Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - Movie Review
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Chris Stuckmann reviews Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, starring Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid. Directed by George Lucas. - Розваги
I don't like my critics. They're coarse, rough, irritating and they get everywhere!
Bold Lucas, in terms of jerking people around a bit
George Lucas you're right fake George Lucas
Hey why did you make the movie like this
Was this real George did you actually do this
I don't like my critics"
Try Redlettermedia , i guess they are on your death list.. lol
Ewan McGregor is by far the best part of the prequels.
What about Ian Mcdirmind?
Yeah both Ewan and Ian were the saving grace of the prequels
yeah, the two characters who had precedent for how their characters were supposed to act from when the movies were good.
Jake The Snake I like the Emperor the most! :)
Jake The Snake braah
The sound effect for the seismic charges is just so damn satisfying.
Fuck YEAH !!!!
Oh boy. Watch the mandalorian season 2 episode 7
@@biggboi1025 oh man
@@biggboi1025 never!! Disneyland trash
@@chloemorgan9098 huh? You havent seen the mandalorian?
17:08 Not gonna lie, Natalie Portman in that outfit was 11 year old me's first celebrity crush.
I was five when I watched Attack Of The Clones
@Mia Smith uh, don’t know if you’re joking but no. It came out in 2002....
But if you’re joking, well haha, thats not that funny
@Mia Smith yes, yes it was.
Mia Smith damn, I’m so glad I’m not OLD hahahha
Same bro, same
The George Lucas impression was the best thing ever.😂
"someone should replace that doll with CGI" I died at that part
KLightningBolt sounds like fucking dunkey XD
No it wasn’t. It was irritating. 😠
"Jar Jar is the cause of the Downfall of the Jedi."
Of course he is.
He's a Sith Lord.
I see I'm not the only one who saw that video.
+w1q2e3r4t5 you knew you weren't the only one. Don't be dumb
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Penis
Allow me to add to that then:
I'm not the only one who saw the video and also looked at this one.
That aside it's obviously a commonly used phrase. Don't be dumb.
w1q2e3r4t5 Just cause it's a commonly used phrase doesn't make it okay. So again, don't be dumb
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Penis
Just because you have an issue with it doesn't make it wrong. So again, don't be dumb.
To be fair, Hayden christianson perfectly encapsulated an angsty teen who’s been taught to suppress emotion.
@Yash Raj Reddy yup. I got Anakin in his rage killing all the men, maybey even a few of the women. But the punk went and killed all the Tusken kids. Only a nutjob takes revenge that far.
Thank you for understanding this. Lmao
Yeah i think angsty teen goes over chris's head hes incel and soft, so hes never experienced it.
@@John-ct9zsyou for real? So hes gonna leave the children to tell the tale of how a jedi knight came and slaughtered our people or you end up with a bunch of savages growing up with revenge in their hearts, i guess that will work out well, anakin is in a war he understands war, plus his dictator totalitarian tendencies. I guess you guys need everything to be spelt out for you. If we watched movies taylored for your kind its going to be very tiresome and dumb.
@@declanosullivan8770a) there was no war at the time this event took place.
b) who are the tuscan raiders going to tell besides each other? And when are they ever going to see Anakin again to take revenge? Who cares. He can obviously handle them.
c) you're implying Anakin had cold hearted logical foresight while committing an act of impulsive violence? That would actually make him more of psycho nut job because it was logically planned.
“I sense dark unrest in this boy”
Best part
Hello
Actually if you look closely, you'll see the shadow of Jango's head flying in the opposite direction of his helmet.
Holy shit, you're right! I just UA-cam'd it.
Jack Kramb Yeah me too. Why does his head fly like it's been shot out of a cannon though?
Blind Box Alley Because it's a PG movie and they didn't want to show too much gore. I was actually quite shocked how detailed Dooku's decapitation was in Revenge of the Sith (you can see his hands and head lying next to his corpse)
Kevora92 I wanted to say the same thing, chris is now just nitpicking!
Kevora92 Look closelyer
3 is still the best prequel.
That's like saying chlamydia is the best std, it's still an std...
Ehhhhhh!
Aaron Kaminski 3 is better than 6 imo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That's like comparing which shit smells the best.
3 is the best prequel film by a country mile lol. I hate when people throw it in the fire with the other films just because its ok to hate the prequel trilogy. Just watching the 1st five minutes you can see a considerable gap in quality compared to 1&2. Darker, emotional, amazing action, better acting (besides Hayden lol) and a fitting finale to the series. It doesn't beat the origonal 3 but its close in quality.
The best thing in these prequels is Ewan McGregor, he's great. He deserved so much better.
MotherOfFire
Agreed
MotherOfFire Agree. One of the few characters that actually breathes warmth and range into their character. He brings a sincerity that’s seriously lacking.
And it's made better by the fact that you see the explosion before you hear it.
