Star Wars Bores in Attack of the Drones...Wake me Up!!

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2002)

I had heard that Episode II was better than the Phantom Menace and I will agree with that appraisal. Unfortunately that is not saying a whole heck of a lot. The first three Star Wars movies were awesome and each one carried it's weight. It is hard to beat perfection and I am afraid that it shows in both of the prequels. I found the acting extremely wooden and uninspiring. I am not a huge fan of the casting in the first place and that is even more obvious in this film. Jimmy Smits?? What the heck were they thinking??!! Samuel Jackson is bad enough. Thankfully they went light on Jar Jar Binks but in all honesty any scene with this annoying character is enough to make one beg for mercy. I was hoping that Jar Jar would meet his end but you will have to see for yourself. I found most of this film slow moving and uninspiring. When you find yourself looking at your watch all the time this is not a good sign! I will admit that the last 20 minutes of the film are very well done. But when a movie has two hours preceeding that said 20 minutes, you get the picture. Don't get me wrong, I love Star Wars but at this point I am wishing George Lucas had only made three films, and left the rest in his imagination. One can only watch so many scenes with strange creatures and space ships and computer generated imagery and this is getting to the point of overkill. I could easily tell what was "real" and what was CGI and even Matte paintings. All in all I found the movie a real bore and would not recommend it to anyone. For real action and adventure try SpiderMan or The Scorpion King. Attack of the Clones should have been called Attack of the Drones!