Still Better Than People Will Say

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 2006)

'Attack of the Clones' has good and bad, and, traditionally, we'll start with the bad.
The worst complaint I have is that george Lucas abandoned the 'innocent boy' tagline and had Anakin in love with Padme BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO KNOW WHO HE IS NOW! In his first scene (in an elevator), he's getting pimped up to Padme! This forced love affair naturally taints the rest of the movie with horrible lovelines, 'Sand gets everywhere,' and overall, a horribly done lovestory. Had Anakin developed an interest during the movie instead before it even begins, the story could've had some stronger points. Plus, no offense George, but I tried using the 'You're exactly the way I remember you in my dreams' line and got slapped for it. The other bad thing was the acting - particularly the boring tone Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman have concerning things. Uh, hello? At least TRY to look concerned? Plus, once on the small screen, the visuals aren't that great.
Now . . . magicially, this film DOES get its audience comfortable with the evironment, and while people criticize this movie as having long, boring scenes, I think the scenes prolong the audience to get involved in the adventure (even if it hasn't really started yet). In short, it develops the story almost perfectly. In fact, very well. Simply put, this isn't the main point of the prequel trilogy. Knowing that, this is part II, the DEVELOPING part. Episode III is (in this case) the EXECUTION, where the author says, 'This is what the story is about.'
Episode II stumbles a lot, but, along with great visuals throughout, it gets its audience comfortable with the evironment.