@He-Man ! Hayden is terrible in 3. I don't blame him but he was. He needed a better director.
Yoda jist wasn't yoda in the prequels.
@@BabysitterSky I hate how Hayden had an awful career after Star Wars, and Ewan, Natalie, and Sam Jackson didn’t get hurt by the Prequels
The funny thing about Obi-Wan saying "I hate it, when he does that" is the fact that moments earlier he threw himself through a window from a 6 miles tall building.
true. And then he had no plan when he was hanging on for dear life.
Physical attributes and confidence is a lot different to operating manchinery, obi wan can manipulate the force, however i dont think he can use the force to stop a ship from falling at freefall speed with him inside.
Honestly this might one of the most stupid complaints ive ever heard, and ive heard some really dumb ones most are actually in this video, chris is blatently lieing in parts and he's just not very clever to not understand certain things.
I don't like sand...
doody magoob It's course and rough... and it gets everywhere.
That dialogue almost killed Tarantino
doody magoob you stole that from me! ;)
doody magoob it gets eeeeeeeeeverywhere
George Lucas: "So how do you feel about our new trilogy of Star Wars movies?"
Hayden: "I hate them!"
I blame the script for Anakin's character. Poor Hayden was just in the wrong place wrong time.
ARC-77 Fordo Hayden was never a strong actor. He’s pathetic in Jumper too.
ARC-77 Fordo I do agree that the script did him no favors
ARC-77 Fordo I agree it’s sad cause I think if he was given good material he could have maybe been better
Agreed. I don't think we should go by his child acting to judge his general abilities
Doesn't help that Lucas gave none of the actors any direction whatsoever and shot nearly everything in empty greenscreen rooms.
Gotta love how Ewan McGregor is able to act when talking to entirely CGI characters, like Anakin
Lmao okay...this was pretty good.
😂😂😂
Anakin acted like a CGI character
😂😂😂😂
You stole that from the Honest Trailers
I love how obiwan says he hates when Anakin jumps from cars when he JUMPED OUT A WINDOW TO CATCH A DROID
Another happy landing.
But is he consistently jumping out of windows?
Kimberly Haines is Anakin consistently jumping out of cars?
Jfighter 11 Always sounded like it to me. It always makes me laugh because of the mental picture and Ewan’s delivery.
Kimberly Haines perhaps ,but Obi Wan is still a hypocrite here plus what he did is even worse.
Honestly, I thought this one was WORSE than Episode 1. At least in Episode 1 we had Darth Maul...what did this movie have??
ShinbrigTV And Qui Gon as well. Chris may not agree but I adore Qui gons charcter and Liam Neeson absolutely nails it. Imagine for just a little moment what Episode I would look like without Qui Gon Jin... Yeah boring as fuck.. And yes Darth Maul is cool even though he only says: "at last we will have revenge" and "UUUmmph" for the entire movie.
Id say the redeeming thing about Episode II is Christopher Lee. He is just as badass as always. And Chris disagrees but I LOVE the Yoda part of the lightsaber battle. Its truly awesome just to see him fly and doing all sorts of shit making the viewer think that he truly is the best Jedi. But it has MAJOR flaws... The romance is even worst than Twilight and I am not even kidding... It just seems so facked out due to Christensens ATROCIOUS acting. And even Mac Gregor is not in top form in this movie. Same for Samuel Jackson who is an outstanding actor in my eyes (Steven in Django is the best thing he ever was) but just sucks ass in this movie. I like Episode II for childhood nostalgia and I will always hold it close to my heart but overall it sucks big BIG time!
Jango Fett...... but he really doesn't do anything
ShinbrigTV Episode 1 was lackluster (or disappointing for those who, unlike me, watched the movies in sequential order, not numerical order). Episode 2 was just awful.
necroplastful Qui-Gon Jinn is my favorite Old Jedi Order member.
ShinbrigTV I hate episode 2 more for the simple fact that they should have known better after episode 1
I think Hayden's real talent is acting with his face. When he needs to not say anything and just visualize what emotion he's feeling, he does really well. Not so much when he has to complain about sand.
I'd also like to mention, if no-one else has before, that Jedi are forbidden to love because it could create attachments that the dark side could prey on, like what happens in Revenge of the Sith with Padme, where the Sith could exploit a Jedi's natural fear for their loved ones by promising them that the dark side could protect them forever. Plus, the Jedi replenish their ranks by seeking out newborns gifted with the Force and "adopting" (aka legally kidnapping) them into the Academy. Not that it's explained very well in the movies anyway.
TheGrayMysterious
Nice comprehension man
no one could have pulled that line off though.
Well it does get everywhere.
You make an original and convincing point. This reviewer has said nothing I haven't heard before.
