Almost as bad as Episode One

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2003)

Attack of the Clones takes all the mistakes that Lucas made with Phantom Menace (bad script, using special effects to compensate for the bad script, Jar Jar) and makes them over again, just not as badly.
The script is one of the most boring things that I have ever listened to on screen. The crappyness of the script is completly put into perspective when you realize that every main actor/actress in the movie is quite competant (execpt Hayden) and still the dialogue comes out terrible.

George decides that to make up for the terrible script the film should just be loaded with special effects, hoping that people just want to look at a screen and will ignore any audio. Special effects are used by Lucas as too much of a crutch, and the ammount of CGI makes Matrix Reloaded look like on them. However, the CGI used is all done very well and looks great so that redeems it a little bit, even if the reason its in the film is bad.
Finally, Lucas doesn't fulfil every person who saw the Episode One's wish by killing Jar Jar off, or just writing him out of the movie. He decides that the film needs 2 comic relief characters, Jar Jar and 3PO, which is a terrible idea. If he couldn't choose to keep Jar Jar in the movie he should've just looked on the itnernet and found out that maybe Jar Jar isn't a popular character.
I went into this movie with really low expectations after the tripe that was Phantom Menace and was still diaappointed by it, I now find myself awaiting Episode III in 2005 with the lowest expectations possible. But with one hope, that Chewbacca kills Jar Jar in the most visually pleasing way possible.