different from the old movies but just great

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2002)

SPOILERS ALERT It was just after midnight (local time 9 hrs ahead of LA) when they started the movie. Since I had the chance to see the original English version, the cinema was not too crowded. Germans had the chance to watch their translated version in several other the theatre rooms in this place.
Many of them where surprised when the traditional yellow words in the beginning were in German, but as on many DVDs they show us the German version with English sound and some English subtitles were they need to be. Titles are not in English though.
The main story of Episode II tells us about Anakin Skawalker (the later Darth Vader) and his trainer Obi Wan Kenobi. The upcoming lovestory between Anakin and the Senator Padme Amidala is another part of it, but many visitors did not like the too romantic pictures. There were just too many flowers and waterfalls involved in this romance.
The main story starts with an attack on Senator Amidalas Spaceship at the arrival at Coruscant. The Jedi decide after this to give her protection by Obi Wan and Anakin. They stayed on guard in her apartment when a drone inserts two large poisoness insects through a hole in the window of her bedroom. The two Jedi saved her live and got hold of the assassin after a wild race through rush hour traffiv in 3D (similar as in the 5th Element with Bruce Willis).
After this the two Jedi split and Anakin travels with Padme to Naboo, while Obi Wan visits a hidden planet somewhere in deep space.
There are later large battles in this movie, but none of it takes place in space. I do not want to tell You everything, but it will get louder and faster through the last 30 minutes.
After the end of the movie people were sitting motionless in their chairs and watch each and every name that scrolled across the screen. I am not used to visitors doing this but I think it was just because of the overwhelming speed and action in it. They just were not ready to go home immediately. Finaly at 2:35 AM we had to go - it was over and the curtain was closed.
I will see this movie again, maybe this afternoon - you can get addicted to it, so watch out!