Anakin/Vader is conceptually one of my favorite characters ever written. The emotional depth just within the major beats of his storyline is genius, he is a character so at odds with himself that he lives within a prison of his own making. This is fleshed out incredibly in expanded universe content as well, through his genocide of the Jedi and all the various crazy fucking things Palpatine puts him through. He is just such a fucking amazing character, and there's something so inherently human about his struggle against himself, his struggle against fear. He's a character that makes us ask ourselves what we truly believe is right and wrong, and that's a rare sort of character you don't come across often.
That being said, the Anakin half of the Anakin/Vader story is hands down the worst part of this characters story. I don't even blame Hayden, because in revenge of the Sith when he got some actually halfway decent scenes, he actually delivered imo. It's the writing that truly makes so many parts of Anakin's story crumble, it's the way George Lucas went about presenting this character. From the half baked love story, to his tantrums that were just the most blatant and obvious ways to show his internal conflict, it all just kinda sucks. The only saving grace for Anakin as a character is revenge of the Sith, which is actually my favorite star wars movie, with empire strikes back at close second. Lucas actually created a compelling Anakin in revenge of the Sith, not consistently, but he at least feels like a semi realized character in episode 3. Would this movie have been waaayyy better if Lucas had taken the time to craft a more well thought out journey for Anakin to reach the breaking point that he reaches? Yes, 100% yes, but at least he didn't shy away from trying to create a real tragedy in episode 3, something horrific enough to turn a person into a monster. Other than that, Anakin is mostly wasted potential, and Hayden flounders his way through it at least somewhat commendably at times. Just wish we could get something as badass as we had hoped
Yeah pretty much
Watch The Clone Wars
@@knowledgeanddefense1054 I've seen't it bruther
Too long, didn’t read.
Why does it suck that Anakin is emotional? I understand the love story seems rushed and underdeveloped but it is supposed to be a relationship destined to fail and should never have started. So if it seems worse than the greatest love story ever told, which doesn't exist, then it did its job.
The “I HATE THEM!” cracks me up every time! 😂🤣😂
Same hahaha, I love how Whiny and annoying he makes it. He honestly does a better job.
Why? You enjoy people breaking down emotionally?
@@DarkWolf-407 yeah
@@syxoedweirdo
@@syntheticvocalist-p472 Um, no it’s an inaccurate, stupid, annoying and tone deaf impression for losers like you.
Anakin should've been a more silent, stoic hero. It seems Hayden could do more acting with his eyes, expressions and physicality rather than actual lines.
Agreed, which makes me believe it's more George Lucas's dialogue and direction that Hayden's acting ability. To be fair Hayden has some convincing moments as Anakin throughout Episode 2&3, such as when he loses his mother, when he finds out Padme is pregnant, and the silent reflective scene between him and Padme towards the end of ROTS. Unfortunately these moments get lost in the never ending cringe worthy dialogue about sand, love, and how the Jedi Council just doesn't understand.
I agree. The less that Hayden Christen speaks the better.
JigglyChocolateman I keep saying that Kylo Ren is what Anakin should have been
He does get a little too much shit for this movie. Still bad though
Worst line in the history of Star Wars in Episode 2 when Anakin says:"My heart is beating; hoping that this kiss does not become a scar!"
I like Count Dooku, but I know a way that they could have improved his character. They should have had him in The Phantom Menace as a Jedi, that way the audience would have known him and be impacted by the fact that he turned to the dark side. They could have had him on the Jedi Council and maybe have a scene with him, Qui Gon, and Obi-Wan, and have him present at Qui Gon's funeral, feeling anger and sadness over the fact that his former padawan died, foreshadowing his turn. They also could have had him at the beginning of Attack of the Clones during the scene where the Jedi Council are talking with Palpatine, mostly to make sense of him getting rid of Kamino in the database. It could have been a good twist and I think people would have even been shocked by it. I still like what we got of Dooku, but just including him in The Phantom Menace could have improved his character.
anyone else disappointed Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing couldn't be in the film together having an argument or conflict? Yes, I know Cushing died about 2-3 years before episode I. It would be a weird COOL reference to the Hammer Dracula films.
That sounds good. Either that or keep Darth Maul alive at the end of Phantom Menace and have him return in later episodes, just write it out a bit differently and he could die in Dooku's place at the start of Revenge of the Sith. Dooku, Qui Gon, and Maul were all under-utilised.
TheGCritic
Dooku was brought in as Jar Jar's replacement after the backlash. Not only has Ahmed Best hinted strongly that Darth Jar Jar was the original plan, but it also fits in with Lucas's analogy of the Star Wars franchise being a poem. Lucas used Ring Composition - story is cyclical. If the camera passes from left to right in A New Hope, then the camera passes from right to left in A Phantom Menace. Prequel Trilogy mirrors the Original Trilogy. Yoda is a crazy buffoon who is later revealed to be a wise Jedi. Jar Jar is Yoda's mirrored counterpart - a crazy buffoon who would've later been revealed to be a wise Sith.
