One of the best

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2005)

When i first saw Episode II in theaters, I wondered what everyone was complaining about. It was very exciting and action packed. There were lots of subtle things going on that people could easily mistake weak plot and bad acting.
First, I'll start with the love story. People often said that Christenen was wooden and was a terrible actor. I found him to be very natural and, he had very realistic and human reactions and dialog. Most audiences were expecting a more heroic, easier to relate to hero than Hayden Christensen played. I thought he was very, very good. Natalie Portman was also very good in her role, and was allowed to be more natural than in The Phantom Menance.
Ewan McGregor, undoubtedly, carried the movie on his shoulders. He is, quite possibly, the best actor in the entire series. On top of that, he was allowed to be much more active in this movie, speeding around the galaxy and what-not.
Temura Morrison was excellent as one of the new villains, Boba Fett's father. While he died anti-climatically, he still was very cool and threatening. It was also very cool to know that the Storm troopers from the end of III, and IV, V, and VI were all based on Jango Fetts clones, who were the original "Clone Troopers", who brought back memories of the sterile-white armored Storm troopers from the original trilogy.
The special-effects in this movie, like those of the Phantom Menace and the DVD releases of the originals, were absolutely mind-blowing. The backgrounds were incredibly detailed and incredibly realistic. The chase scene through Corusant was awesome, as were all the Clone troopers (who were digitally created) and the end battle scenes. Yoda's end fight was also very fun to watch and visually amazing.
I don't understand why people don't like this movie. 'Attack of the Clones' is one of the best, along with 'The Empire Strikes Back', and, my favorite, 'Revenge of the Sith'. While this movie was not perfect, I still give it ****3/4 out of *****