Not as good as Episode I

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2002)

Now before you start tuning up, let me get my story finished. I was in the clear minority thinking PM was not that bad..Dont get me wrong, AOTC is great. It just takes too long to get there.. The first half of the movie is really slow.. Finally, it gets going, and it really ends with a bang. Its nice to have just the one piece remaining(Ep III), so now we can say... "How are they going to do this". I will agree with some of the things I have seen already.. George is trying to put in too much. Some of the lines in this script are almost too hammy. There are times when he needs to heed by the idea of "less is more".What made the first trilogy so terrific, was that you felt what you were watching was truly about another place, another time.. Here again, just like with the pod race, there are human conventions, trying to make things seem more familiar.These aren't really needed.. John Williams score again is great. Not quite the power of EP I, but the music in the grand finale was really moving. The plusses here were the transformation of Anakin.. You could really see what will turn him in the next chapter. Also, Yoda is incredible!!! When you see him wielding a lightsaber, you'll go nuts!.. His attitude is wonderful in this chapter.. He really takes control of the Jedi council, and acts more as a leader than you have ever seen. This chapter also begins to explain a lot of lore of the first trilogy.. I dont want to give anything away, but prepare to have questions answered. The only real con I have for Episode II is that it cant seem to get out of first gear, But once it gets going... HANG ON!!! 7 out of 10