Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the…

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002 Directed by George Lucas

A Jedi Shall Not Know Anger. Nor Hatred. Nor Love.

Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Frank Oz Ahmed Best Pernilla August Oliver Ford Davies Andrew Secombe Silas Carson Alethea McGrath Temuera Morrison Jimmy Smits Jay Laga'aia Daniel Logan Leeanna Walsman Jack Thompson Joel Edgerton Bonnie Piesse Ayesha Dharker Rose Byrne Veronica Segura Matt Doran Alan Ruscoe Ron Falk Show All…

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Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 49

89/100

George Lucas's Star Wars saga - a mythological amalgamation of Kurosawa, F.W. Murnau, Flash Gordon etc. - is radicalized through the vivid prospect of advancing technology. If the evolution of film form is just as dependent on the gear as the artists behind the camera, then Lucas is undoubtedly one of the greats (even when casting aside box office totals and, to quote Spaceballs, "merchandizing, merchandizing, merchandizing!"), but Lucas weaves tech progression into the narrative itself. While The Phantom Menace was a visceral puzzle piece birthed out of 70s blockbuster ingenuity, then Attack of the Clones is a heads-first operatic dive into the sunset of a society, a galaxy, a government. Its politics are ambiguous and undefined - as…
Review by Jimbo ★★ 2

That little green fella from the Vodafone ads must be desperate for money to appear in this shit.
Review by SilentDawn ★★½ 3

45/100

Caught this on TV in France when I was on vacation a couple years ago, and even though I could hardly understand a word of the dubbed version, I was enraptured by its images and its miraculous sense of sound design (those Seismic Charges tho). Watching it with the dialogue intact is frustrating, especially because Lucas' vision is so grand and ambitious. It's like watching a child trying to put a puzzle together. You want to help them along the way, but it is essential that the child works through it on their own. The uneasiness comes from the idea that they'll never solve the puzzle.

Sand.
Review by Naughty ★★★½ 10

The force is tickling my fancy in this prequel! Case in point Yoda (Frank Oz) and Count Dooku's (Christopher Lee) Epic lightsaber battle!

See it here (the first 2 minutes and 43 seconds of the video)
youtu.be/IRd9PGmAQUE

Still top heavy in the exposition department which makes it a daunting task to get through the segments of the film that serve as nothing more than a set up for overly abundant subplots! But once the film kicks into high gear we finally see glimpses of the Star Wars we all have come to know and love!

Yoda gets more face time and thankfully R2-D2 and C-3PO make their way onto the screen and inevitably into our hearts!

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Recommended by Tim Ehrens via "Movie Request Hotline" Thank you soooo much Tim I'm having a great time revisiting the series!
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Review by Jake Cole ½ 9

Don't let Jar-Jar Lloyd fever cloud your mind; this is the worst Star Wars in a walk. It's every bit the simpleton kids tale as the first, but now it's dressed up in guise of a movie meant for grown-ups (or whatever passes for grown-up among die-hards). This leads to love scenes that sound like they were written by an 11-year-old and an emphasis on action that makes up for the relative dearth of it in the last film by just throwing as much shit as possible into the frame, nearly all of it animated so that the few genuine, living people in a shot are really just waving sticks about.

Speaking of the animation, the combination of flat animation…
Review by DirkH ★ 10

'Suck very much, it does, yes?'

-Bubba, Yoda's cooler, older brother

Recent reviews

Review by Dianeby Go ★★★★½

Review coming soon :)
Review by Definitely Not Tommy Wiseau ½

I thought the first film was stiff garbage. This just tops that bullshit by adding even more bullshit.

THE ROOM FOR LIFE!
Review by Devon ★½

I haven't seen this movie since it first came out in theaters but considering I walked out of the theater when I saw it at age 11 (and 11 year old me didn't have the best taste to begin with) and looking at the ratings here, I doubt I need to re-watch just to make sure my memories of it being terrible are correct.
Review by Philip Friesen ★½

decent, but honestly the least memorable of all the prequels.
Review by Rckdckrd ★

Ein Film bestehend aus einem Greenscreen und ein paar darauf tanzenden Charakteren.
Dazu noch lächerliche Szenen zwischen Padme und Anakin.
Der eine Punkt für die figuren von Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan) und Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu).
Insgesamt ein fast schon peinlicher Film wenn man ihn mit dem Namen George Lucas großen Sci-Fi eposses betitelt.
Review by BlakeTourville ★★

This movie is just like sand...
Review by portmanswatson ★★★★

delete George Lucas' dialogue and I present to you the greatest love story in the history of cinema that I will cry over for the rest of my life. #don'tblameHayden #whyGeorge
Review by David Gillhespy ★★

May this be the last time I ever watch this pile of shit.
Review by Conner Wilson ★

Why did I rewatch this? Star Wars fever is in full swing for me, and I wanted to make sure this movie was the worst of the episodes, and worse than The Phantom Menace. Huge shocker: it is! Yes, Jar-Jar has less screentime, but everything bad about TPM is multiplied by 10 (and without the good stuff.) Even the light saber fight at the end is silly and poorly executed.

The score, however, is phenomenal, and actually one of my favorites. "Beyond the Stars" is particularly beautiful and is some of John Williams' most brilliant work.

But then there's lines like this:

"I hate sand..."
"I truly... deeply... love you"
🤢

And Dexter Jetster's 50s diner is lazy as heck.

I also actually have most of this episode memorized.