Waste of 200M$

Rating: 4/10 (17 May 2002)

After the grand disappointment of Star Wars Episode I, Lucas has hit us again with a monstrous waste of time and money. Given, the first and last parts of the movie are exciting and entertaining, but the middle did the greatest justice to the "megastars" of daytime television I believe I have ever seen. Star Wars Episode II may even be nominated for a daytime Emmy for employing laid-off writers from "General Hospital" - the romantic writing rivals even the worst trashy romance novels. It is hard to believe that a Harvard student, such as Natalie Portman, could deliver cliched lines like "I've been dying a little each day since you came back" with a straight face.
The removal of the annoyances of JarJar Binks is welcome, but the void is filled with nuisances of TERRIBLE one-liners from C-3PO.
Standing alone, this movie would not be so bad, but comparing it with Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI leaves it so far behind that the analogy is like comparing Heather Graham to an actress.