Really? A couple of other people on my flist liked it.

I've read a lot of critical reviews of the film, and a major thread running through all of them was "oh noes, they made a Star Wars movie for kiddies!" And it absolutely is a deliberately kid-oriented film, but... come on. I, for one, am glad to see a Star Wars film that embraces what the original films did well: jedi awesomeness, big space battles, lots of stuff blowing up, and the childlike sense of wonder of a neophyte character who's experiencing the universe for the first time. And I'm glad that the film tosses aside the more adult-like things that we know Lucas can't do well, like "political intrigue" and "romance between anybody who is not Han or Leia."