The Triumph of Technology Over Movie Making

Rating: 2/10 (8 May 2003)

It's all been said before...but I'll say it again. The acting by Natalie Portman and Hayden Christenen is so wooden, flat, and devoid of feeling I suspect they're the true subject of Attack of the Clones. (BTW, the bonus disk showed an impassioned speech by Ms. Portman to the Senate, but it was a deleted scene...too bad). Dazzling special effects that affect no one, lengthy scenes plodding on with senseless bloodless violence borrowed from every movie that came before it, etc. etc.
No heart, no soul, no real tension. Not even a naked love scene between Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor would have redeemed this bloated barge of ILMish clone-mongering (well, hey, this would have merited at least skipping to that chapter before tossing the DVD).
Yes; the final fight scenes do have some of that ole'time magic, but why suffer the first two hours for the last 10 minutes?
Advice from The Force: "George, you don't need to direct the next Star Wars; George, you don't need to be involved in the screen play; George, go home and take care of your kids and relax!"