fun and adventure that the original movies
had!
Reviewed by Niall Quinn,
Premier Movie Reviews, 2002
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