If people were quiet about Jar Jar, Dooku wouldn't exist, and the Prequel Trilogy would have had a much better background villain.
Dooku was a character created on the fly for Christopher Lee. I'm not sure what Lee originally signed on to do, but originally the new Sith apprentice was supposed to be a female sith character that eventually became Asaj Ventress in the TV animated series. Ventress was scrapped to favor the big name. But It would have been great if someone like Angelina Jolie had been cast as Ventress.
Have you seen Belated Media's re-writes of the Prequels, specifically Attack of the Clones? Combine your version of Dooku in Ep. I and Belated Media's version of Dooku in Ep. II, you have a pretty interesting character.
Hahaha he sent Anakin on the most romantic mission ever lol Padmé changes her clothes in every scene, getting increasingly more revealing as the film goes on until she looks basically like an exotic dancer. 😂
You said, "She's BEGGING for it from Anakin and is like "No, I can't do it, because I'm a Senator..." lol that's hilarious. 🤣
I’m here in 2020, who else. ✋
Me
Frank Samiel me too 🤘🏼
Watching Chris reviews these masterpieces compared to the Rise of Skywalker
Shut up! SHUT UP!
yeah to watch a pretend movie buff not understand these movies
"It's so dense, every image has so many things going on."
Chance Ondriezek "It's gonna be great"
"Jar-jar. Jar-jar's the key to this."
Chance Ondriezek Fuck you Rick Berman
Chance Ondriezek The only thing I know is I was vomiting in stances. I don't even know what that means.
***** Wait, Gunguns? I thought they were called Gungas.
"Someone really needs to call the production team of this show and tell them to replace that dummy with CGI." I'm dead!
Funny thing: i came across reading your comment just as he was about to say that
Absolutely hilarious. I thought they were using actual Lucas audio clips until about that line. BWAAHAHAA!
@@Jaasaureally you sound like one of them people who hate the preauels if that is your barr for good acting!
Bruh, watching this just made me realize how this movie could’ve been good. Dooku should’ve planned Shmis death then revealed it to anakin and they would then have an actual good dual where anakin would get defeated despite his anger
15:25 So It Is true... Darth Jar Jar
"Misa are the real Senate."
@@marragonn Not yet
@@Xander_P.G.K it’s treason then
That footage of George Lucas discovering Hayden Christensen was amazing! I was in pieces....so funny!😂
I lost it. i would love to see him watching epIX RofS
"I sense dark unrest in this boy" LOL
@Jack The Film Fanatic he is, he killed it in the 3rd episode, it means the script, the director and the movies overall didn't click
That George Lucas joke went on just a bit too long. I was ready to exit the video when it finally stopped.
@KD6-3. 7 Did you see Shattered Glass or Life as a House? I'm not saying Hayden is a fantastic actor, but he's decent with a good script and direction.
That’s insane I had no idea the goosebumps kid was anakin. Woah
His face hasn't changed much, so..
Wait Hayden Christian did Goosebumps before doing Anikan Skyguy Skywalker? Waaaaa
@Devin Dalton I haven't got to the episode.
Abram Sullivan oh man it’s like when Ryan gosling was in goosebumps before his career took off
Ikr!
I recently rewatched this and discovered something interesting--if you fast-forward through all the scenes of Ani and Padme's "romance," it's not that bad. There are still flaws, but Obi Wan's journey to find the clone army is pretty cool.
Chris, you didn't understand. When we meet Count Dooku, he is sitting around, talking
He's a FORMER JEDI
of COURSE he will be sitting around talking ;)
lol
Yes
Well honestly I think the "Jedi can't love thing" is alright, think about it; they are guardians, peacekeepers, soldiers even. If they have a lover, or children; the sith can use that against them easily, which in turn can turn the jedi into sith.
Yeah but I'm being extreme here when I say this, it just seems anything having to do with emotions can turn a Jedi towards the dark side. It's so bad that it was a running joke for a while.
+degree7 it makes sense since the force is in many ways like a religion. Even in the original trilogy it was presented as a mystical thing of legends which would be what a religion that isn't practiced turns into.
+Bandit In the EU, it's explained that having those feelings is believed to make one susceptible to turning to the dark side since it leads to passion and fear of loss of that person which is what happened to Anakin. Honestly, I don't mind that explanation either, just not in the canonical movies because it's never explained. Just, "jedi's cant love because Lucas says so". It's stupid.
+Chess RedEagle In the KOTOR games and even comics I remember Jedis having love feelings between them and nothing bad happened.
+Bandit Well I'd it Bullshit Jedi should have Love and need to have a girl to have love with and start a family and another nitpick Jedis should get laid and use the force on the girl to get her pregnant
i actually think hayden could be a good actor but nobody could have made that terrible dialogue passable.
