Star Wars Episode 2
Category : Adventure
Description :
Check out the moves on Yoda! Woohoo!
Best part has to be Yoda using his lightsabre to kick Lord Dooku's butt. Naturally, Yoda's sword is green. :)
This instalment of the Star Wars phenomenon is undoubtedly better than Episode 1, primarily for the following five reasons:
1) No whiny little Anakin. Although 20-something Anakin still shows some temper tantrums every now and then. A big Dark Side of The Force giveaway there.
2) Minimal screen time spent on Jar-Jar, although he does put in an appearance, and he even does something REALLY IMPORTANT in this episode.
3) Excellent acting from Hayden Christensen and Ewen MacGregor. Christensen really could have messed this up, but the imbalance between order and chaos in him is placed appropriately. There's a few moments where the little mannerisms of Alec Guiness' Obi Wan shine out like a beacon in MacGregors's portrayal.
4) Natalie Portman's midriff. There, I said it. I was very confused about where she was keeping that big supply of different clothes that she was always changing into between scenes, so I was somewhat relieved when she started losing them. :-) And we didn't see her get into enough action in Episode 1.
5) Yoda spinning, dodging, lifting, running and fighting like he was only 200 again.
Interesting to see how the Clones came about, why they were created, what they obviously become in later episodes, and how awesome it looks when they attack en masse with laser bolts and rockets going off everywhere. Rockin'!
A few gripes. What the hell was the deal with that rushed backstory about Anakin's mother? I know the movie was long enough, but an extra 10 minutes spent on that part would have made the whole Skywalker family more comprehensible. Did we need to see Jack Thomson playing the part of Anakin's stepfather? This was done only so that we see the connection between Owen, Beru and Luke in episode 4? Why bother? If Luke tells us that Owen is his uncle, why can't we just believe him and leave it at that? On the other hand that whole Tattooine sequence could have been much worse.
And where did R2D2's new special ability come from? We never saw that before, and there's plenty of times he could have used it in Eps 4,5,6 and he didn't. Still good thing he did that or else we'd have missed more of Amidala.
Of course everything about this movie is big. Big sets, big action, big tear in Amidala's top. Gosh did I say that again?
The other big thing is the plot. There's a LOT happening in this episode. I found it a tad tricky to figure out the motives of some groups, and to remember who was supporting who.
Some quotes to remember : "I've got a bad feeling about this.", "Oh, this is not good", and my favourite "This party's over!"
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