Special Effects Carry the Film

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2007)

Star Wars Episode 2: The Attack of the Clones is brilliantly filmed with special effects filling every scene, ultimately adding a sense of fast-paced adventure and franticness. The last forty-five minutes of the production includes an extremely breathtaking war between good and bad, leading to an awesome fight between Yoda and Count DookuÂ… What I have exemplified in the first two sentences, are the positive aspects of this film: The special effects, and the last forty five minutes. Unfortunately, the negative points (in my opinion) are quite noticeable. The acting is not as effective as it could be, and is inspired by a stilted script which contains only some potential humor and zero possible romance. The love story is too rash and somehow wrong even though Portman and Christensen are apparently good actors. Ewan McGregor is okay as Obi-Wan Kenobi, but could add more emotion into his role. What I thought to have been a big improvement however (which other people savoring the older trilogy may disagree with) is the CGI version of Yoda. He looks less funny than how he did as a complex puppet and has many more kid fans now. Therefore, this second prequel to "Star Wars" does have many things to offer, just don't depend on impeccable dialogue and breath-taking amour to decide your satisfaction.