Fantastic!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2002)

First, Lucas had nothing to prove with this film. Episode I was as fine as any of the original three and better in some ways. Second, he owes us (The viewers) nothing. He is doing this for our entertainment not to line his pocket books. The man has been a billionaire for years. Now for all of you who claim to be Star Wars "fans" but are disappointed by this film all I can say is that I'm disgusted by you. Episode II is not disappointing at all. The dialogue is not trite, contrived, tired and predictable, or any other words you don't know the meaning to but saw other people using them so you decided to use them yourselves. It lives up to the original three very nicely and tells you exactly what happened to make sweet Anakin Skywalker turn into the person we all love to hate, Darth Vader. As for the acting. Do you remember how horrible the acting was the first time around? Yet everyone loves those films and doesn't seem to be bothered by the fact that none of them could act. So why the beef now? And I don't recall Lucas ever saying that he was a first rate director. His strong point is story telling and at that he is better than anyone, past or present. Which brings us to plot. The plot of this film is to protect the Senator from being killed and find out who is trying to kill her. Wow, that's so horrible. Star Wars' plot was to try and rescue the princess and in doing so get the Death Star plans to Obi-Wan. I can argue that that is a sub par plot. My point is, they are both great movies with great plots and both deserve to be thought of as so. If you don't like them you don't have to I'm not telling you to. But don't claim to be a huge Star Wars fan and then strike these two latest films off as lacking. I can not express how happy I am with this latest installment and how I wish Episode III was coming out next week. If you don't understand that then maybe you should go and see Spider-Man. As for me I'm going to go see Episode II again and remember why after 25 years George Lucas is still the most sought after film maker of our generation.
That is all!!!!