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The Internet Reacts To The Release Of Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones: ‘CG Yoda is brilliant’
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Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones arrives three years after Star Wars fans crowded theaters to watch The Phantom Menace, the first new Star Wars movie in over a decade. And while most folks would agree that Darth Maul was cool and the podracing scene was amazing, a lot of that first prequel wasn’t what superfans wanted. Gungans? A little Anakin? A space senate? Lame.
So this time around, some Star Wars fans might be hesitant to spend nearly $5 on a movie ticket to catch Attack of the Clones. Did Star Wars creator and director George Lucas do better this time around, or did he deliver another meh prequel? Well, according to fans who caught early showings and first-day screenings, Attack of the Clones is better!
Sure, some people aren’t excited about every part of the movie, but Jar Jar is barely in this one, there’s no annoying kid, and there’s apparently a scene involving like 200 Jedi with lightsabers! And apparently this time Yoda fights?! Sounds awesome to me!
Anyway, here are some of the good, bad, and so-so reactions from fans to Attack of the Clones from the year 2002. I didn’t need to say that, of course, because obviously it is 2002, but just wanted to mention that these are real posts from 2002 about Attack of the Clones. Fo’ shizzle? Tight. Here we go!
I loved it. I loved it all. Loved the dialogue, action, acting, love story, overall story, CGI, setting, planets, etc etc etc. You name it, I loved it. Best Star Wars movie yet.
There’s nothing special about the movie; to me its lost some of that nostalgia it used to have. What disappointed me was the dialog, very dry and boring. There’re some holes in the plot as well.
I’m currently ranking this movie above Empire in favorites. That may change, but I doubt it. For me, the love story worked. Yes, the lines were corny, but think back when you were trying to impress someone when you didn’t know what you were doing. Sounds just like Anakin. Hayden is great as Anakin…he can look mad, and he can be whiny. Now we know where Luke got it. CG Yoda is brilliant….I plan on seeing this movie many, many more times.
I felt that AotC’s biggest problem lies in its pacing. Especially the first 45 minutes or so of the film. It’s very rushed and laced with some pretty dry exposition, but if you want perfect show, don’t tell filmmaking, go catch the 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey that’s making its run around the country. For me, it’s not the dialogue itself that’s so bad, but the over-reliance on expository dialogue. It’s unsatisfying.
I didn’t like C3PO’s sequences in the arena. I thought the idea of having C3PO’s body on a battle droid sounded promising…but it just didn’t work for me. C3PO reminded me of Jar Jar during the Gungan/Droid battle in TPM. I could have done without it.