Silly action sequences and poor dialogue

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2002)

Although many people criticized Phantom Menace, I enjoyed it. I liked the calm Zen-ness of the Jedis, and the action sequences were "believable".
"Clones" on the other hand, has some ridiculous action scenes - including several repetitive "falling" scenes (anyone heard of the acceleration caused by gravity?) - and some really terrible dialogue. I mean, after the seriousness of the first prequel, we now have Obi Wan saying "I hate it when he does that" (when Ani dives straight down hundreds of feet and catches the bad guy's fast moving ship.)
And like Roger Ebert said...the title was more appropriate than it perhaps should have been.
Ugh.
6 out of 10.
Mike