Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2002)

The latest Star Wars film is an excellent addition to the series that easily tops Phantom Menace and Return of the Jedi. With amazing special effects, exciting action scenes, and a servicalbe story-line this is easily up there as one of if not the best popcorn movie of the year. I really liked how everything in the film was beginning to look and feal like the Star Wars we know and love from the original trilogy. The story is very complicated with several things happening at once; a detective-like story with Obi-Wan, a love story with Anakin and Amidala, political intrigue in the senate, what Count Dooku is up to, and of course why this film is called Attack of the Clones. The action scenes are plentiful, and far more exciting then Spider-Man all the other Star Wars films as well. We have a speeder chase through the streets of Couracent, a great fight scene between Obi-Wan and Jango Fett, a space battle near asteroids, a chase though a conveyor belt, the Gladiaor-like execturiton arena, the all-out Jedi fight, thousands of clones and droids going at it, and last but not least a incredible fight at the end with Count Dooku and Yoda. There are some complaints I have about the film. The acting was subpar on several occasions, especially Hayden Christenson. The dialouge was laughably bad in more then one spot and the love story was poorly executed. I also felt that some of the action scenes were far too short; like the fight between Jango Fett and Obi-Wan, A climax fight with Jango Fett and Mace Windu, and most disappointing of all the light saber duel between Yoda and Count Dooku. Despite some probelms, Attack of the Clones was as good as anyone could expect it to be if not better. George Lucas has done a film to be proud of.