Anakin Skywalker pursues a romance with Padme while Obi-Wan
Kenobi investigates the creation of a clone army and a civil war. ACTION/SCI-FI
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Star Wars Episode II:
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Attack of the Clones is the Star Wars film I like the least and 98% of my animosity is because of Hayden Christensen's appalling "acting" that takes me out of the movie every single time he speaks. If Lucas had cast anybody else, this might've been great.
Christensen has absolutely zero chemistry with Natalie Portman and their forced romance is one of the worst points of the entire franchise. That being said, Attack of the Clones has some of the most exciting moments in the prequel franchise. Mostly, the Jedi battle on Geonosis and the lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Count Dooku (terrible name, by the way). I seriously think Lucas should have done more than one draft of this screenplay and reconsidered his casting of Hayden Christensen. There are way too many things wrong with this film for it to be a benefit of the doubt situation. |
Attack of the Clones is a marginally better, but still not good film than the previous one. While there is a bit more action, the film still suffers from an overabundance of bad CGI, terrible dialogue, and horrendous acting from lead Hayden Christensen. This proves to be Lucas's second miss after Episode I. Hopefully, third time's the charm.
Lucas once again hinders this film with his compulsive need to fill every inch of the frame with some sort of CGI wizardry. From multiple alien beast to entire city backgrounds, no frame is left untouched. It also shows why the story is so lackluster in the prequel trilogy, as Lucas apparently spent all his time focusing on CGI effects. He also proves that screenwriting isn't his strong suit, as several of the actors struggle with extremely clunky dialogue. Same can't be said for Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker. His acting is horrendous, delivering all of his lines poorly and with zero charisma. The only saving grace this film has is the slight increase in action scenes, especially the climactic battle. It definitely makes for an easier watch than the previous film. Attack of the Clones continued to show how Lucas seems to have no grasp of what made this series so special in the first place. It continues the downward spiral of the ill-regarded prequel trilogy, doing very little to improve them. At this point, we can only hope the third film is even remotely good. |