Attack of the Clones

Attack of the Clones (2002) – The uncompelling cartoon conflict continues, and strong art direction and 90% less Jar Jar are hardly enough for a substantial improvement as once again, Lucas’s writing and directing are the root of nearly all the film’s problems: it’s badly paced, with another poorly handled villain (he first shows at 1:16!), and McGregor’s about the only one who can deliver his lines convincingly—Christiansen’s the worst, largely because of his awful creepy stalker dialogue, which is just the icing on the cake of fourth-grader scripting that permeates every scene in this film, and which is only a portion of what could be the most forced and painful romance ever filmed. 5