a saga which continues to spin downwards

Rating: 3/10 (5 July 2002)

what is it with george lucas's direction? he creates overly-unbelievable story and abuse of technology in order to create tasteless characters and plotline. lost was the enchanment of the first star wars trilogy. lucas shows off the advanced technology of lucas film,ltd. making attack of the clones a marketing and promotion ground for it. the set lacks the sense of mythology (compared to lotr), the characters, were under-written. Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, and ewan McGregor are capable actors, pity that they can't show their talents here. I can't understand anekin's infatuation with padme, it seems so underdeveloped and forced. both christensen and portman are rumoured to have a strong chemistry, but i just didn't see or feel it. the ol' rebel-student-versus-teacher conversation is boring, and emotional scenes lack the emotions. There are countless supporting acts, who are mere set decorators. Such a pity.
Humour was an important element in the original trilogy. What happens here? I miss c3po and its coutnerpart already, because, without the humour, star wars saga is a dull saga. action scenes were not at all suprising or new, although my chosen scene would be the fight between dokou and yoda.

in conlcusion, attack of the clones drags the already-slowdeveloped plot and george lucas needs to review on what he did on the original star wars trilogy that makes it so famous.