Doug,<P>I'm sorry, but George Lucas really needed to stop when he was ahead. SWII: Attack of the Clones was simply terrible, both as a movie and as a story. It was poorly directed, poorly acted, and one of the most shallow stories I've ever come into contact with. Lucas refused to allow anyone to touch the script, or even read it, prior to filming, and it shows. Please! The climatic battle of the film was between a hyperactive midget and a geriatrics patient!<P>Sure, almost everyone in the movies is indebted to George Lucas to some degree, but Jackson apparently understood the potential of Lucas' visual breakthroughs more than Lucas did himself. The visual effects in SWII looked sterile, forced and faked.<P>Of course, a criticism of anything Star Wars will probably earn me a few more well directed apples. You can say it’s a matter of taste, but taste can only account for so much. On this one, I tend to agree with the professional movie critics.
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