I tend to agree about the other actors and the bad script. Look at all the good actors in those films and how bad they all were. Hayden as an actor I'm just not sure about. He's really not that good.
jeffzalonka well it seems to me like he could be good but its hard to tell with the cartoon dialogue and he had freakin christopher lee a legend and gave him like 5 lines wtf george.
+chaz Davis I agree, his more rage induced lines are actually well delivered in my opinion. I love hearing him say ''I hate you'' to Obi-Wan. That scene gives me... goosebumps... lol
+Sauron Merciful He was way younger there and the show is kind of over the top too. I don't think that's proof of anything.
+Sauron Merciful He was a kid back then. Child actors are usually shit.
I AM GENUINELY TRYING TO NOT CRACK OUT LOUD AND WAKE UP EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE AT 3h IN THE MORNING
Man, seriously this is too funny. Thank you
I enjoyed the Yoda lightsaber duel. I used to always wonder how Yoda would fight in a saber battle. Watching him show more agility than ANYONE ELSE,EVEN MAUL, then have to pick that cane up and walk like an old man again was the highlight of AOTC for me.
The CGI pear...
where is it?
Hugo Pontes In the scene where Anakin uses the force to give Padme a pear.
rabbid frosties I thought that was a mango
Shivjeet Parthasarathy Well... I don't know. All that matters is it was CGI.
I always thought it's an avocado.
Omg i was crying at the Goosebumps sketch xD
+Jonathan Macias "somebody call that studio and tell them to replace that dummy with CGI!"
+Jonathan Macias I thought it was videogamedunkey's video at first
+Jonathan Macias It was brilliant. It sounded just like Lucas!
+Jonathan Macias Dead on Lucas impression. It was hilarious!
Not to be an apologist but Christensen has acted good before. Some point to Jumper, I would point to Shattered Glass. Fantastic movie that is.
+Jonathan Macias Genuinely hilarious.
I was a prequel defender for the longest time. I rewatched them recently and... yeah i certainly understand the criticism now lol. Revenge of the sith is still absolutely better than the other two
then you have failed George Lucas to be in the majority
William Langer you need to watch Revenge of The Prequels videos
Prequels are better than the sequels ANY DAY. At least they're original ideas
@@David-bo5uc attack of the clones is worse then the new movies.
@@tommerker8063 attack of the clones it’s well done, if you pay attention to the storyline and characters developmental issues.
17:45 I'm sure someone has already corrected you on this one, but if you watch the scene where Jango's head flies away in slow motion you can actually see a head plop out of the helmet. So there's one plot hole of 1,000 actually fixed.
Thank you. But most people are idiots.
I said the same thing. It's always stuck out to me watching the shadow fly out of the helmet since I was a kid. So this has always been an important part in my mind considering its the most pg13 thing we see to this point
"Someone needs to call the production team and tell them to change that dummy to CGI"
The reason: "It's so dense, every image has so much going on."
"It's a real subversion of your expectations."
@Werewolf O. London, Esq. i totally missed that😂
"Anakin's Creeper Love."
That's a great name for an indie band.
I'll call dibs
That scene with Obi chasing after Jango was by far the best part of the movie. I remember sitting in the theater and loving the way that it goes from completely silent to that seismic explosion. I ate that shit up as a 9 year old.
Most people I know just refer to it as "the sound" and everyone knows exactly what they're talking about.
Whoever was doing GL's voice was absolutely brilliant
I haven't read all of the comment, so someone may have already mentioned this. When Jango gets killed, you can see the shadow of his head leaving the helmet. So no, his head was not still in the helmet.
that was the shadow of his helmet so his head is still there
+Gavin Hebert No, that's definitely his head flying out of the helmet.
Yea you're right. You can see his head in the shadow falling in a different direction right before you see his helmet fall to the ground
+Hampton's Hand-Crafted LED Sabers XD I never thought about that omggg nightmares now
Exactly
You could replace Anakin's lines with Tommy Wiesu's lines in the room
"your tearin me apart, Padme!"
"i did nut force choke her, i did nut!
Nolan Vogel o hai Obi wan
O hai padme
O hai senater
Anyway, how's your sex life?
Nolan Vogel lolololol
My fav line of this movie...
"I don't like sand"
Well you’re biased: it was your dad that said that
Oh just fucking spit it out. I hate these 'read more' bait comments.
I have to know, did you hate sand as much as your dad, Luke?
I just rewatched Attack of the Clones today. A lot of it doesn't work, but for whatever reason, it is still a great watch. The Blade Runner-esque neon-infused chase scene in the seedy underbelly of Coruscant really works. The romance between Anakin and Padme does not work, but Obi Wan's intergalactic detective mission does. I do like the separatist subplot of the Clone Wars, but it remains totally underdeveloped in the film. The final act is clunky, and a bit of a let down. The lightsaber duel at the end lacks emotion. Nevertheless, the film still has a number of really intriguing ideas that hold it together. I much prefer it to the Disney trilogy, which I have pretty much forgotten at this point.
