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Rating:  - Lackluster movie - but great R2D2 "documentary"
When I watched "Attack of the Clones" on DVD, I had to admit that I liked it better the second time around. Maybe my expectations had been lowered. Or maybe the things that annoyed me in the first showing didn't get to me. Or maybe the esoteric nature of the politics was easier to decipher. In any case, this film is not great, just inoffensive entertainment for the evening. If only Lucas would rediscover the magic of a compelling plot! The opening chase scene is fantastic, if a little long, and other special effect sequences are spectacular. (Many, though, seem like commercials for a video game.) Unfortunately, Hayden Christenson delivers his lines with a stilted quality that seems like he was trying to take the wooden lines and make them Shakespearian. Natalie Portman is marginally better, while Samuel Jackson and Ewan McGregor out-act everyone but Yoda in his fight scene. That said, I still felt a thrill when Anakin's rage gave rise to the Darth Vader theme song.The REAL reason to get this DVD is for the short "R2D2: Beneath the Dome." What a hoot! The deadpan delivery of Lucas, Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Francis Ford Coppola, and Carrie Fisher demonstrates better acting than found in the entire Clone feature. Also worth watching is the montage of special effects set to music, reminding one of just how astounding the technology is. In this feature, the stages of production are layered one over the other, demonstrating in a few seconds each how the final special effect was reached. The deleted scene feature is less interesting, though it has some intriguing tidbits. Most of the scenes deserved to be deleted, but because Lucas and his film editor explain WHY they were taken out, it lends a small insight into the filmmaking process. I was astounded that an effort had originally been made to develop the characters of Padme and Anakin, in scenes that show both as more human than they come across in the movie. A lot of people really liked the movie, and so they should not hesitate to buy the DVD. People like me who came out of the theater saying, "Eh . . ." might like it better the second time around, as strange as that seems. But if you truly hated the movie, spend your money elsewhere. The special features alone aren't worth getting this.
Rating:  - NO STYLE. NO CONTENT.
George Lucas delivers another vulgar display of self indulgent special effects. This whole movie franchise is nothing more than a series of 2 hour commercials for the toys and who knows what else merchandise Lucas is trying to peddle. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. YOUR SOUL IS IN JEOPARDY.
Rating: - Worse than Phantom Menace, if that's even possible!
Playful romps in the field, bad acting, more bad acting, yet still more bad acting, and worse, corny dialogue. That's Star Wars 2 in a nutshell. The story jumped around so many times it left the viewer feeling dizzy and wondering how these events even connected. They just randomly pulled these stories out of nowhere so that it would eventually match up with the original trilogy. I was ever so disappointed with Hayden Christensen's acting, and even more so with Natalie Portman's. Her role in the movie was to serve as the eye candy for males probably, for she wears some skimpy little white outfit which just so happens to get torn so that it looks like a Britney Spears outfit exposing her torso and everything. Goodness knows it was not for her acting ability, because neither she nor Christensen portrayed any real sense of emotion.The only good part of the movie is a scene with Yoda. It seems more like a showcase of "Oh look what I can do with computer graphics" than a movie with a developed plot (which this one doesn't have AT ALL). Don't even rent it. Wait for it on cable TV.
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