Big improvement

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2002)

Episode II is a huge improvement on episode I. Jar Jar Binks is only in the movie for a few minutes and there are a lot more action scenes.However, the movie cannot compare to episodes IV, V and VI, by far. Somehow George Lucas seems to be unable to get back that atmosphere from the last 3 episodes, Episodes I and II are just too colorful. There's a lot of romance in this episode. Not a problem, one would say, thinking back to han Solo and princess Leia, but in Attack of the Clones it's over the top. It is extremely annoying to see Padme en Anakin rolling about in the grass, totally in love, but still denying it, suported by horrible quasi-romantic music. yugh. The movie really gets going after this part. The second part of the movie is loaded with great action scenes, the best being Yoda fighting count Dooku with a lightsaber. Respect Yoda! All in all it's a good movie, with a lot of references to the older episodes. You won't be disapointed as was the case with episode I