2/10

Rating: 4/10 (28 February 2005)

First of all, I am NOT a Star Wars fan of any kind. I went to see this just waiting for something entertaining mindless junk like Pirates Of The Caribbean, not Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, or Krzysztof Kieslowski picture. And boy it really was a mindless junk but far far from entertaining.
The film is at its best in portraying Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, only actor in the movie who successfully puts some kind of enthusiasm in his role (plus he has gained more believability as Obi-Wan with his beard). There are some other good actors too like Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Lee, but they just sleepwalk over their roles, I didn't saw any kind of personality in their characters. Natalie Portman is clearly uncomfortable in her role (no wonder, dialog between her and Hayden is really, I mean REALLY awkward), and ridiculous Hayden Christensen just doesn't fit in his role, they both look and act like 16 year old kids.
So the screenplay was overall very poor and sloppily written. You really never find yourself caring about any of the characters. So did wonderful special effects and great story save the day? No way.. Somewhere in the middle of movie I nearly felt physically sick from watching this kind of terrible CGI-overuse and stupid lifeless CGI-characters. Some scenes look like they've made straight from some video game like Anakin and Padme jumping over machines in factory.
Attack of the Clones is slightly improvement over abysmal Phantom Menace, but it's still a soulless trash, appealing only to kids with low attention spans. IMDb rating 7.0 is insane, it's really not much better than Battlefield Earth. I doubt I'll watch this one again.