shwango! blog

well, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones lived up to my expectations. (we took a long lunch to catch it before the friday crowds.) i know many people who didn’t like Episode I, but i enjoyed it and i think II is better. of course the graphics are amazing! but the story’s pretty good too. the acting is fair – good for a sci-fi flick. ewan mcgregor is great. and yoda gets the deserved screen time he should! i’m not a star wars geek, but i’ve enjoyed all the movies thus far. people say II is predicatable, well in a way it has to be! it is a prequel to what is already known! star wars has never been the “mental candy” of the sci-fi genre (two posts in one day using “genre”, cool) as some films, such as dune and gattaca, but they’ve alway been entertaining and mostly very creative. i’m also happy to see the C3PO humor back and the all-to-childish jarjar binks kept to a minimum.

we’re planning to see it again next week in the DLP (Digital Projection) theater and will post a comparision in quality – i haven’t seen a movie on the DLP screen yet.