Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the CGI COLORS! a review by JediTeen

I recently watched the remaining Star Wars movies that I hadn't seen: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I liked Attack of the Clones better than I expected, though! It is the second movie in the three film prequel trilogy of Star Wars, directed by George Lucas. 


Attack of the Clones is set ten years after The Phantom Menace. Someone is trying to kill Senator Amidala (Natalie Portman), and two Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan Mcgregor), and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) chase a shapeshifter through the galactic capital of Coruscant to investigate. Before she dies, the shapeshifter says the name of the bounty hunter she is working for: Jango Fett. Obi-Wan goes to investigate a remote star system where Jango Fett is, while Padme (Amidala) is left in anakin's care. Anakin and Padme fall in love, while Obi-Wan figures out that Jango is being cloned. The president of the planet tells Obi-wan that they have been comissoned to make a clone army for the republic. 


Meanwhile, Anakin is having nightmares about his mother being tortured, so he and Padme go back to his home, Tatooine, in order to save his mother, only to find that he is too late; his mother has been tortured by the Tuscan raiders, and is dying. After her death, he is enraged and murders the Tuscans. He then tells Padme that he wants to become all powerful and prevent death. 


Obi-Wan gets trapped by Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) on the planet of Geonosis, and Anakin and Padme come to rescue him, only to be thrown into an arena with vicious beasts. When they are surrounded by separatist droids, Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson), and a troop of Jedi come to rescue them. Anakin and Obi-Wan fight Count Dooku with lightsabers and are rescued by Yoda. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) reveals himself to the audience as Darth Sidious, who is secretly behind the war. Yoda declares that the Clone War has begun, and Anakin and Padme are secretly married with the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 as witnesses. 


I thought that this movie had more action than The Phantom Menace which I appreciated. The only major inconsistency in the plot remains the fact that Obi-wan is too young. The soundtrack features a lovely new love theme from John Williams. The lightsaber battles are impressive. 


CGI and bright colors were excessively used in this film, as well as a wide variety of worlds from the bustling city of Coruscant to the remote desert of Tatooine. 


Christensen's delivery of the dialogue was wooden, while Portman's girlish voice didn't fit with her authoritative attitude. However, I was pleased with the performances of McGregor, Lee, and McDiarmid. I also appreciated that Jar Jar Binks hardly appears, and that instead, C-3PO is the comic relief. The worst scene in the film is a goofy scene with Anakin and Padme in a field, and well, you don't need to know the crazy love story.... 


I can't even imagine Darth Vader coming from the adolescent Anakin. 


Watch this for the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The film is rated PG, and I would recommend it for ages 11+.