As part of the Nancy Hwang birthday extravaganza, I saw Episode II: Attack of the Clones last night. Ugh -- it was worse than I expected. Natalie Portman's a trooper for trying to act like this was a "real movie with acting" while saying some of the worst lines in movie history. It made the 3 good ones (now known as Episodes 4-6) look like Shakespeare. My friend Anees was right - it was like Star Wars Porn -- all the stuff you like to see, over and over and over. All money shots, all the time!

Whenever there were "plot" interludes, such as the scenes of the budding romance between Natalie and whoever that guy is, the audience snickered until we got back to the light sabers and special effects.

I miss Princess Leia.