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Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones [2002 film] (2002)

by George Lucas (Director), Jonathan Hales (Screenwriter), George Lucas (Screenwriter)

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Ten years after the Trade Federation's hostilities against Naboo, Queen Amidala has traded in her crown for a seat on the Galactic Senate. An assassination attempt on Padme brings Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi back into her life.
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
I'm very conflicted about this movie. I enjoy most of the scenes in it immensely in a vacuum (yes, yes, some of the Anakin-Padmé romance scenes are a bit hard to watch, but there really aren't that many of them), and it really showcases McGregor's Obi-Wan -- which might be my favourite character in the entire franchise. On the other hand, the plot makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, even by Hollywood blockbuster standards. Basically, the story is structured around a detective plot where Obi-Wan investigates A, which leads him to B. Something at B is weird, so he follows up, ending up at C. Something at C is weird, so he follows up, ending up at D -- but no link in the chain ever has any logical connection to two steps previously. The supposedly intelligent Jedi Master is just running around on a disjointed scavenger hunt (which additionally is full of information that is both pointless and even seemingly contradictory to the facts as established by the end of this film and the following third film), like an easily distracted goldfish, rather than investigate the attempted assassination that started the whole plotline off.

It upsets me, because with the millions spent on special effects, movies like this have no business not having had the few thousand dollars it would have taken to hire someone with a shred of attention span to go through the script or a rough cut of the film, and fix it with a couple of minor scene additions or ADR recordings so it made some semblance of sense.

But even with these huge gripes, I must admit I quite enjoy this film. In addition to Obi-Wan, there's a lot of character moments to enjoy: Yoda's ass-kicking, Dooku being deliciously morally ambigious, Anakin's beginning descent on Tatooine -- which is actually quite gripping -- and the ever-smug Palpatine, to name a few. I just which it did something more with them, so that the sum of the parts would be something greater than they are individually, rather than something distinctly lesser. ( )
  Lucky-Loki | Dec 5, 2018 |
Political machinations lead to war... in space!.

Anakin Skywalker is almost as bad as Jar Jar Binks. But at least Jar Jar wasn't meant to be taken seriously. It does have some redeeming value, though. The Kamino scenes, for instance, are actually pretty good.

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: F
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: D
Music: B

Enjoyment: D

GPA: 1.4/4 ( )
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Lucas, GeorgeDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hales, JonathanScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Lucas, GeorgeScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
August, PernillaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Christensen, Haydensecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Daniels, Anthonysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jackson, Samuel L.secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lee, Christophersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McGregor, Ewansecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Portman, NatalieActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williams, JohnComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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