A Director shall not know anything about anger, nor hate, nor love.

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2002)

I'm sorry, but how can over a quarter of IMDb voters give Episode 2 10/10 stars? Obviously it's a prequel to the Star Wars Trilogy, so a few people will give it ten stars regardless, but how can so many people ignore the huge, gaping flaws in the film.
The special effects are of course superb, Yoda appearing far more lifelike than he did in the Phantom Menace, in fact more real than he did in the original trilogy. Yet ironically, as he is not a puppet, he seems far hollower and less human [well obviously not *human* as such] than he did in the original trilogy. The vast sweeping battlegrounds towards the end are very impressive, but again somewhat soulless. The acting as well is totally devoid of any emotion, the actors seeming to feel no empathy for any of the characters they play. Whether this is bad scripting, lack of immersion from too much bluescreen or simply poor acting is uncertain. The rather pathetic love story between the two leads, Anakin and Padme is so fake and wooden that you just want to laugh at it. In fact in places I did. You get the feeling that George Lucas has absolutely no idea what he's writing, and certainly no idea what he's directing.
I know that you can get caught up in the whole dramatic effect of the film, you may be able to suspend your disbelief long enough not to notice my points, but don't be fooled by the film. It does sweep you up into the whole momentum of the thing but do not be fooled. There is no way that this film deserves to be in the top 250 films, and certainly no way it deserves any 10 star ratings, certainly not over 7,000 of them.