Not Only the best Star Wars, but the very best movie after the turn of the century...

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 2002)

First, it is really important to say that I was never a truly devoted Star Wars Fan. It seems those days were over. Just coming out of my teenage years, I've always heard of the success of the Star Wars trilogy. When the Phantom Menace came out, I decided to go see it for what it was: a special effects and action SCI FI adventure, that managed to hit the blockbuster. I found it good but nothing Oscar like. Then I decided to watch the old trilogy that was really the old bang that we all know! I started to get familiar the overall story and I also realized that I found it really interesting. Then Attack of The Clones came. MAN! WHAT A THING!!! I can tell you, don't think of this as an exaggeration, 15 minutes into the movie, and it was already not only my favourite Star Wars film, but also one of my all time favourites.
Everyone complains about the corny one lines between Anakin and Padmé, I won't disagree, since sometimes they were a little corny, but in no way spoiling. Some complained that the movie was a little slow paced sometimes. Which movie isn't? eventually when one of those scenes come, you feel a little bored, but then comes another action sequence, that pulls you right out of it! Normally, I don't do this but in this comment, I'll have to organize it in parts to be clearer:
Story: GREAT! Fills some brackets left by the Phantom Menace, and leaves some others to be filled in the next episode. The characters relationships are more intertwined and all of them have an objective there even Jar Jar (seems impossible?! You'll see!)
Dialogues: Not that good, but still there are some classics like `Anakin, why do I feel you'll be the death of me?'!;
Acting: Better than before. If in Ep. 1 you wanted to shoot Jake Lloyd for once, and slap is mother in the face, in this one, there isn't a single bad actor, even Shmi is better. Unlike some said, Hayden Christiansen did a great job, showing action, drama and comedy whenever they were needed, even with Padmé  the always great and gorgeous Natalie Portman (God, how I like this girl...!)
Action Sequences: Puts the great Matrix and Speed to shame! They are still classics (some of my favourite movies)  but the chase in Coruscant? The final Battle?  Figgin' great! Way to go!
Fights: Like no one has seen before! Yoda vs. Dooku is already a classic (who could think that the old guy Yoda with a limp would kick Dooku's ass? I didn't after I saw it, I was amazed!) Obi Wan vs. Jango was also great, a little short, but great.
Music: No one can deny that John Williams is a master, so his work on this one is nothing different. He still uses choirs a lot, and it works, he uses lots of drums, and it also works, however, sometimes I felt some Jerry Goldsmith's echoes in it, providing a more hyperbolic feeling to it  which was the perfect solution. Moreover, you can clearly tell that there are many parts where the music is from Phantom Menace, especially towards the end;
Sets: Quite frankly, this, alongside the SFX and sound, were the best in the movie. My favourites were most definitely the planet Kamino. How I wanted t live there! It may seem like a horrible planet, but the internal sets, the aliens, Jango's apartment, put my jaw on the ground. You'll get me when you see it! All the other sets were astounding also  The Arena, Palpatine's Office, Padmé's dinning room, the Naboo city, the ships Every single thing!
SFX: The best I've ever seen. Even way better than Hollow Man, Haunting and Matrix! I can't even say that one of them is corny. None! My favourite is most definitely and you have to agree with me, when the clones fire at one giant ball-like space ship and it falls to ground! AWESOME!
Sound: The bombs in the Asteroid field made me want to hear that noise, time and time again. I mean, just great! The shooting and everything is also great.
I can tell you, I never felt so pulled into a movie, like in this one. After I saw it the first time, I immediately reserved another ticket to the following day! That never happened to me before. This movie is now, most definitely one of my 5 favourite. You may think I'm stretching things too much, I'm not. It is perfect. I'm thinking of buying a DVD reader especially for this one. I can't wait to Episode III, which can only be worst, cause better than `Attack of The Clones' is strictly impossible!
Go see for yourself, just like me! Perfect 10 out of 10!! Vasco CID