Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Blistering performances.

This is the weakest film in the original/prequel Star Wars series, as I see it. The story is muddled and forced, the acting is weak and the dialogue is among the worst I've ever heard ("I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life. " -Amidala and "This is such a drag." -C3P0 to highlight a few). That being said, it still has an amazing arena lightsaber battle (Yoda was a little hokey) and it was interesting to see how the Stormtroopers came to be.

My second favorite in the Prequel Trilogy, it moves faster than the first. We have a forbidden love, the birth of the Grand Army of the Republic - made of clones. The Separatists and their droid army, as well as the plans of the nefarious Count Dooku, assistant to the evil Palpatine who's plans are all coming together. The beginning of the fall of Anakin Skywalker. We get to see the Jedi at the height of their power, and their utter failure to recognize evil at their own doorstep. A very entertaining film.

Just like the Phantom Menace, this movie is severely underrated. Just like the Phantom Menace, I do not understand why this movie receives a ton of hate. It does not deserve to be compared to films like Batman and Robin and Jaws: The Revenge. This movie is a great addition to the Star Wars franchise.Storytelling: This movie had a very solid story. The movie's story was about Anakin stepping closer and closer to the dark side, and the beginning of the Clone Wars.It has been 10 years since Anakin became Obi-Wan's apprentice. Anakin is now under a lot of stress. The Jedi do not treat him very well. The Jedi would not allow Anakin to visit his dying mother. This put Anakin in a position to fall in love with Padme, even though attachment is forbidden for a Jedi. When the two arrived on Naboo to hide from Padme's assassin, Anakin began to fall in love with Padme. Padme tells Anakin they are not able to fall in love, and that if they kept it a secret, it would destroy them. That night, Anakin had a nightmare of his mother's death. This forced Anakin and Padme to go to Tatooine. Anakin found his mother and she died his arm. This is when Anakin truly tasted the dark side and slaughtered the sand people. Padme comforted Anakin after the incident. When Anakin and Padme found out Obi-Wan has been captured on Geonosis, they decide to go after him. After they get captured, Padme confessed her love to Anakin. After the Battle of Geonosis, Padme and Anakin get married. They will live a lie keep their love in secret. This is the beginning of the downfall of Anakin Skywalker and the beginning of the creation of Darth Vader. In this movie, Palpatine secretly was involved in the creation of the clones and the beginning of the Clone War. Palpatine will use the war to become Emperor, wipe out the Jedi Order. Characters: Most of the characters were well-written, except for a few. Anakin: Well-written character who is selfless, lustful, and in pain. This movie perfectly sets up his rise to Darth Vader.Padme: Well-written character who cared about diplomacy and truly loved Anakin, despite his flaws. Obi-Wan: Out of character. His patient and fatherly side was not shown in this movie. It is said he is like a father to Anakin but that is not shown in this movie. Yoda: Well-written character who truly cares about Anakin and the fate of the galaxy. Mace Windu: A bit bland. Does not do enough in this movie.Count Dooku: A good villain who sees the corruption with the Jedi Order and with the Republic. A major improvement over Darth Maul.Palpatine: An excellent villain who is smart, power-hungry and secretly pretends to be a good guy.Jar Jar Binks: I don't understand why he's mayor but it's nice to see him back. I wish he had more scenes.Emotion:There was a lot of emotion in this movie. Here are the scenes:"Or be with the people I love"Padme comforting Anakin after his nightmareAnakin hugging Padme before his searches for his motherShmi's last words and her deathPadme comforting Anakin after his mother's deathShmi's funeral scenePadme confesses her love for AnakinAnakin and Padme's marriageActing/DialogueAlmost all of the acting was great. The acting was a little wooden/cringy at times, but that is a very minor flaw in the movie.Pacing:This movie was very well-paced. This movie never got boring. The movie was very easy to keep up with. The movie flowed very nicely.Visuals and Sound Effects:Some of the visuals were well-done. Some scenes overused CGI and it looked dated. It, however, doesn't look terrible, it just doesn't look great. In terms of sound effects, they were well-done.In Conclusion:Like it's predecessor, this movie is a imperfect but great entry into the Star Wars franchise. Though some of the romance dialogue was cringy and a few characters weren't that great, everything else, including the storytelling, emotion, and the rest of the characters worked perfectly. As a Star Wars fan, I really like this movie. I give it the same grade as the Phantom Menace, but I do like this movie slightly more though. Score: 75%

Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones is a film that never left an impact on me. I couldn't get passed the heavy political exposition nor the prolonged romantic scenes with Anakin and Padme. Well I gave it another look for the first time in a long time and honestly it wasn't as bad as I remember. There's elements I still despise about the movie, the most noteworthy being the terribly written romantic dialogue straight out of Twilight. George Lucas never displayed much strength in writing dialogue but this is a new low. Another thing that bores me is the heavy exposition, which was also an issue with its precursor. I know it's a story about political schemes and trade negotiations so it's hard to depict it excitingly, but maybe this wasn't the best story to go with? George Lucas also got a bit lazy with directing this film due to his reliance on green screen effects and oh boy have they not aged well... You can tell the lighting isn't right in areas since the light seems to be constantly lit above the actors. The CG also hasn't aged well and there are times where it looks like actors are walking in front of screen savers. I addressed this in my Phantom Menace review but I'll say it again, it wasn't the acting that bothered me about the prequels, it was the dialogue. Ewan is fantastic as Obi-Wan, he is witty and captures that Alec Guinness persona. Natalie Portman is perfectly fine, so is all of the supporting cast. And I can hear you all saying 'what about Hayden Christenson?' The fact is Anakin is meant to be a naive and confused adolescent who has difficulty controlling his emotions. Does Hayden portray that? Yes. It's easy to confuse this with bad acting especially with the cringy dialogue. I'm just defending these actors because they aren't the problem with the movie... it's the script.The Jedi arena climax is quite epic and you get the sense these are the Jedi's in their prime before the majority of them were wiped out by Order 66. However the same can't be said about the concluding lightsaber duel which compared to the last movie is excruciatingly terrible. Yoda flipping around makes no sense considering his age. I know it's a Jedi requirement to have a lightsaber, however, he's a 900 year old creature and there's no evidence of his ability to wield a lightsaber in the original trilogy.It's not the god awful film I made it out to be all those years ago. It definitely has strong moments like the Clone army origins, the Jango fight fight scene and the emotional turmoil of Anakin as he slaughters Sand People. Although this remains to be the worst of the prequel trilogy but in all honesty... it's still better than Rogue One and The Last Jedi.