If you hate it, you haven't watched it correctly...

Rating: 9/10 (6 March 2016)

"I prefer to evaluate a film on the basis of what it intends to do, not on what I think it should have done." - Roger Ebert
This is a kids movie first and foremost. If your looking for amazing dialogue, intricate characters and Oscar-worthy performances, then watch Scorsese or Spielberg. Lucas makes fun, unashamed Star Wars movies for the kids. Always has. Instead of listing the many reasons people who love the original trilogy hate the prequels, I will sum it up like this: They were kids when they saw the original trilogy, now they've grown up and forgotten how to have innocent fun at the movies. The original trilogy doesn't have better dialogue, characters or performances. But in their nostalgic minds the originals are infallible. The series is pretty consistent in quality. If it's good enough for the kids, then it's good Star Wars. This film is definitely the weakest of the saga, but it had to be. Transitioning from the exposition (Episode I) to the rising action (The Clone Wars) with a love story that has to be comprehended by children, is not an ideal foundation for a movie. But George Lucas succeeds with Attack Of The Clones, especially in the last act. It delivers what Star Wars always has. Fun.