Mediocracy hits a new low.
Bad George Lucas. Bad BAD NAUGHTY Lucas. Don't waste your time or your money on this movie.
Just got back from Episode III, and while it didn't suck as much as a ball of rancid chicken fat (or as we like to call it, Episode II,) it damned sure tried hard. Darth Lucas's latest creation is so terrible in fact, that it made me wish I was the droid leader, General Grievous, just so I could give it four thumbs down.
There were rare moments when I could laugh as hard as I did during Day After Tommorow, mostly love scenes between Anakin and Padme. The bad cliches were only exceeded by the bad acting, which was as wooden as warped low grade particle board. My personal favorite? "Oh Anakin, hold me. Hold me now, like you did before by the lake on Naboo.", delivered with all the passion of a toe fungus. Bleh.
Bad costumes, bad acting, REALLY bad dialogue, even for Lucas. Decent fight scenes, but honestly the ones in Episode II were better. Ani gets the vote for worst actor (but best whiny little bitch), but Palpatine comes a close second. Ewan McGregor, whom I usually truly like, lost so many cool points for this one, that he's in danger of falling into my Baldwin Family Bad category.
I did like some of the homages to the original three included in this one. Also, R2D2 just keeps getting better and better, and Chewie made a nice cameo. Best thing in the movie? You guessed it, another sweet fight scene with Yoda. Oh yeah, and the fact that Jar-Jar doesn't have a single line.
My hat's off to the special effects crew, but the special effect's very high quality only went to point out the extreme mediocracy of the other elements. In short, if you have to see this movie, try not to watch it downwind. The suckage is strong in this one...............