This was just a bad story. With bad dialog ....... just like I had by the shores of Lake Naboo.... blech!
"With bad dialog ....... just like I had by the shores of Lake Naboo.... blech!"
The reviewer for The New Yorker (I think it was Anthony Lane, not sure, but he's the only one they've got who can really do a good pan) just flamed this movie to death. He too complained of the bad dialoge and made the point that it is really important to be able to make up good names for things if you're going to create whole universes, and Lucas fails in that. "Sith" he particularly complained about and for good reason imho.
He also totally trashed Yoda, called for his destruction. It was just funny as heck to read. Best review I've read in that mag for quite a while. But that's me, nothing I like better than a well deserved and well delivered pan.
I'll have to look for Steyn's. He can be cutting better than anyone, he even tops John Simon, he's devoid of bitterness and filled with evil glee when he gives 'em "what for" as Grandma used to say.