The force is weakening.

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2002)

I've just seen Episode II and I felt the same disappointment of three years ago. I can say officially that the magic has gone. I don't know what I was expecting but the film let me down on nearly every point. It was crammed to the eyeballs with effects (which I often found very distracting to the main action) but had an unnecessarily convoluted plot. I felt the whole film do not gel and had the feel of your run-of-the-mill summer blockbuster. Maybe I'm just getting too old or maybe Lucas is. Episode I and II has nearly destroyed the magic. Episode III has to be damn good to restore it. I ,for one, will not be holding my breath as I did for the other two. Why Lucas, why?