What Movie Did Everyone Else See?

Rating: 1/10 (12 June 2002)

I think I must have seen a totally different movie from the one seen by most of the reviewers here. The movie I saw Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, was probably one of the worst films I think I've ever seen...and I like science fiction films.
The plot was confusing in places and just plain stupid in others. The acting was atrocious. The dialog; which was stilted, was not helped by the obvious avoidance of contractions in one sentence and then the blatant use of contractions in the next.
Continuing a bugbear from the previous film...how do you have an elected queen. And, on what basis was this stupid little girl elected...her statesmanship? (Leaving Jar-Jar to sit on the senate demonstrates her lack of any kind of intelligence.) Perhaps she was elected on the basis of her winning personality? (She struck me as about as charismatic as a limp fish.)
The overuse of CGI was very disappointing as well. The film reminded me of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but wasn't nearly as entertaining. The muppet Yoda was far more convincing than the cartoon version we were served up in this film.
All-in-all, a huge disappointment. It seems that after the original (and best)Star Wars film, George just went downhill...and he's still sliding...fast!
Will the next film be better? I won't hold my breath.