I don't like watching computer games.

Rating: 5/10 (20 May 2002)

I am a big Star Wars freak, having been totally captivated by the original movie as a 12 year old boy. Having said that I must say that Attack of the Clones was very disappointing. There are two fundamental things that bother me about this movie. Firstly, the plot is unlike anything we have seen previously. In other episodes, good and evil were always clearly defined, with good struggling against seemingly impossible odds to emerge victorious, or at least not lose too badly. In this movie the good side seem to be consuming themselves with there own stupidity and arrogance, and it is hard to feel any empathy for their struggle. The other grating thing is the CGI. It is right over the top with too much happening on the screen at one time to make a strong impact. A lot of the CGI heavy scenes seem to be straight out of a computer game; but not a particularly good computer game. The big battle scene at the end almost saves the movie, but it is too little too late.