Better than the 1st

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2002)

Well this is better than the Phantom Menace, but then again anything would be better than that.
As to be expected the special effects are amazing, truly stunning at times (though some shots just look to digital if you know what I mean), and we finally get to know the full story behind The Clone Wars, but I'm afraid this movie bored me, theres just nothing to it. When Natalie Portman tells Anakin that she loves him it comes from nowhere, it seems to just be inserted without thought and consequently you don't believe it, and the characters of Jango and Boba Fett are beyond awful, especially the space battle in the asteroid belt, whats up with that annoying kids stupid remarks and melodramatic laughing.
In summation this has none of the spunk of the original two movies (A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, Return Of the Jedi has its own problems), and breeds disappointment from long suffering Star Wars fans like myself.
4/10