Anakin is whiny? How about you nay sayers are whiny.

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2002)

Yes I must admit that I like the new Attack of the Clones and Phantom Menace films. I think for saying that I will be pelted with rotten fruit from critics who thinks that the new Star Wars films are wretched. Yet friends I am not the Star Wars geek that you might label me. No I am simply a lover of movies. No not a film auteur just a fan of entertaining films. I happen to find the Star Wars films very entertaining. I'm afraid it is you critics out there, who complain that the new Star Wars films fail to hold a light to the original trilogy, who are the Star Wars geeks. You nit pick about how it is not well acted or it is not well written, or the special effects are fake. The latter of complaints are...well...just plain slander or come from people who need to get glasses. One complaint, "Yoda is not the same as CGI." No I have to say he's a lot better.
As for comparing the new films to the original... In 1999 when the Phantom Menace came out I went in knowing that in no way was Lucas going to be able to recapture the magic of the original and he hasn't. But that's OK. Star Wars was made in a time when such films like it were a rarity and thusly Star Wars appeared as a breath of fresh air. Most films in the 70's and most of the 80's were dull, gritty, and low key, not to mention vulgar. Star Wars in some way changed the summers at the cineplexes and now every film out there is trying to be the next big thing. And that is fine too.
Yet the original Star Wars trilogy was not the best acted series of films, or the best written, or for that matter the most original. They were not designed for you to serious ponder the meaning of life, or the conflicts of this world...No they were simply meant to transport you to another one. A galaxy where fantasy thrives and where good and evil duke it out with colorful lightsabers and lasers. To get majorly upset over such a thing is rather petty. And to hear grown men at the end of the movie yell out loud how much Attack of the Clones, "just sucked," is rude and becoming of a true whining brat.
In all fairness I will say that yes these news Star Wars films are flawed but so is just about every other film out there. And for the love story, yes it lacks some charm that was found in Empire Strikes Back, but I'll take it over that three hour mess that was Titanic.
In its defense I will say that Attack of the Clones was adequately casted all the way. Hayden Christansen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, and Samuel Jackson all get high marks. As for George Lucas...True, he is a better producer than he is a director or writer but he is still a good movie magic maker, and John Williams still has the force when it comes to bringing the music of the film to life.
Over all I give Clones a strong B+