Best Star Wars movie to date

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2002)

Many say Episode One was disappointing, but this movie makes you realise a good plot setup was needed, and really, how much heroism can one 9 year old boy do? Attack of the Clones is action packed from beginning to end and the visual effects are yaw dropping. It kept me entertained for it's whole runtime, and days thereafter. I felt better for having experienced it.
Too bad the acting, especially on the parts of Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen leaves a lot to be desired and Anakin is a bit too obviously an afraid, arrogant and hateful teenager. While this is exactly the kind of thing that leads to the dark side, George Lucas could have done this a lot more subtle, we know it's going to happen anyway and would be looking for the little clues. Anakin should have been a much darker character, it would have helped if he was (obviously) more introvert about his feelings and only show small signs of them. At times he is more annoying than most people think Jar Jar is.
Jar Jar is still there, but those who can not see humor of the character take sci-fi much, much too seriously. Have you seen the size of Watto's wings compared to his body? Now if that doesn't break some laws of physics...
Another sour point is the digital filming. Instead of good old celluloid, Lucas opted for high definition digital cameras and in my opinion they just don't cut it. The real footage seems more grainy than the generated and suffers badly from pixel noise in darker scenes or areas of a scene.
All that said: It is the best Star Wars movie to date and I can't wait to see it again!