



Originally I was really excited to see this movie as a kid. I was looking forward to seeing Anakin in actions. I wanted to see Obi-Wan and Anakin work as a team to help bring peace to the galaxy and balance to the force. What I got instead was Anakin and Obi-Wan telling me that they are “best friends” rather than showing me. I also got a terribly written romance shoved down my throat. When I saw Attack of the Clones as a kid, I enjoyed it but I knew even at that time that something was missing. So when I was getting ready to re-watch this movie, I was hoping that Attack of the Clones would improve my opinion on it or at least keep it the same. Instead the movie left me speechless…speechless on how horrid it was. The dialogue in this movie is downright atrocious and the entire movie just feels like a two-hour commercial for toys; just for Lucas to tell us “you’re going to have to wait longer for Episode III.” But if you dont believe me or remember how bad some of the dialogue was, then let me refresh your memory with a line from this movie.



“ I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth. ”



Yes. This basically sums up Attack of the Clones.



When I walked away from this movie, it had the exact opposite feeling I got from Phantom. I left this movie disliking it more than I did previously. I felt like the entire movie was trying to tell me how to feel about characters rather than showing me interactions and letting them grow.



Attack of the Clones main purpose should of been one thing and one thing only; letting us see Anakin and Obi-Wan become friends. We dont need a romance. We dont need all of this sub-plot. We just need growth of the characters we were already introduced to and set things up for a grand finale. Instead we were told as an audience "hey! they’re friends. Trust us.“ Not to mention they give us this terrible written & awkward romance between Anakin and Padme.



The romance between Anakin and Padme is the straw that breaks the camel’s back on this movie. It was the plot point that was forced the most throughout the entire movie as well as being the worst part of the script. About 70% of the dialogue that I hate in this movie comes from this couple. Now I have seen Natalie Portman in other movies and she is really talented. But its hard to have a good performance when you have crap dialogue, poor direction, terrible chemistry with the actor playing your love interest, and the fact that you’re acting with Hayden Christensen; the worst actor of our generation next to Tommy Wiseau.



There are so many things you can pick at on this movie. Acting, CGI, writing, directing, etc. But the one thing that this movie lacks the most that all of the movies up to this point had is heart. This movie has no heart or soul at all. The actors in this movie just dont seem human at all (outside of Obi-Wan; but thats because he’s one of the only characters that has source material from the original movies. Ewan is just channeling his inner Alec Guinness). But throughout the movie, I was sitting there saying to myself "wow…you know the actors are doing a terrible job when the CGI characters are more likable and more human.”



All in all, this movie only serves one purpose and that is to make money and sell toys before the final chapter comes out in the later years. For Star Wars fans, I would just avoid this movie as much as possible. All you basically need to know that was in this going into Episode III is that the Republic now has an Army and Anakin has married Padme.



Come back later on in the week when I finally finish the prequels with Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.