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STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES - VIDEO REVIEW

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And here's my review of Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones to end the week in style. Begun, the clone war has...

ALL STAR WARS MOVIES REVIEWED - STAR WARS MONTH

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As Star Wars Month draws to a close, here is a list of all the movies in the franchise reviewed. Expect lots more Star Wars content very soon. STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE

STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES - REVIEW

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After the mostly negative feedback The Phantom Menace received, George Lucas nonetheless continued his prequel trilogy with Episode II: Attack Of The Clones , a vastly bigger, slicker and more action-packed effort.  Anakin Skywalker now all grown up, it was up to newcomer Hayden Christensen to take over the role from the wildly unpopular Jake Lloyd and the result was... another wildly unpopular performance fans are still talking about to this very day in hushed tones. Anakin's courtship of Padmé, which inexplicably included talk of sand ("it's coarse and rough and irritating"), did not help matters as the script's more romantic scenes definitely stood out as slightly clumsy. That said, the film around poor old Anakin looked so good and was so entertaining, even a wooden Christensen couldn't hurt it too much even if it did rub quite a few Star Warsians the wrong way. The film means business from the get-go as it learns from The Phantom Menace's mist