Pretty good movie

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2002)

Well I saw Attack of the Clones and must say I enjoyed it. It has good entertainment value. But it had all the problems that the other 2 Star Wars movies that George Lucas directed were filled with.
I have to say that George Lucas should step out of the director's chair for Ep III. The biggest problem Lucas directoral attempts have is that they "flowed" badly, I mean "Deep Impact" badly. You know what I mean, pretty much everyone has seen enough movies to know what I mean, your sitting there watching the movie, and It cuts to a different scene, and you say to yourself "that shouldn't have cut there, man that was to fast, and why are we here now?". Episode IV, and Episode I were eroded with the same problem, it looked like everything is cut up into micro stories, and then blended poorly together, Attack of the Clones had the same problem. Just compare ESB, and ROTJ to the rest, George Lucas stepped out of the Director's seat, and it made for good movies, with more then just alot of action to hold it together.
The other problem that Lucas has is that he has middle men ("Yes" men) that are filters between him and his fans, this makes him pretty oblivious to fan reactions. Here's a perfect example, he made an appearence on "Inside Entertainement", Canada's version of Entertainment Tonight. He was asked what he thought of the fans reactions to Jar Jar, and this was his answer:
"There were a few fans that disliked Jar Jar, but they didn't like him even before the movie came out" - Lucas
Can you tell me of anyone who liked this character?
Oh and George, don't listen to your kids, and put in lines like "This is a real drad", and "This party's over".