Instantly forgettable

Rating: 3/10 (13 August 2002)

I went to see this with very low expectations, i.e. that it would be an improvement on The Phantom Menace. However, Jar Jar Binks aside, it even failed there. Amidala and Anakin were very wooden (not helped by another appalling George Lucas script). I can't believe that this pouty, stroppy pretty boy turns into Darth Vader, a character who oozed charisma and menace.
The other major failing was that it was just so tedious. George Lucas should be strapped into a chair and forced to watch Spider-Man to see how a blockbuster FX movie can have likeable, believable characters, a decent script and a fast-paced memorable plot. The only scenes I can really remember from this film are the one lifted from Blade Runner, and the one lifted from Gladiator.
Just one other point. Amidala drops from a pillar over 20 feet high and lands astride some dinosaur-like creature. Without a pause for breath (let alone a shriek of agony) she rides off , totally unharmed. What are her thighs made of?