Desperate act of a desperate man

Rating: 2/10 (9 June 2002)

I saw Attack of the Clones at the midnight screening at Union Station, Washington DC. All I have to say is this... it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. I found the "screenplay" on-line and couldn't believe George Lucas actually had the gumption to film that trite! Let's re-hash some facts...
What made the original trilogy, or in my mind, Episode IV and Episode V so great? The influence of Gary Kurtz and Larry Kasdan, respectively. Darth Digitalgeekus...oops I mean Mr. Lucas is so fond of saying "these are my movies, these are my movies" but it was the creative input and counterbalance to Darth Digitalgeekus that made those two movies so great. What you have now is a billionaire, surrounded by "yes-men" and art directors who just don't get it (Joe Johnson, where have you gone? you are missed) and what the result is... is a train wreck of a film.

Mr. Lucas seems to have a good idea with the prequels... but has completely gotten off the point by filling the movie with mindless, trivial details instead of a coherent plot and story. Not to mention the fact he utterly ruined the character of Yoda, one of the greatest screen characters of all time, turning him from a thoughful teacher and philosopher into a jackie chan caricacture simply because he realized what a dud his movie was to begin with. Don't believe me, read the interviews... to paraphrase him "if we couldn't pull of the yoda fight, we had no movie". One scene does not make a movie. A three-act story with a character arc is what makes a movie. If you ever needed to see what happens with one-manship, look no further than Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones, the worst movie of the year.