boring and pretentious

Rating: 1/10 (21 May 2003)

It is unbelievable what four years can do. What was new and fresh in 1999, is old hat now. The makers don't even realize that their tricks have been imitated in every spoof from Shrek to The Simpsons. The first hour of this film is utterly boring, the action sequences add nothing new and the dialogue makes George Lucas sound like Shakespeare.
To make matters worse we have to wait until November to get the end of the story. This should not have been a trilogy. Cut an hour out of this one and stick the third part onto what remains.