Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Attack of the Clones celebrates a certain youthful spirit in both moviemaking and movie watching; because it's as much phenomenon as movie, audiences will either ride with or reject it. I was happy to take the ride.

As for the breathless 45-minute climax, no screen fantasy adventure in memory can match the showmanship.

The dark fantasist in Lucas makes a comeback after years of once-over-lightly.

Here we are again: not entertained, not nearly enough, by an installment of the ''Star Wars'' epic that, for the first time, exhibits symptoms of...nerves. And a chill, conservative grimness of purpose, rather than an excited thrill at the possibilities of cinematic storytelling.

Lucas knows his fans are un-boreable, un-annoyable and inexhaustible. For an artist, that's more a curse than a blessing.

Attack of the Clones' final 35 minutes very nearly makes up for the preceding 105, featuring as it does the jaw-dropping spectacle of the entire Jedi Council battling it out with not only clones, but also lumbering monsters, space ships of all sorts, and each other.

I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two hours, but reclaiming it afterward wasn't hard at all.

Better movie than the first one, especially because C3PO is funnier than Jar Jar Bings. In addition there is no more little "I destroy whole battle stations alone" Anakin. This adult Anakin is more interesting and Hayden Christensen shows his little changes into the dark side very well. Beside of that the story is epic again, the landscapes and planets are very beautiful. Chancellor Palpatine is perfect as always. What was not so perfect? The "beta" behaviour of Anakin to Padme was annoying. What a Softie. Padme in contrast is a great character, I enjoyed her female traits.

바보같아140605 (재관람, 3.0)-1. 이제 본격적으로 꽁지머리 오비완이 어른이 되고 아나킨도 꽤나 잘생긴 어른으로 자랐다.2. 거만한 소년은 감히 우리 나탈리 포트만, 아니 아미달라 여왕, 아니 공화국 위원님을 ㅜㅜ3. 엉엉 오비완이 확인한 클론의 존재, 내가 이상한 건지 모르겠는데 1편 볼 때부터 의장이 문제구나 싶었다. 정치적인 냄새가 폴폴폴. 바보같은 아나킨은 의장을 철썩같이 믿지 끙

For the sake of nostalgia I love this movie, but objectively I think this might be the weakest of the original six films.

Quite simply put: THE WORST STAR WARS MOVIE EVER MADE. Atrocious dialogue and acting. The Slave 1 chase scene through the asteroid field is pretty damned good though when viewing at the cinema.

The worst SW movie for me. Lazy storytelling, lazy direction, lazy dialogues.