Review of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) by William B — 22 Feb 2018

The Last Jedi was so bad that it made this film and The Phantom Menace look like fantastic Star Wars films. In reality, Attack of the Clones was ok, but not great overall. The forced romance between Anakin and Padmé was a bit cheesy, the CGI didn't age that well, and there are a few lines of dialogue that are quite cringe-worthy.

The plot is not the strongest in this film, and George Lucas didn't do enough to show Obi-Wan's and Anakin's friendship in this trilogy. Kenobi said in A New Hope, "He was a good friend," but we didn't really get the chance to see it often in the prequels.

Additionally, why would the bounty hunter use poisonous bugs to kill Senator Padmé instead of thermal detonators or bombs? I don't believe it was ever explained why the bounty hunters wanted her dead in the film.

They get paid to kill and/or capture, but what were the motives? Had they killed Padmé, Anakin might have never turned to the dark side and it would have ruined Palpatine's plan. For the positives, the fight on Kamino between Obi-Wan and Jango Fett was cool, Obi-Wan and Anakin chasing the bounty hunter at the beginning was entertaining, Jango Fett and his Slave I fighter chasing Obi-Wan's fighter in space was good, the arena battle between the Jedi and battle droids was good, the Battle of Geonosis between the clone troopers and battle droids was awesome, and the final fight between Obi-Wan, Anakin, Yoda, and Count Dooku was entertaining.