Clone is right - of other movies...

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2002)

Others have pointed out the sub-Shakespearean plot and the timber acting so I will not repeat those criticisms. My biggest complaint was that there wasn't one scene in the movie I hadn't seen before - in another movie. I thought it'd be fun to make a list:

You Only Live Twice (the bugs that the robot releases into Padme's room recall the tarantula that creeps over Bond in one sequence) - The Fifth Element (the opening chase sequence) - Lord of the Rings (compare the underground droid factory with Saruman's lair at Isengard - sheesh, they even had the same actor!) - Gladiator (the execution scenes) - The Matrix (all the clone embryos in their little pods) - The Sound of Music (the picnic scenes on Naboo) - Galaxy Quest (Padme timing her run through the stomping machines in the droid factory were a lift from Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver negotiating the corridor-of-chopping-machines). - Dune & Starship Troopers (the ranks of storm-troopers boarding the transports)

Other criticisms:

Every chase or action sequence seemed like a story-board for a video game. From Sonic the hedgehog (leap now!) in the droid factory to the multi-level 5th element chase.

the concept of Coruscant as a planet completely covered in city is straight from Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (his planet was called Trantor).

PS: Why do all the clones have Jango Fett's Kiwi accent? Your accent is a consequence of your upbringing and is therefore acquired. It is not coded in your genotype. Otherwise, Chinese babies adopted by American parents would grow up speaking Chinese.