Made for the fans.

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2002)

George Lucas once again delivers a special effect, space ace, wonder story with his 5 installment of the Star Wars series Attack of the Clones. This movie was definitely made for the fans, with it constant and sometime overbearing references to later occurring Star Wars movies. Myself, as a fan, got chuckles and warm feelings inside at the re-uttering of classic lines, musical cues, and of course character cameos. Sometimes Lucas intently or not steps over the line and movie becomes more about giving props and filling the notions of what if and wouldnt it be cool if instead of creating a good story. But this can be easily forgiven because it is fun to watch these flies of fancy. Ewan McGregors sophomore performance of Obi-Wan Kenobi was more like Sir Alec Guinness of the original moves, which I found more to my liking and more fitting to this film since the character has grown up some. Natalie Portman performance of now Senator Amidala wasnt her greatest work ever but more than adequate. Hayden Christensen as the teenage Anakin Skywalker I found to be extremely fitting but little heavy-handed in the passionate scenes, where it counted. And Samuel L. Jackson was Samuel L. Jackson and the role was written for him. So in conclusion, this movie was made for the fans. So if you are a fan of Star Wars you have already seen it and if you are not a fan you might enjoy the special effects, fight scenes, and Samuel being Samuel. I give the movie a 7.5 out of 10.