simply put: excellent

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2002)

this movie deserves to be in the same breath as any of the star wars movies from before, just like all the other ones it falls in place well. to all the phantom menace haters: you were introduced to a new atmosphere, the one with out the death star, darth vader, luke skywalker, princess leia, han solo and chewbacca. i know u also missed the storm troopers, we all did, but u gotta
understand that they couldnt be in the movie, they just simply couldnt. so a new atmosphere was created with new characters and obviously actors. the movie had great storytelling but a poor adventurous and action side compared to episodes 5 - 6, and even episode 4, but like episode 4, it was introducing u to the scheme of star wars and all its new characters so they were composed mostly of story. hate the phantom menace or not, but it was a good movie and after you see attack of the clones you should learn to appreciate how it prepared u for AOTC, if u havent yet.
attack of the clones along with return of the jedi has become maybe favorite star wars movie, and perphaps my favorite movies in general. im just gonna tell you this, it combines every aspect of theater: drama, action, comedy, adventure, etc... (well probably with the exception of horror). SEE IT!!!!

ATTACK OF THE CLONES from 1 - 5
story = 5 (as usual) visual effects = 4 (there were times were the battle fields looked like they were done to look like the final fantasy movie) sound = 5 (i heard it in a 1yr old HUGE theater, it was clearer than i have ever heard) adrenaline pumping = 5 (omg, i thought i was in the movie) entertainment value = 5 (u want more? do it urself!) AVERAGE = 4.8 (if amidala had her legs wobble while riding the creature towards the end then it would have earned a perfect score)