Why doesn't it work?
This
Alternative “First Kiss” dialogue:
Anikan: *Chuckles* Gods know, if there’s one thing I know about it’s sand...”
Padame: *chuckles* “Yeah, I guess you would... How’s your mother? Have you... Seen her? Or spoken to her, since you began your training?”
Anakin: *hangs his head and sighs* ... No... I haven’t. Not a word. The council says that it would distract me from my real goal. Sometimes I wonder what that is...”
*They stand in silence for a minute, before Anakin chuckles again and speaks with a smile*
Anakin: “You know, when I left my mother, she couldn’t stop talking. Seemed like she went on for DAYS.”
Padame: *smiles* I bet she had a lot to tell you.
Anakin: *rolls his eyes* Oh yes. Everything from “I love you so much” to *wags his finger* “now make sure to drink plenty every day, even if you don’t feel thirsty!”
*They both laugh for a few seconds*
Anakin: *Slowly stops laughing* But you know what the last thing she said to me was? In our house anyway?”
Padame: *Still with a grin of mirth on her face* What? “You had better come back with grand babies Anakin!”
Anakin: *Bursts our laughing for a second* Uh, close actually. She said “you find a good woman Anakin. Settle down, build a family like I never did. Find the best woman you can and marry her right away!” *They both chuckle again, but in a way that is less genuine and clearer meant to deflect tension* ... Gods, can you imagine saying that to a ten year old? ... But you know what? I did just that.”
Padame: *Her breath catches in her throat* Oh? *She asks, trying and failing to sound casual as Anakin moves closer*
Anakin: *Gazing into her eyes* I found the bravest, strongest, most beautiful woman in the galaxy. I crossed the stars with her, fought beside her to retake her throne. And now I stand with her in paradise, yet I can’t see anything... beyond her eyes.”
Padame: *her breath quickens as she attempts to deflect even as she leans closer* Won’t your mother be proud?” *she asks with a faint smile as she draws ever closer* But... Aren’t Jedi forbidden to love?”
Anakin: *Smiles roguishly as he caresses her cheek and leans in, bare inches from her lips* “Does it look like I care?”
They smile and close the distance, kissing hesitantly at first, but then embracing both each other and their passions as the music swells and the camera pans away from them and over the falls and setting sun of Naboo.
Dante Banducci Congratulations. You actually made me kind of like that scene 👏👏👏
You are officially a better screenwriter than George Lucas now. Congratulations!
I don’t like fan fic
Christoph Zeit Not a very high bar to be honest.
Gay
Actually, you see the shadow of Jango's head coming out of the helmet. I must admit though it's one of those 'blink and you'll miss it' moments
i really love watching the prequels when i was a youngling.
There were never any _Star Wars_ prequels. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
George said Jedi are allowed to have casual sex.
There is a comics how jedis are taking Kids from their families and training them
IOwnTheSpire "Casual"
IOwnTheSpire You mean like 'friends with benefits'?
Pilo ᴹᴱᴻᵀᴬᴸ ᴹᴱᴸᵀᵈᵒᵚᵑ Or a one-night stand, yes.
Like a witcher
Hayden Christensen is not to blame at all for StarWars. He's a great actor, it's George's writing. He's to blame. A great director, he just needed a little direction for himself too.
He made a good movie in 2003 were he was good
+Michael Puig When he's directed by George Lucas
No Hayden Christensen takes half the blame for his terrible acting. The other half is George's terrible writing
+Creepy Closet nah. Ewan and Liam were way more experienced and seasoned actors. To have Hayden be put to the forefront in front of a green screen which is basically nothing and then be lead by George Lucas. Thats not the actors fault, that is the directors fault. Entirely. And the writers OMG.
Josiah Townsend No he's a terrible actor. He's never been in anything good and would probably be a no name if star wars didn't make him infamous. Like his acting is just so bad and cringe worthy, it's like he never hit puberty or something and George ruined another casting choice. Even if there was good writing he would still suck. Actors are supposed to work with what they're given and Hayden Christensen is one of those cases where they can't. Look at ewan McGregor and how he had bad lines too but still was able to deliver
All I’m gonna say is that the clone wars cartoon series fixes most of this stuff imo.
So if you watch 7 seasons of a show...a movie gets better?
Kevin Strom yeh and it’s worth it if you’re an actual fan too
@@benvdp7494 Don't give me that actual fan shit. Movies shouldn't need hundreds of episodes of a tv show to make them watchable.
Kevin Strom well ok that’s fair, I’m not saying it’s me but I’ve seen lots of people that grew up with the prequels that love all 3 including this one even before the clone wars existed. I do love a lot of this movie but I understand the criticisms. I say actual fan because it’s not hard to watch a bunch of short episodes of a tv show if you’re a fan of Star Wars rather than being a enjoyer of some of the films. I understand waht you’re saying but I think what I’m saying it just as valid and if you don’t agree that’s fine
Darth Vader: I am your father!
