of course it's better

Rating: 6/10 (16 May 2002)

With an audience ready for another atrocious film similar to Episode I, it's no wonder that Episode II is amazing its audiences.
Attack of the Clones is full of hilarious moments, some of which were actually intended to be funny. C3PO delivers about a dozen terrible puns in a row as his head is misplaced. A friend leaned over to me and said, "I guess they let my dad write part of this script."
OK, the special effects are spectacular. The fantastic array of many-eyed and many-armed and many-tentacled characters is amusing. The dialogue is awful and unbelievable. This is all set within a solid Star Wars plot and set in motion by very believable politics. All in all, it's a good movie, but that's it.
Going into the theater with knowledge and love of Star Wars will both enhance and damage your experience. Both the relationship between Anakin and Obi-Wan and the romance between Anakin and Padmé are immature and silly. The greater mentor-student message is much more interesting. And the groundwork for the previous trilogy is laid out. It all begins to make sense.