George Lucas eviscerating his own creation

Rating: 2/10 (27 September 2018)

In recent years, The Phantom Menace has become legendary for the sheer amount of fan hatred it's received. However, personally, I think this follow up is even worse than it's predecessor. At least the Phantom Menace wasn't a complete waste of time, and had some redeeming qualities like the podracing scene and the amazing John Williams score. Attack, of the Clones, on the other hand, has barely anything worthy of attention. Anyone who decides to watch this should expect the following
1: An even dumber and more nonsensical plot than the first prequel, featuring, long periods where almost nothing happens except lots of sitting and talking (you know, the things EVERY Star Wars fan loves).
2: A massive over-reliance on outdated CGI
3: Music that's almost completely recycled from The Phantom Menace and awkwardly jammed into scenes it clearly wasn't designed to accompany.
4: Terrible performances by almost every actor (except for Ewan McGregor), particularly Hayden Christensen, accompanied by writing that doesn't make sense and just compounds the problem of the poor acting.
5: Several scenes in which actors are depicted doing something their characters would clearly never do, which I imagine exist to provide "character development."
5: Darth Maul being replaced by Count Dooku, a villain with little to no character development and who lacks the mysteriousness and sinister appearance that made prior Star Wars villains like Darth Vader great.
6: Set design that looks like it was designed for a video game instead of a live action movie.
7: References to the Original Trilogy that just draw you out of the film.
7: The following line in a romantic scene: "I don't like sand. It's coarse, it's rough, it's irritating, and it gets everywhere."
And finally,
8: The film ending right when the plot actually starts getting interesting.
In case you didn't read the points above, and just care about the big picture, let me summarize my opinions for you: Don't watch this. If you want to watch a good, entertaining Star Wars film, just re-watch the Originals again. If you want to learn how that universe came to be, just leave it to your imagination. You could probably think of something better than this god-awful film.