So Many Great Movies...

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2002)

The Star Wars saga, despite what many say, is filled with great movies (except for maybe The Phantom Menace which still makes me cringe most of the time), but Attack of the Clones may have finally unseated The Empire Strikes Back as the greatest Star Wars movie.
The acting is probably the best of the Star Wars series.
Attack of the Clones is the most emotionally packed film of the series, taking the inner torment of the ends of Empire and Return of the Jedi and spreading it out throughout the whole film this time. In Clones, you actually care about the characters, because we can relate to them. No more cardboard cutouts from Episode I, this time you actually feel for the characters...except for maybe Padme, who still delivers a fairly stiff performance.
The first half of the film is a little slow, but if you're a Star Wars fan, it's chock-full of foreshadowing and what most of us have been dying to see: what happened to the galaxy to bring about the Empire and Vader?

The second half has the most action of any of the films so far, with the beginning of the fabled Clone Wars mentioned in the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope, by Luke Skywalker. Palpatine's maneuvering is very entertaining to watch, and those of us who've seen the originals know what's going on and I actually caught myself wanting to scream at the screen sometimes to warn the characters about the path they're all heading down. I've never felt that way before, except for maybe the end of Return of the Jedi, which sends chills down my spine.
All in all, best Star Wars movie, but if you've never seen one of these movies, don't start with this one. Watch the others first, then come back to this one, you'll enjoy it much more.