[Atrocities]

I've been thinking about some of the criticism for the movie, and I have a theory on why many fans don't like this movie. All of them are going in expecting A New Hope or The Empire Strikes Back. There are multiple references about how things were "better" in some other movie, and I think it's gotten to the point where anything new isn't tolerated.

Nice guess, but in my case wrong.

I will tell you why I am dissapointed by Ep2 when compared to Ep 4 thru 6. Simply put, no character development and way bad acting. Basically put, no Han Solo, or Chewbacca or Bad guy that I loved to hate. Ep 4 thru 6 aside from some bad acting, had good character development from Luke Skywalker thur Darth Vader. Ep 1 had Qui Gon Gin (sp) and that was it. Ep 2 has no one of interest until the middle of the movie. We were introduced to the adult Anikin in an elevator for crying out loud. Oh ya, that really peaked my interest in the character. The only two or three characters that were worth a damn were Jingo Fett, Count Dukoo, Bobo Fett and too some small degree Obi One, the rest were uninspiring at best.

When it came to the story, it lacked detail. Correction, it lacked attention to detail. There is a differance. There may have been a few plot holes, but those could be over looked for now. The attention to detail and uninteresting character development is what turned me off to this movie. It opened like a really bad book, and ended without a climax scene. It just doesn't have the attention to detail that one would expect. Hell Ep1 even had better attion to detail. Its the lack of the small stuff that gets you into trouble with a movie. Weak endings, poor character development, un-interesting beginning, and a lack luster plot that could have been far more than what it had become, easilly spell doom for a movie.

I also hate the fact that we were told Jar Jar dies in this movie, and he ends up living. That is unexcuseable!

[ May 19, 2002, 04:28: Message edited by: Atrocities ]