Rating of
1/4
Only worth seeing if you plan to watch Episode III
Arek - wrote on 04/14/08
One of the most anticipated films of all time is perhaps the worst letdown of all time. Although still mildly entertaining, compared to its predecessors Episode I is just an awful movie. First, the acting is bad. Really bad. Liam Neeson gives an adequate performance, but I felt Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman fell flat. Worst of all is young Anikan. Honestly, I think I could pull any preadolescent off the street and have him or her act in a superior fashion to the uninspired drivel this kid put out. Beyond the acting, the story is shallow, contrived, and at times extremely annoying (who really thought it was a good idea to give Jar Jar that many lines anyway?). Lucas seemed to go to enormous lengths to link whatever he could from IV, V, and VI to this movie; but in the end it just came off as pretentious. Sadly, Episode I largely ruined the mystique of the Star Wars series for me. The movie ended up turning what should have been one of the greatest prequels of all time into a poorly acted, plot-bungling, budget-bloated, special effects behemoth that was crushed under its own lack of momentum.
