Better? Better than what?

Rating: 3/10 (12 June 2002)

What the hell do people mean with:
"Everything George Lucas did wrong in "The Phantom Menace," the disappointing prequel to his "Star Wars" trilogy, he does right - brilliantly right - in "Attack of the Clones." This time out, the force is strong in him - in a very big way."
That he perfected his 'stickman' directing. Seriously. What is going on there. You get a bunch of really good actors and this is the best you manage to get out of them? I could really feel the 'Yeah Lucas, now we've got these really nice graphics and all but we need to stick in the talkin' and the movin' and all that you know. Oh, alright, give me a couple of afternoons and I'll shoot some stuff and get it back too ya' attitude. Has anyone seen the Making of on the DVD of The Phantom Menace. What a bunch of uninspired face stuck to their screen nerds were that? That made a lot clear to me. That he really lost his vision by animating Yoda. I thought everybody agreed that Yoda has always been a struck of genius. In person and in 'acting'. That he is so ashamed of his actors that he finds it necessary to completely overwhelm in the visual department. And let's talk about the visuals. What is looking so great? If you were making a promo for a animation program it might be nice (look at what we can do!). If you're making a grant epic of a movie it is all just too much. And I'm not saying that George does not know how to create (as in thinking them up) worlds (I really liked the Gen-Tonic or what was it called), places (the council!) and creatures.But where is the love for their work that you can feel when the star destroyer comes zooming over your head for 3 minutes, or the slow flying on to the deathstar, giving you time to take it all in and enjoy the detailed craftsmanship that has been put in to it. As a good friend of mine said 'their is more inspiration and love in the first 30 seconds of 'Ice Age' than in the entire Attack of the Clones. The re-releases of the original movies with the added digital material already gave me a bad feeling that, up till now, has been completely fulfilled.

I would like to say:
"Everything George Lucas did wrong in "The Phantom Menace," the disappointing prequel to his "Star Wars" trilogy, he does wrong in "Attack of the Clones." again"
And maybe worse. At least The Phantom Menace had the podrace.
And let's not forget, we all know we're gonna see the third one anyway, no matter how bad the first two were.