Wonderful action, terrible love story

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2002)

Thank you George Lucas for continuing the saga continued from the Phantom Menace. The action sequences in this movie are awesome, the graphics are spectacular. The love story between Anakin and Padme is lacking in depth of acting (or was it the directing?), and dialogue.
I really enjoyed the use of digitally placed graphics to create aliens, spaceships, weapons, etc. This added to the entire movie. Lucas' special effects unit has come a long way in making digital graphics look believable.
The action sequences were exhilarating! The Jedi standoff is spectacular, worthy of any action film. The light saber duals are well choreographed, especially the one with Yoda.
While Senator Amidala's dialogue is poor through most of the movie, Natalie Portman delivers it the best that a actress could. She is stunning and radiant, brightening any scene that she is in.
C3PO returns as the comic relief. Jar-Jar is much more enjoyable in a small role. R2D2 is sturdy and present as always.
I commend all Star Wars die-hards to see this film, you might be a little disappointed, but not like you were with Phantom Menace.