A great addition to the Star Wars saga---8/10

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2002)

Another excellent film in the best movie series ever, Attack of the Clones attacks your senses with stunning visuals, great action, and amazing music. The story takes place a decade after Episode I. Anakin is learning the ways of the Jedi from Obi-Wan and falls in love with Padme, and a sith named Count Dooku creates a separatist army to fight the Republic. Hayden Christensen steps into the role of Anakin Skywalker, and while he isn't the most experienced actor, i thought he did a good job of showing Anakin's innocence and his brushes with dark side. Ewan McGregor was the perfect choice to play a younger Obi-Wan, and he continues to prove it here, with just the right amount of smart-ass lines. The action scenes are pretty damn cool, too. Jango Fett's duel with Obi-wan on the ocean world is one of the cooler scenes, and the huge battle between the clones and the droids near the end is jaw-dropping. The lightsaber duels this time around don't quite match the show Darth maul puts on in Episode I, but we do finally get to see Yoda in action. And he is freakin awesome for being 2 feet tall. The crowd went nuts when i saw it in the theater.
I don't see why the prequels get a bad rap. I guess fans hyped them up to be better than the originals (which is nearly impossible) and then they can't be satisfied. Poor fools.---8/10