Simply Horrific

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2002)

It's evident that Lucas has lost his mind. I've seen the movie twice to be sure of my opinion. Hands down this is the worst acted and written soap opera set in space ever conceived. The name "Attack of the Clones" is a misnomer in that the entire movie is the rambling between Natalie and the guy! The attack of the clones happens about 2 hours into the movie which was a side bar to the movie if anything. The digital visuals though "very clear" PALE in comparison to the visuals of the 1st three movies. The Fifth Element already did the car chase scene 8 years ago! A clear failure of vision and CG technology. This movie is a testament that acting, alien costumes and miniature model's cannot be replaced with CG graphics. And moreover, visuals cannot carry a movie without acting or direction. Wake up George. You have too much money and the fact that you don't answer to anyone leaves us to suffer with your monolithic vision of how film should be made. I can't help but remember Mark Hamill's comment about you in his biography, " I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George (Lucas) would do it." Well you can't make movies that are successful without a director that cares about actors story and plot.