Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 16, 2002

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TudorPopescuJan 21, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Episode II starts off a bit slow. There's only one major action scene in the first hour, Anakin and Obi Wan chasing the assassin. I wasn't particularly excited about that scene. It was ok. I'm sure 20 years ago it would have seemed much more impressive. But now it's 2021 and I've seen a lot of impressive chase scenes. It still holds up, though. It's not the fault of the movie. So after around an hour, we get a pretty cool action scene where Obi Wan and the bounty hunter are fighting. That was nice.

I had a big problem with the scene when Anakin's mother dies and the scenes that follow up. So, Anakin finds his mother, she was severely tortured and wounded, she tries to tell him she loves him, but she's too weak and on the verge of death. Anakin tells her to stay with him. So far it's very emotional and effective. I'm really sad. Anakin is sad. She eventually dies, then the music gets louder, we see Anakin's face, he's very, very angry. I am also angry. We hear the lightsaber turn on, then he strikes down two sand people. Another sand person charges toward him and he strikes him down, too, it's very intense, and then... the tension dies down a bit. Then Yoda tells us about the anger and suffering Anakin is feeling. Um, ok. And then we see the massacre, right? Nope. We get a random scene from another plotpoint. WHAT THE **** That completely ruined all the build-up. It destroyed all the tension and the emotion. I can't believe they did that. Why did they do that? Then we get the scene with him coming back at the house carrying his mother's corpse. We see and feel his anger. Then there is the scene where he's talking with Padme. He cries because he believes it's his fault. He thinks that if he were stronger, he could have saved her. Again, it's effective and emotional. But I really wish we saw the massacre. And no, I'm not some psycho who wants to see sand children get murdered. But show us SOMETHING. At least show us how he's destroying their sand igloos with the Force push ability or something. Show us how Anakin reacts and how he unleashes his powers on the sand people. Shows us more than two ****ing seconds. This paragraph was more of a rant than a review.

So we get about two action scenes in one hour and a half. That's pretty bad. Then we finally get an action scene at the droid factory. Then we get the epic action scene at the end with a lot of fighting. That was satisfying. Anakin dual-wielding lightsabers to fight count Dooku was very badass. And Anakin getting his arm cut was shocking. The internet had spoiled that scene for me (among many other), but I totally forgot about it. Episode II has a bit of a pacing issue. There's barely any action in the first half. And I really hated that they messed up the Anakin rampage scene. But other than that, I did feel emotion. As I said, the scenes were effective. I loved the huge action sequence at end. All in all, I think compared to Episode I, Episode II has higher and lower points, while Episode I is more consistent and moderate. Episode I was a more enjoyable experience for me.… Expand