| Posted by: SAI at May 20, 2002, 2:39 pm | | Topic: Reviews: Attack of the Clones Forum: JoBlo | A few points before I get into my review.
1: As a whole series of films I have no really stong feelings about Star Wars. I'm not a huge fan, nor do I hate them. 2: I HATE Star Wars Episode 1, hate it, with an undying passion. 3: Empire is my favourite Star Wars film, and probably my favourite sci-fi film. On to the Review. WARNING There may be spoilers Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
Dir: George Lucas I walked into this film expecting very little, I hadn't really liked the trailers, and as I said above I hated the previous film, but given wildly differing reports of it's quality I decided to give it a go. It started badly. The first shot is entirely CG and feels like the intro to a computer game, but the film swiftly finds it's feet with a thrilling opening assasination attempt on Padme (Natalie Portman). As I watched the opening hour I felt more and more like I was watching a computer game, the dialogue was clunky, even Ewan McGregor (who is 100 times better here than in episode 1) had a horrible habit of adding something like 'My young padawan' whenever he adressed Anakin and this was really getting on my nerves. Even with this rather clunky opening there were good things too, expanded roles for Yoda (Frank Oz) and Mace Windu (Samuel L Jackson), A confident (and obviously less constrained) performance by Ewan McGregor and a plot rather more interesting than that of TPM. After Anakin and Obi-wan go their seperate ways AOTC is like two films, Obi-Wan's action packed adventure film (starring the best of the films new characters Jango Fett) and Anakin and Padme's forced, false, dull and astonishingly poorly written and performed romance. Hayden Christensen does have some credible moments outside of the love story, Natalie Portman seems again to be under strict instructions to deliver all her lines in monotone. Shmi Skywalkers death on Tatooine was embarrasing, I wanted to see more of Anakins revenge, but this is a PG. But what lifts the film is the closing 45 minutes. There's a nice comedy bit with 3PO but otherwise it is action all the way. From the executions and the battle which ensues to Yoda's arrival with the clone army fights are well (if somewhat unimaginatively) coreographed and the special effects credible. Samuel L Jackson proves that, cool as he is, he's even cooler when he has a lightsaber.
That's the best way to describe the end of the movie, cool. The pinaccle, the very coolest moment in all the Star Wars films comes only a few minutes from the end. Dooku (Christopher Lee) has seemingly defeated both Obi-Wan and Anakin. Then in walks Yoda. A force battle ensues, but is cut short when Dooku draws his lightsaber. Then it happens, Christoper Lee and Yoda have a lightsaber fight. Silly as it may sound there is a real childlike joy about that moment, particularly for me; Yoda has always been my favourite Star Wars character. For me Attack of the Clones is second only to Empire. The best endorsement I can give is this, as I left the cinema I wanted to see Episode 3. |
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