Summary: Begun this clone war has.
Ewan's Thoughts: "I have a feeling that in Episode II we have more opportunity to get back into the heart and soul of what the first three films were about. I think it's got more action in it and it'll be more fun to watch."
Christina's Review: Attack of the Clones is the Empire Strikes Back of the prequel trilogy: a darker, richer movie than the first installment. Obi-Wan Kenobi, who spent much of his time in Episode I standing idly behind Liam Neeson muttering the occasional "Yes, master," finally gets his fair share of screen time as he searches the galaxy for a dangerous bounty hunter. And with that new beard, he truly looks, sounds, and acts like a young Alec Guiness. Ewan's increased role is not the only improvement; the movie's ominous tone comes primarily from the once-innocent slave boy from Tatooine and future Dark Lord of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker. Episode 1's Anakin was little more than a whiny brat (not entirely dissimilar from his son Luke "But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!" Skywalker in A New Hope). In Clones he has developed into a handsome, brash, but Dark-Side-prone twenty-something who massacres an entire tribe of Tuskens to avenge his mother's death. But Padme, Anakin's crush since Phantom, ignores his Dark-Side tendencies and makes the worst romantic decision in cinema history by marrying him. As Padme and Anakin exchange vows over a soaring musical score, fanboys and girls everywhere shiver at the fate of this star-crossed couple (and hold their breaths in hope of another Yoda lightsaber battle in Episode III). |