Luke: No that's not true! That's impossible! You got your ass kicked by a dummy!
Darth Vader: Wait what?!
I really wanted a scene of Anakin just crying and screaming and hating himself as he slaughtered every last tusken raider. Imagine witnessing that scene with John Williams score in the background. With heavy, menacing, truly intense music masked over Anakin bawling his eyes out killing all the tusken children. You faintly hear Darth Vader's breathing in the background, going in and out as Anakin kills more raiders. Could have been fucking incredible.. Oh well.
Would have been nice but that damn pg rating they were wanting put a stop to that.
+il100374 Screenplay by George Lucas.
That would have been terrible. That would be so out of nowhere, and would make Anakin's character awkward for the next scenes. It could possibly work for ep.3, not for 2 though
TheSoloTrooper Um... basically what I said already happened, I was just suggesting more footage. The only difference between what I said and what happened in the movie is he cried after killing the Raiders instead of during...
TheSoloTrooper They showed him crying. And they showed him killing a couple Raiders. He was already on his way to the dark side in episode 2. So why is what I said not possible?
"Replace that dummy with CGI"
XD I love it.
That’s not funny.
I absolutely loved this movie when i was a little kid
I watched it when I was marathoning the whole Skywalker Saga, and honestly if I could rank episodes 1-6 as a tie than I would, all six of these movies are at the very least amazing.
It's for kids
kevinkilbane2007 So? Just because it’s “for kids”, doesn’t mean it can’t have good acting, good Cgi, likable characters, good writing, and good pacing.
Don't be surprised because I'm warning you, I would give Attack Of The Clones a 9/10
lmao sound exactly like Lucas.
I don’t like Attack Of The Clones...it’s coarse and rough and irritating, and the sloppy dialogue is everywhere
I like Attack Of The Clones I don't care what people said it's lead up to THE CLONE WARS.
Abram Sullivan one of the best Cartoons to have aired.
Awesome comment
It's just a trend to not like the prequels after TPM, cuz they're actually well directed. I understood everything that happened and the pacing was perfect.
@@Bucky147 they are actually pretty incredible in terms of world-building. Actually, aside from some questionable dialogue, AOTC is quite fantastic
You’re just disrespecting the grading system. Either give this a D+ or give Phantom Menace a C
End Rant
This film was so awful that I went into labour during it to get out of the theater. My husband is such a die hard fan that it was literally the only way I was going to get out of it.
Haha. Is this true?
ReportThemAll Absolutely. First baby so I was in labour for over 50 hours but at the first signs of contractions I made it a bigger deal than was needed to convince the husband to leave. Such an awful movie.
If you ever get divorced....I will marry you.
I literally cried during that George Lucas scene
Did he make that video?
Jackson Taylor no, it’s actual footage of when Lucas discovered Christensen.
I actually like Jango fett. he was a cool character.
the fett has something to do in this one... i never understood what the whole deal was about boba... he just stood around... n then died... who cares?
farrel mukhesh Yeah. I guess he just looks cool.
Jacob Smith Temuera Morrison who voices him is even more badass when he voices one of the clones in the game Republic Commando!!!!
Insuzukiawa Tagabwanga Yeah!
Jacob Smith you know it!! Even though I haven't even touched that game on PC for quite some time,say, 4 years:( but I think about it sometimes;)
“He seems to be perfectly encapsulating the angst of being a child” 😂
3:05 - Holy. Crap... who is doing this Lucas impression!? It's spot-on.
I think that was chris
I thought it was ai at first but this was 8 years ago
They should have focused more on anakin/obi wan, instead of focuing so much on padme/anakin. It would have been so cool if we would have seen them train together.
They made the cartoon/animated series for that.
+jeffzalonka A movie must be able to establish a lot more than simply having to rely on a EU related series.
I agree, it would have been better if it was in the movie.
It would have made his turn to the dark side feel more tragic as well.
I don't see what's the problem with Count Dooku.
I actually like the character and I think his rule was cool and interesting, after all he was an Jedi
Yes he was and a brilliant British actor RIP Sir Christopher Lee
CommanderShockwave he ah I like him too the only problem I had and can see was I didn’t understand why he pretended not to like sidious didn’t get the point of that and he wasn’t very intimidating but that’s it for me still like his character and of course RIP Christopher Lee
An jedi it's a jedi not an jedi
Yea he's not supposed to be scary
I think if he had been introduced in a more dramatic way then he would have left more of an impression
George Lucas finding anakin was hilarious
The pursuit of Jango by Obi Wan makes up for all of the film’s shortcomings.
Jango’s head does fall out of the helmet after Mace cuts it off. Look carefully, you’ll see a shadow of it
Omg you're entitled to your opinion but no it does not lol.
