Almost There

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2002)

***Some SPOILERS may be present****
While better than T.P.M, A.O.T.C is by no means the best of the bunch.
The dialogue is still pretty ordinary and cliched, especially during the romance scenes, and Hayden and Natalie should be called Pinocchio 1 and Pinocchio 2 for their particularly wooden acting. (To be fair, this is probably not all their fault.)
Filming finished in Sept 2000, with some reshoots in March 2001. That is still over a year from the end of Principal Photography to the release date, obviously to concentrate on SFX and sound effects. You think they could spend at least half of that time or even a quarter of that time to polishing the script.
I hope George does the right thing for the final installment, and get a professional screenwriter to write the screenplay, and somebody who can direct the actors.
It is time to get back to basics, have the SFX serve the story, not the other way around.
Final Word: I must admit, that some of these comments are a little prejudiced or probably unwarranted. I had never imagined what the Star Wars universe was like away from Dagobah, Hoth, Tatooine, Alderaan, Bespin, Endor etc, whereas George had already envisioned these worlds, so I am trying to keep an open mind about the new movies. But having said that it does not excuse cliched writing and little or no direction. 6.5 out of 10
P.S I couldn't help but laugh during the final light sabre battle, with you know who.