Nice - but nut sophisticated

Rating: 5/10 (21 May 2002)

After "Phantom Menace" I didn´t expect anything else than - well: nothing. I got to admit, though, that I entered one of the first screenings, after all, Star Wars is something for the child in our hearts. In a nutshell: nice tie-in´s to the already existing parts, nice SFX, nice customes, the final battle is awesome, the Clone army rocks, and unfortunately the script sucks in some crucial moments. Annakins love medley at the fire hearth is cheesy, the rolling-and-frolicking in the grass is the purest cliché, and poor mummy dies exactly after he arrives - this was especially unforgivable. Both scenes have their reason, but their really cheaply written. Too bad.
Still, I had lots of fun.