Possibly the finest movie of all time

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2002)

ok...now that I have your attention...
After reading through the myriad of comments, I first have to quash a few ideas about this film.
First off, this is NOT the best move of all time, nor is it the best Star Wars film. It's also not the worst, and it no way is it worse than Phantom Menace.
It's not a box-office bomb, ($116 million in one weekend...give me a break), although it was hyped up quite a bit by 'fanboys' (I guess an endearing term some people use to refer to fans - give me a break here too).
Here are my thoughts on the movie, rather than a blow-by-blow account of it:
Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones does connect a lot of dots that were hanging out in space in the Star Wars saga. It also suffers from some slow parts, however most of the 'slow' parts are build-up for future events either in this movie, or undoubtedly in the next and it also chronicles a believable love story between two young people (Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen are really well-cast in these roles).
The movie has some great action sequences, some right at the begining of the move, most at the end, and you should be excited to hear that Yoda plays a great part in one of these. This movie is the first in the Star Wars saga to deliver that big Jedi battle you always dreamed you would see.
Some have said as far as quality, it belongs in the saga just above Phantom Menace, some say at the bottom of the list, some say at the top. My opinion is this: it's far and away better than Phantom Menace, far, far better than Return Of The Jedi, and probably belongs inbetween Empire Strikes back and A New Hope. That would put my list like this:
Empire Strikes Back, Attack Of The Clones, A New Hope and then Return Of The Jedi and Phantom Menace battle it out for last place - depends on which one I've seen more recently :-)