My favorite Star Wars movie

Rating: 7/10 (21 June 2002)

Yes, you read right. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones is my most favorite Star Wars movie to date. Now, I'm not saying it's THE best one made. Just my favorite. But I do think it's on par with A New Hope, and The Empire Strikes Back.
Anyhow, this movie is filled with excitement from start until finish. The Phantom Menace spent an entire two hours setting us up for this exhilarating second chapter in the saga. TPM's set up and complicated plot details(very important details for the rest of the saga) pay off here in AOTC.
But this movie really surprised me. I thought the characters were entertaining, the action and special effects were wonderful, and the story was so cool. After 25 years, we're beginning to see what the Clone Wars were all about. And we find out that it's all because of two Sith Lords that this whole war is emerging. It's all a combination of these two sith disguising themselves as two completely different individuals(Darth Tyranus = Count Dooku, Darth Sidious = Chancellor Palpatine) to manipulate politics in order to acheive their ultimate goal of destroying the Jedi and creating an evil Empire.
This movie has such an awesome plot line. It's got action, drama, mystery, love, betrayal, deceit, and forshadowing all in one. We can see where things are going, in that the Republic will one day turn into the Empire, and that Anakin will one day become Darth Vader. It's so awesome to see all of this FINALLY unfold before our very eyes.
The acting was typical of Star Wars type acting. People who say the acting was better in the Old Trilogy are just deceived and brain washed by their own beloved childhood, therefore receiving those movies as great no matter what because of nostalgia. I assure everyone that AOTC is more of the same cheesy dialogue. Same cheesy acting. It's just that people don't want anything to top Han, Luke, Leia, Chewy, etc. or to even be equal. They sometimes feel that these new movie are invading on what they THOUGHT they already knew about the saga. The saga was never completed. We only perceived what we thought might have happened, but never really knew. Now we're finding out, and that's a good thing. No changes are being made. Only elaborations.
The story is better than ever for a Star Wars movie. So is the action and special effects. Obi-Wan and Dooku were great characters. I mean, all of the characters were cool, but Obi-Wan and Dooku stole the show - well, those two and Yoda. Any Star Wars fan that did not like Yoda fighting is not a fan. And this was by far the best scene in the movie.
All in all, I give this movie 4 stars out of four as far as Star Wars movies go. It was great.