pears, young love, and the clone wars

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2006)

I was watching this movie with some friends a while ago. During the dinner scene on Naboo, one of my friends coined a phrase that we now use for when something really stinks: floating the pear. I don't mind much of the love story in this movie, but that scene really floats the pear. Not only is it just stupid scene, but I find it somewhat wrong that the infinite power of the universe is being used to be cutesy. But while it may not be a great romance for the ages, the love story works well enough for me to buy into the story, so I'm not going to complain too much. After all, there are more interesting things going on.
Such as all the scenes on Kamino. We sort of know that it's not much of a mystery, but it's still pretty neat to see the birth of the stormtroopers. It goes without saying that the Obi-wan/Jango Fett fight was awesome. Speaking of Obi-wan, my favorite scene in the movie is the conversation between him and Count Dooku. Not only is it nice to get some background on certain characters, but it's also kind of awesome to see Dooku attempt to seduce Obi-wan to the dark side.
SUCH AS THE CLONE WARS!!!!!!!
Seriously, you get to see the beginning of the Clone Wars. Isn't that kind of awesome? Sure, it would have been nice if they started this conflict in the Phantom Menace. But you can't have everything. It's a half hour adrenaline rush from the moment Anakin and Padme are lead into the arena. Then it's all Jedi versus droids! Jango Fett going out with all guns blazing against Mace Windu! Jedis and clones versus droids! The screaming match between Anakin and Obi-wan on the gunship! The lightsaber fights! That amazing scene at the end when you see fields of clone troops while the Imperial march blasts in the soundtrack!
Isn't all of this cool stuff worth sitting through a handful of dopey love scenes?