there use to be a time when star war be the best thing since slice bread . of course i be about 7 then but nonetheless it be the ultimate for many people of my generation and and then we grow up but perhaps it be that i have grow up that i do not enjoy this one want a film for adult . i enter the cinema expect some good old fashion galatic action despite the let down of the phantom menace but instead what i get be two hour of largely tedium . at base level all the ingredient be there but there be nothing else and this film be completely empty at heart . what the original movie have in charm and in script and in the endearing performance of their cast ( even mark hamill pull it off in the end ) be largely lack here . the two lead of christensen and portman can not act to save their life and sadly in this movie their life be save and we will have to experience more of their slushy badly script romance in the third . they have all the physical chemistry onscreen of a couple of neutered dog . the depth of their romance which be one of the central plank of the movie be comparable to an infant swim pool and clearly george lucas have be read too much mill and boon and spent way too long on his special effect computer to remember just how humans work . the support cast head by macgregor be patchy too though macgregor be head and shoulder above the two teenage lead and at time manage to act with some gusto . much have be say about christopher lee and samuel l jackson but they be just play themselves be competent enough actor to just turn up for work and perform regardless of what he director say . compare to their past performance they be both underwhelming too . i have already mention the love aspect of the story and this be also suppose to be a dark plot with plenty of evil and of course anakin turning to the dark side . for what be suppose to be the defining moment of the entire series we get a whole three minute of screentime where he kill people . a to get a pg rating the slaughter be gloss over and barely show on camera it leave to the actor to communicate what happen but the evil growing in him be completely skirt around with a little bit of sobby stuff that simply isn not convince at no time do we see someone be corrupt by power which be really a lost opportunity . lose opportunity be what this film be full of though and inside be a really good story struggle to get out but the issue be dumbed down to make them suitable for child to understand . the lack of invention in it be also stunning and why introduce jango fett at all except to cash in on the popularity of boba fett and why have kenobi hide behind an asteroid like han solo do in empire strike back with a star destroyer . why do we get those terrible c3po pun and what be it with yoda ever have a walking stick if he can fight like a whirl dervish on speed . why do a changeling keep it face and not get a new one then try to kill kenobi . the only part of the script i do appreciate be the ever annoy jar jar be the cause of the rise of the empire and ooh the irony . script aside star war have always be something of an effect movie but these day it simply not impressive enough when compare to lord of the ring . the saturation of the colour throughout the film make it all look cartoony and and the cgi do look like cgi although it be much improve on the previous film with yoda at last look real . i imagine this be where the majority of the work go on the film but it just not good enough . i do wish that lucas would get back to the gritty colour tone use in the first two film and they certainly add to the realism but the disney look seem to have infect the franchise too deeply . not only be many of the effect lack any believability but lucas can not direct action and something that be a major flaw in a film that have perhaps half of it a action scene . we get laser zap everywhere but there be no coherence with the editing and it all end up a bit confusing with none of the excitement that should be there . the problem with edit recurs throughout the film with the love story intercut with the discovery of the clone army badly do and why do we keep come back from an interesting story to one that just turn people off and something that be obvious in the cinema a you could hear people groan everytime the teenage lover be on . the sound though be superb and watch at home on my dolby 5 represent1 do make it a bit more of an experience but if you be rely on technical detail to carry a film then you really shouldn not be make it to start with . anyone can buy a decent sound engineer for a movie and and just be limit by budget but not anyone can get a good performance out of an actor and then the limit be talent . let face it that george lucas be nothing more than a glorified technician be way past his limit be trade on the goodwill of fan from movie he do 25 year ago . he no great director or writer and should leave that to others and perhaps then we can get the star war movie that we all want and and perhaps he can come to rival the gross of the old film again but i fear the magic will have go by then . score 4/10 for sentimental reason .