Crap, crap, and more crap

Rating: 2/10 (5 June 2002)

I've been a Star Wars fan since 1977 and have faithfully followed Lucas' franchise. I've really enjoyed every film (Jedi was shaky) and even very much liked Phantom Menace. But I'm appalled at how poorly made Attack of the Clones was, and surprised that Lucas would release such a poorly-thought out and made film. Some of the CGI is just plain bad. I won't harp on the dialogue or acting, but as a Star Wars fan, it's just a bad Star Wars film. The characters are largely stupid, the action scenes have no meaning and feel disconnected from the plot, and much of the character motivation is either stupid or missing altogether. Lucas fails utterly to make central character Anakin sympathetic, and the weak plot with gaping holes does nothing to make up for this. Most people are raving about the big fight at the end and the Yoda vs. Dooku match, but to me the whole arena sequence was just an extended excuse for juvenile antics. Yoda's fight is reminiscent more of Daffy Duck's antics than of anything that belongs in Star Wars. Truly a letdown on every level.