One of the best Star Wars movies ever!

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2002)

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I just have to say that this movie exceeded all of my expectations for it. It captures the heart, fun, and adventure of A New Hope, and combines it with the darkness of The Empire Strikes back. Attack of the Clones is just as good (if not better) than these two movies. One word: Awesome.
I was surprised with the acting. Usually Star Wars gives us corny dialogue and acting, but this time around it was better. Still cheesy and not the best dialogue ever, but definitely better. Hayden Christensen was great as Anakin. You could see the dark side swelling within him. He's convincing that he's going to become the evil Darth Vader. Ewan McGregor gives Obi-Wan clever, fun, witty, and wise personality. You can see Alec Guiness in him. Christopher Lee was awesome as Count Dooku. He played the kind of bad guy you love to hate. Those are always the best. Ian McDiarmid is great as Palpatine/Sidious, and the rest of the cast does well also.
Jar Jar is in this movie much less (5 minutes). And I have to say that he's actually more tolerable that 3P0 in this one.
The story was very engaging. It not only has the qualities I mentioned above in the first paragraph, but it also has mystery as well. I was very intrigued by this aspect of the movie.
The action was incredible. And Yoda was the star of the show. We finally get to see why he's the most powerful Jedi. I was in awe of his action sequence. The coruscant chase was great. The rain battle was great. The asteroid field chase - great. Arena battle - amazing. Clone War - magnificent.
There were also some extremely great Old Trilogy tie-ins that just make you ache to see the next movie RIGHT NOW! You really see things moving into what we all know will happen in the future (or is it the past?) :)
There are so many more things to love about this movie, but overall, this movie is a 9 out of 10. Not perfect, but pretty darn close! Go see this as many times as you can!