Saturday, October 11, 2014

Attack of the Clones

The second movie in the Star Wars prequels is also very, very unpopular among some fans. The only thing I find repulsive about the movie is the painfully forced romance scenes. If you take those scenes away the movie holds up alright, but is there anything else wrong with it?

It begins with bounty hunters going after Padmè. Obi-wan leaves to search for the assassin and this is where my first question lies. Obi-wan stumbles apon a planet that is manufacturing a clone army for the republic. But nobody knew about this except for Count Dooku who began construction. How did nobody know about this. I assume i cost the Republic a large sum of money so why were no questions asked. And if Count Dooku made the plans for an army why didn't he go and stop construction on the clones once he switched sides, I mean, it would've made his life A LOT easier.

The movies arena battle is one of the coolest parts of Star Wars. It is filled with action, even if it is the most inefficient way of killing a jedi. Its questionable how all those jedi got into the stadium to help, and why they didn't help a lot sooner, but it makes for a cool battle.

All in all the movies action itself holds up well enough and the movie is a step up from Phantom Menace. But it could just be me blinded by nostalgia.


No comments:

Post a Comment