Star Wars - Episode II, Attack of the Clones | Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman

Star Wars - Episode II, Attack of the Clones | Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman | Charm and Chemistry...where has it gone?

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It's not my favorite, but still very enjoyable.

It's not my favorite, but still very enjoyable.

I enjoyed 'Star Wars' (a.k.a. Star Wars IV: A new hope) when it came out and I was 7 yrs old and I still love all the Star Wars Movies today. My son has loved all the Star Wars movies as well

Charm and Chemistry...where has it gone?

I originally wrote this review for Superman Returns, but since complaints for that movie parallel those of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. I'll vent here as well.

Where has all the charm an chemistry gone? Han Solo had charm. Han and Leia had chemistry. The special effects weren't great (good for their time, but definitely not great) so the Star Wars movies depended on its characters' charisma and chemistry to carry the story. Aside from Jar Jar Binks the lack of the aforementioned is what killed Lucas' episode 1-3 debacle. Sure the special effects and action were great, but what of the story? Medichlorians??

That brings me to Superman Returns. Reeve had charm. Reeve's Clark and Kidder's Lois had real chemistry! The special effects weren't great (good for their time, but definitely not great) so the movie depended on it's characters', charisma and chemistry to carry the story. Deja Vu? Anakin and Padme had the flame of a wet rag and the same holds true for the new Lois and Clark. Everyone seemed lost and depressed. I can understand Lois being upset that "Superman" left, but our new hero didn't put much effort into winning her back. Oh, gee lets go for a BORING flight and see if that works. Is this the same couple from the roof of Lois' apartment? "What color underwear am I wearing?" WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOLLYWOOD? Remember when Rock-N-Roll was fun? Poison, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi? The lyrics weren't deep, but they were fun. Then along came Nirvana and the grunge days and depression and anger ruled the airwaves. The same is happening in our movies! Where's the fun? "Don't worry miss. I've got you. If you've got me. Who's got you?" "I'd rather kiss a Wookie. I can arrange that!" Man, I sure miss the fun!

Please...SOMEONE BRING BACK THE FUN!

UPDATE: I meant to rate this with 3 STARS! Ugh!

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Attack of the Clones is worth seeing (once)

I'll start off with the positive. This is a significantly better film than Phantom Menace. That's because Jar Jar is what he should have been all along: a minor character that we see very little of and hear even less.

The action sequences are as good as always. My favorite part is, like usual, the big lightsaber fight at the end. Yoda with a lightsaber may seem out of place to some but he was refered to as a "great warrior" in The Empire Strikes Back. Now we get to see why. And the end is enjoyable (save the stupid R2D2/C3PO "losing my head" skit).

Now for the bad stuff. There are parts of this film that are no where near pleasurable to watch (and these parts take up a big junk of the movie). The most painful thing to watch in this film (for all the wrong reasons) is the "love" story between Anakin and Padme. Hayden Kristen is, I believe, the worst actor in the Star Wars movies (old and new). There is basically no chemistry between Anakin and Padme even though they're supposed to be madly in love with each other by the end of the movie. There are some lines between these two characters that are just embarrassing to quote ("your skin is softer than sand").

The banal dialogue, the worst supporting actor "winner" Hayden Kristen, CGI in basically every scene, the botched love story between Anakin and Padme, R2D2/C3PO's "comic relief", and on and on and on. This film is, at best, a mixed bag. Though it's worth seeing at least once (and some parts more than once), my advice is to buy the first trilogy (if you haven't already), pray that someone someday remakes the prequels, or buy The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

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MST3K Fans Rejoice -- Rifftrax is Here!

It's Binks-ian fun for the whole family as George Lucas empties the contents of his brain onto film one more time! This go around, the part of the annoying kid is explored more deeply by a new annoying kid, Hayden Christensen, in a performance so jaw-droppingly wooden and laughable it's got to make Keanu Reeves feel pretty darned good about himself. Ewan McGregor returns as that one guy who was once played by that other British guy, and he's apparently become comfortable enough with his green screen acting that he no longer even pretends it matters whether he puts in effort or not. And returning for the role of Padme Amidala is Natalie Portman, looking cute but losing her bid to keep her voice from grinding into her audience's skull like a buzz saw.

All of this would be a RiffTrax dream come true - but making it even dream come true-ier is that Mike and Kevin are joined by none other than Chad Vader, brother of Darth and star of his own colossally successful internet series. It is quite simply a RiffTacular RiffStravaganza!

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