Good but an empty feeling?

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2002)

Well just got back from watching ep2. I did love it, the special effects were the best ive ever seen and for cgi movies this has set the standard. The action was as fantastic as we always expect from Star Wars, fast paced, flowing but unfortunately not too frequent. The love story between Anakin and Padme' was at times a little frustrating but for me just kept itself inside the lines of taste. I think Lucas has done well with a very tricky story and managed to keep the ideology of the trilogy alive. At times i felt the audience were shifted back and forth between scenes a little too much, in ep1 it built up alot before reaching the final climax, yet in ep2 the build up doesnt seem to link together as well. Id rate this just behind Empire as the best Star Wars film to date, for me it just seemed to miss something and be over too quickly. I cant complain though, the die hard fans will love it, the die hard sceptics will hate it and the people in the middle will enjoy it for all that it is, good old fashioned storytelling that packs a hell of a punch. Overall a worth the wait score of 8/10.