Lot better than Episode 1

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2002)

WARNING - POSS. SPOILERS
After the Episode I love/hate relationship (I guess I am one of the few who actually liked it) Episode II goes someway to address the storyline issues from the last film. Episode II kicks off straight into the thick of things with a number of action sequences.
The storyline too detailed to write uses a lot of inferences in all the others films to cobble together the Attack of the Clones. I am not going to write the plot in great detail (hey, go see the movie). However suffice to say good story, strong acting from Hayden but too much CGI!! George Lucas has pushed out the boat as far as computer generated graphics in the movie but you can't help feel its too much (maybe we are just too used to the look of the low tech Star Wars Episode IV).
Enjoyed the film immensely however the Yoda fight sequence is laughable. Hobbling on his stick one moment. Jedi super athlete the next. Back to hobbling on his stick.
On the whole not a bad yarn and Jar Jar Binks is restricted to about 15 minutes.