Forget "The Phantom Menace", Star Wars is BACK!!

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2002)

For those of you who had reservations about this new trilogy after the first instalment "The Phantom Menace", fear not, attack of the clones is not another trailer for the next movie. To be fair TPM wasn't bad for a normal summer blockbuster, but was terrible for Star Wars. No spoilers, but if you have ever liked a sci-fi movie you will love "Attack of the Clones". The dialogue is realistic if you are intelligent enough to realise that the five minutes on screen is not 100% of the many days, or in some cases weeks, the characters spend together; the action, special effects, and characters are perfect. The plot is pure Star Wars, with no attempts to be any more or less, and no apologies. The critics, as always, have haplessly compared "Attack of the Clones" to whatever crappy, melodramatic drama that they liked centuries ago when they were young and still had the ability to like movies. Ignore them, this is not Casablanca, you do not get every sappy line of dialogue between two boring people who fall in love... if you ever had the maleformity to want that. This is a fast paced action that keeps you laughing and cheering through most of the movie. This also may very well be the best Star Wars movie yet!