Yoda kicks ass!

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2002)

I didn't read any of the critics reviews of this film but I think I will now just so that I can laugh at them for being so wrong. This movie is fantastic! In terms of star wars films it is second only to "empire strikes back."
I had heard from reliable sources that this movie was good but that the first half was a little dull. I went into the cinema expecting something good but, at the same, expecting to be disappointed (after all "the phantom menace" was pretty bad). I came out of the cinema extremely pleased with "attack of the clones" it is a throwback to the original trilogy; I would even rate it as being better than episodes IV and VI. The first half is not dull at all it builds up the story quite well, the scenes on the clone planet were intriguing and the anakin/Padme scenes were kept to a bare minimum, the way they should have been.
As I wasn't disappointed with the first hour in any way, I therefore had huge expectations of the second half. I was not disappointed. The huge Jedi battle is fantastic! Not only in terms of the sheer scale of the thing, but the way it grips you as well. Real edge-of-the-seat stuff!
My only real complaint with this movie would be the poor performance of anakin during the romance scenes (and to be honest the first half of the movie as a whole), he just came across as being an arrogant stuck-up twat. However, my opinion of him changed after he found his dead mother, clearly he is more suited for acting dark characters which should mean anakin is fantastic in episode III.
My final word would have to go to Yoda. Until "Attack of the clones" Boba Fett or Darth Vader were my favourite star wars characters. Now I would have to say without a doubt that Yoda is the greatest character in the history of the world. Put simply, Yoda kicks serious ass!