I watched StarWars Episode 3 yesterday, and contrary to all people claiming it to be much better then the ones before, I am not convinced. Ok, no mutant longeared donkey aliens, unnerving everyone with their garbled speach, is a big plus. Even more lengthy relationship / love drama simlation scenes, on a acting level that would better fit an icelandic telenovella, are a big minus. Probably not very easy to get real acting done while playing in front of a bluescreen for weeks, as everything else is computer generated….

The story is so predictable that the most fun thing to do becomes to watch for all the little oddities the story needs to take care off, to make the 4th Episode (formerly known as Episode 1) fit. The space battles are missing any sense of strategy, its just a incomprehensible whirling chaos of laserbeams and exploding star destroyers. The special effects (aka. computer imaging) are the one thing that I really enjoyed. Perfectly done most of the times, so it is worth watching in cinema.

As a friend correctly observed: the old episodes are not much better, we just watched them when we were young and more impressible. So the kids will probably like the new one too and have the advantage that they can now watch the whole saga in correct sequence…