The best scenes of the series are in this movie; sadly, the worst, too.

Rating: 6/10 (31 March 2005)

The long-awaited sequel of the new Star Wars sequel arrives, and honestly, it was not what I have expected. The grown up Anakin, played by Hayden Christensen is nothing more than a very irritating teenager and for me it's tough to imagine him as a future Darth Vader. His teachers, Obi-Wan and Yoda are not better - Kenobi looks like a beggar, not like an old warrior and for Yoda the less I say, better. Padme also is very unpleasant young woman and with ALL good guys annoying the movie loses much. The love story between Anakin and Padme is horrible. It is pathetic, slow and cheesy and I personally hope that awful things will happen to these two in the next installment. However, the movie has its strong moments and they are delivered by the bad guys. Darth Sidious proved again his malice and cunning characters, Jango Fet was extremely cool and count Dookoo, played by the legend Christopher Lee is simply the best. The action scenes in the movie are spectacular, maybe the best in the whole saga and the visual effects one more time are outstanding. This almost made the film great, but with so unlikable main characters it is just OK. I hope for a better Episode 3.