ILM's(Ind. Light and Magic) TECHNICAL MILESTONE' this movie is !!!

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2005)

STAR WARS Episode II: Attack Of The Clones .
This is the first "STAR WARS" movie I had ever seen! I watched a review on this movie on the TV and heard that it has something got more than special effects - "Extra Special Effects". "What're these Extra Special Effects?.............. something more than 'Lord of the Rings', the massive graphics movie?", I thought ! I also heard of a "THX" sound uniquely used in "Phantom Menace" . I was really curious to know what was so special in STAR WARS!
So, I walked into a theater to watch this movie .By watching the opening style and opening crawl , I thought it's a remix of some old '70s movie (just hated that ugly yellow color in STAR WARS title !!!) ...... got afraid the whole movie'd be a boredom! But,I was wrong!! Nothing could describe how magnificent the "royal cruiser" of Senator Amidala was on a 70mm screen! Everything was magnificent from thereon - the senate architecture, the order in the republic, the ordered star ships in the city! One could also note that in no other space movie( viz. Mars Attack or Red Planet or Star Trek) would the planets ( Geonosis , Coruscant)look that massive and real ! Unmatched is the ship-fight among the meteor-like rocks suspended where Jango Fett's chased by Obi Wan ! Two "seismic charge" bombs explode shattering all the rocks in its range......that scene was indescribably massive ! What a superb fight the light saber fight between Yoda and Dooku also is !!
Yoda : "Much to learn.......you still have !" Count Dooku : "It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our "Knowledge of the Force".............. but by our skills of the light saber!!"
Sound effects used are "dts", Dolby surround, SDDS and above all ,a THX certification as well (is that enough?)! The audio is extremely REFINED and PROCESSED.........distinctly superior ! (On listening to the movie on STAR MOVIES by processing my TV sound in a small 2.1 channel surround decoder , I analyzed that )even minute sounds were distinctly audible in TV transmission sound (of STAR MOVIES) !! I feel this movie is a technical milestone for ILM(Industrial Light and Magic) ! The Low Frequency is breathtaking when the ship of Jango Fett takes off after his fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi. The highlight of this movie is the clone war- superb weapons and ships deployed.The clone-war is impressive and breathtaking! All in all this movie incorporates superb special effects....I mean Extra Spl Effects! The guys at ILM still maintain their supremacy in Sci-Fi movies' Spl-Fx! Credits to George Lucas' SFX style......still maintaining his supremacy in special effects through 'Skywalker sound' and 'ILM' . The Arena of Geonosis is a place which I'll remember every day of my life because I felt myself tied as one of the Jedi and Queen about to be executed amidst the Geonisians!! ( The Separatist screaming "Let The Executions Begin" outclasses Gladiator and its Roman Execution manner). The SFX would have been still better had the movie been processed on Blade Servers as was Lord Of the Rings done.
Despite possessing all this superiority, the movie failed to make it to the top 10 grosses of all time( unlike Harry Potter or Lord Of The Rings episodes)or to create a great impact like Phantom Menace. A parallel release by Spiderman crushed its tread into the top 10 zone. Also, the screenplay of this movie is as that of an art movie and too much of importance for romance between Anakin & Amidala in Naboo. Dialogues are irrelevant in many places. All in all it's a very very good movie technically , a good one on other basis ! It would have been a more memorable experience if I had watched this movie on an IMax screen and in a THX certified theater.........I still dream of watching the movie in IMAX and THX certified theater. Visit my review on Episode III at :
http://imdb.com/title/tt0121766/usercomments-2891