Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

If you were expecting some significant darkening after the infantilism and overwroughtness of Episode I, well... You can wait on. That said, it's definitely better than Episode I, but the question is whether better is enough when it's still an overstuffed popcorn nonentity with the most annoying CGI character in history. (12/03/2005)

I've never been particularly fond of the new trilogy, but if I set aside the romance from this installment, it serves as a pretty good bridge to the third, the best part of the new trilogy. Visually, it's captivating, and especially the planet Kamino strikes me as absolutely stunning. It's probably the combination of water, rain, and constant darkness. Obi-Wan is definitely the best character in the trilogy. (22/03/2015)

The episode for which I once had an extreme weakness is now starting to age a bit. Obi-Wan's antics across half the galaxy still work, and when the lightsabers turn on, shivers run down my spine, but the romantic storyline is perhaps overly simple. Natalie Portman's ethereal beauty, however, makes me forget the fact that Hayden Christensen sometimes falls short of playing a character as complex as Anakin Skywalker, despite his earnest efforts. (20/05/2006)

Whereas Star Wars: Episode I “only” lacked the heart of the original trilogy, Episode II is just a dramaturgically lame comic-book popcorn flick. At the same time, however, it’s jam-packed with so many great characters, bombastic action, romance and plot twists that are important to the development of the Star Wars saga that it’s impossible to be bored for even a second. The visual effects are shoddy in some places, but the best of them are stunningly good. This is not the good old heartwarming Star Wars of before, but in the context of contemporary eye-candy popcorn entertainment, it’s great. (20/05/2002)

I like the first trilogy (the older one) better. It is more real and realistic. The first episode still holds on to that, but in the second one, George Lucas became infatuated with CGI and started stuffing it everywhere (practically every scene has some). He could have at least refrained from this with Master Yoda. Well, what can you do, on the other hand, it was something new and unfamiliar at the time and he simply went all out. I actually feel that the second episode kind of lost the spirit of the whole series. Even though Hayed Christensen is a good Anakin in his best years, but also a terrible scumbag. The only thing you can lean on is the fact that with the second episode, the epic climax of the transformation of Anakin into Darth Vader is born, which is, in and of itself, flawless. But that’s all. Obi-Wan himself as the only philanthropist of the movie isn’t going to salvage it. (04/11/2015)