Review of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) by Andy G — 01 May 2015

There's one big problem with this movie, and it's the incredibly forced love story between Anakin and Padme. Don't get me wrong, I know it's important to the overall story, but I think it could have been executed better. Maybe just hint at it with some subtlety, and not try to over dramatize every scene focused on it. Without that subplot, this movie would have ranked much higher for me, better even than A New Hope. As for the rest of the movie, I love it. I think the scenes on Tatooine give a great foreshadowing to what happens in the next movie, and I think the whole Clone Wars set up is executed great. It would have been great to see more of the Clone Wars in the movies, but I think the show more than makes up for that. As always John Williams does a great job, and on top of that, the sound design is top notch. I had the rare opportunity to see this movie in a theater set up by Lucasfilm themselves, which had an amazing sound system. I think this movie was a great one to show off on that, and it still shines on my own home 7.1 system. I think it sounds quite a lot better than the Star Wars movies released before it.

75%.