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Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/strong>\u00a0 (2002)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20th<\/sup> Century Fox\/Sci-Fi-Action-Adventure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 142 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (sustained sequences of sci-fi-action violence)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: George Lucas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: George Lucas and Jonathan Hales\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: John Williams\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: David Tattersall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 16, 2002 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Frank Oz (voice), Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Logan, Leeanna Walsman, Silas Carson, Ahmed Best, Rose Byrne, Pernilla August, Jack Thompson, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $310.6 million (US)\/$649.3 million (World)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: ** \u00bd\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Every Star Wars fan has their own opinion regarding their least favorite entry in the series. Mine is Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/strong>, the second installment of the prequel trilogy that began with the less-than-impressive Phantom Menace in \u201999.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0What kills the movie is the subplot dealing with the growing romance between Anakin Skywalker (Christensen, Life as a House) and Padme Amidala (Portman, Leon the Professional), now Senator of the planet Naboo. We already know that these two characters will eventually get married and give birth to twins Luke and Leia. Therefore, there\u2019s no \u201cwill they or won\u2019t they\u201d suspense involved. That\u2019s NOT the problem. The problem is the dreadful dialogue that they\u2019re forced to say to each other. As a love story, Attack of the Clones<\/strong> is one of the worst I\u2019ve ever seen. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0As a sci-fi movie with impressive visuals and state-of the-art special effects, it fares much better. It\u2019s one of the first movies to be shot digitally and while there is something of a \u201cWOW!\u201d factor, one can\u2019t help but feel a little nostalgic for old school special effects of the original Star Wars saga. For example, it\u2019s plainly obvious that Yoda has become a CGI creation, replacing the puppet used in the previous installments. While I prefer the old Yoda, I love what CGI allows him to do near the end. Let\u2019s just say that Yoda is the biggest con artist in the galaxy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Ten years after the events of Phantom Menace, the Galactic Republic is threatened by a separatist movement led by former Jedi master Count Dooku (Lee, the LOTR trilogy). Senator Amidala comes to Coruscant to vote on a plan to create an army of the Republic to assist the Jedi against this threat. As soon as she steps off her ship, an attempt is made on her life. She\u2019s placed under the protection of two old friends, Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor) and Anakin. After a second unsuccessful attempt on the Senator\u2019s life, the Jedi Council assigns Obi-Wan to investigate who\u2019s behind the assassination attempts while Anakin is assigned to escort her back to Naboo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The only lead Obi-Wan has to go on is the unidentified bounty hunter that kills the assassin before she can reveal his identity. His investigation leads him to a remote planet where a clone army is being mass produced for the Republic using bounty hunter Jango Fett (Morrison, Once Were Warriors) as their genetic template. Meanwhile, the love between Anakin and Padme grows. As the threat of all-out war between the Republic and the Separatists looms, the Senate finally grants Chancellor Palpatine (McDiarmid) emergency powers to send the clones into battle. Also, Anakin\u2019s seduction by the Dark Side begins after the death of his mother on Tatooine and the bloody revenge he exacts on her Tusken Raider killers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0With Attack of the Clones<\/strong>, I\u2019m finding the political aspects of the story more interesting. They\u2019re laying the groundwork for the state of things in the first Star Wars movie (i.e. the Empire and the Rebel Alliance). The action sequences are top-notch as usual, the climactic arena battle being influenced by Gladiator. Christopher Lee is always a welcome addition to the any cast and does an excellent job as evil Count Dooku.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0\u00a0What really stands out about Attack of the Clones<\/strong> is its awe-inspiring visual palette. Early on, Obi-Wan and Anakin engage in chase through the skies of Coruscant. This planet bears a striking resemblance to the cityscape of Blade Runner with its tall buildings, neon signs and hovercrafts. It\u2019s an exciting sequence made even more so by the surroundings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The whole movie looks great, but it doesn\u2019t quite compensate for the drippy love story. That just about spoils the whole movie. One scene has the two lovers talking about sand. When Padme reminisces about her school trips to the beach, Anakin says, \u201cI don\u2019t like sand. It\u2019s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.\u201d A collective groan went up in the theater at the midnight preview I attended the night before it opened.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Hayden Christensen is a terrible actor. He\u2019s stiff, emotionless and dull. What possessed Lucas to hire this guy? He makes the annoying Jake Lloyd look better by comparison. Portman fares better than her co-star, but she looks a little embarrassed to be delivering her lines at times. McGregor does a pretty good job as young Obi-Wan. Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) makes an excellent addition to the cast as Jedi Master Mace Windu. John Williams\u2019 rousing score still causes chills. Attack of the Clones<\/strong> is a decent Star Wars movie, but it\u2019s so undermined by the badly-handled love story that it diminishes the overall effect.<\/p>\r\n Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones\u00a0 (2002)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20th Century Fox\/Sci-Fi-Action-Adventure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 142 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (sustained sequences of sci-fi-action violence)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: George Lucas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: George Lucas and Jonathan Hales\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: John Williams\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: David Tattersall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 16, 2002 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. 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