[ElConvoy]

Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Everytime I talk with people about the prequel trilogy I hear from them "Yeah the first one sucks but the second one is much better." And they are right, Episode II is better... it still sucks though.
It improves on a lot of shortcomings Episode I had. The action scenes are a lot more important for progressing the characters and the narrative. The Story is also more coherent and doesnt have the same messed up priotrities Episode I has. Ewan McGregors acting has improved greatly over the first film and Ian McDiarmid is still the best thing ever.

And thats pretty much all the good things I have to say about the film. It has some interesting ideas but doesnt really get them across in a pleasing way. Anakin for example is meant to be the big cocky Jedi who thinks he can do everything and is shattered by what happens to his mother. Problem is that Hayden Christensen has absolutely now emotions whatsoever. He is kinda alright when he is sad but everything else completely falls flat. He always sounds like he is tired when instead he should be a lot more energetic. Thanks to that most of his scenes, especially the ones with Obi-Wan dont work. His love story with Padme is boring as hell too. But thats mostly because Padme is a really bland and boring character.

The overall plot is decent but doesnt manage to excite me at any point. Its a very thin story that is way too long. I honestly think this movie would have worked better if it was under two hours long. Especially the ending goes on forever.


So yeah. Definitely an improvement over the first film but still not good.