Chris I don't think jedis are species....its more of an occupation bruh
Notice that it's June 2016 and you're pointing this out..
so? just sayin', jesus when did I got up your ass -_-
Inno Dominic Ramos When I saw your little weaboo picture.
awww I see
You know how force sensitivity works right?
This would be one of most easily forgettable movies ever if it wasn't Star Wars
Oh yes it's still very forgettable
Over There It's the most easily forgettable Star Wars movie. That's something.
Over There One of the easily most forgettable movies even being a Star Wars movie.
Lukáš Váňa WHAT??? Episode 2 is God Awful!!!! BLAH!!!!
This is a very forgettable movie. Before I watched this review, I didn't remember a single thing about this movie other than Jango Fett. I agree, the only reason you remember the name "Attack of the Clones" is because it has the words "Star Wars" attached to it
Hayden has proven to be a good actor since Ep 2. It was most definitely the script.
I'd even argue that Anakin's awkward line delivery is due to Hayden being like "wtf, how the hell does this dialogue make sense?!"
He's supposed to be awkward. Think, if you were raised by nuns or monks since the age of 9 would you know how to flirt?
Chris about Jango’s head falling out of the helmet I never noticed this before, but on the New Rockstars breakdown video for this movie, they point out that when mace cuts off his head, you see two shadows, one for the helmet and one for the head.
Watch Shattered Glass, Christensen was very good in that movie.
He was better in episode 3
Agreed. That was an impressive performance.
Phantom Menace may have been a snooze-fest, but there were redeeming elements in there and the filmmakers still tried as hard as they could. Sure the wait makes it seem 1000x worse, but in actuality it was harmless as a movie on its own. Attack of the Clones actually does go as far as to insult the intelligence of the viewer and seemingly even goes out of its way to contradict the entire mythology of the original movies. It sticks a bunch of recognizable brand/franchise images on-screen to get an audience to come and sit through a feature-length exhibit of some (really dated by now) effects that Lucas thought was the best thing since sliced bread. I've only ever considered it better than Episode I for it's superficial value. Episode II is still the only prequel that I reckon legitimately deserves the hate.
I actually do enjoy the prequels if I just turn my brain off and watch them as fun sci fi action movies but I can understand why people don't like them
I still don't get how the Jedi always busting out their lightsabers is an insult to the original trilogy. I mean yeah the lightsaber is an old-fashioned majestic weapon, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that the Jedi were extinct by the time of EPISODE IV. The reason the Jedi would not pull them out in the originals was because they probably didn't want to to catch the attention of the stormtroopers. Also, Luke and Obi-Wan didn't just use their lightsabers for just duels with Darth Vader. Obi-Wan used it to cut off the arm of the guy who threatened Luke in the cantina, Luke busted it out when assaulting Jabba the Hutt's Sail Barge, and Luke did it again when fighting against the speeder bikes on Endor. Doesn't that contradict the idea of only using it against the main villain? The reason I think that the Jedi would bust out their lightsabers more often in the prequels was because they were not fugitives from the Empire, and they were prominent in this era. That meant that they were more willing to use lightsabers when ever having to deal with threats of various kinds. If they were restricted to using them when only fighting the Sith, wouldn't they easily be killed?
I know you have problems with this film, but I think that it doesn't deserve the hate it gets (I'm honestly sick of the hate all of the prequels get). EPISODE II doesn't feel insulting to the mythos in my opinion, as I can see why the Jedi would use their lightsabers more frequently in an era where they were like knights or samurai from ancient times. I also found the backstory of the clones to be intriguing (they viewed themselves as brothers in the CLONE WARS TV series, which I found to be awesome), and Jango Fett was just BADA** in my opinion (to me Boba Fett is kinda overrated, and his death in ROTJ was very rushed; at least Jango killed a couple Jedi before being decapitated).
If you don't care for it, that's fine... Just respect that some of us do...
Sams ChanneI At the very moment he complained about the fact that the Jedi aren't allowed to be in love and he said: «how the Jedi are supposed to f***ing procreate?!? That is so dumb!!!» (7:40) I stopped watching his video.
I gave him two hints in which it was very obvious that the Jedi recruit other people to become Jedi without procreating: The Phantom Menace and A New Hope. People never thought about that? =P
SW Saga Fan New Hope: Luke wasn't recruited as such - Kenobi was just waiting for him to grow up because he was the son of Anakin, and exists only because Anakin broke the rules and procreated.
Phantom Menace: We are told Anakin was the product of a miracle virgin birth.
So the criticism is valid and not stupid at all. Apart from Anakin (miracle birth possibly done by Palpatine magic) where do Jedi come from? They don't procreate according to the prequels, how do midichlorian genes get passed on?
The prequels raise that question because of the needless invention by Lucas of Jedi being isolated monks with no love life. He didn't have to write Jedi like that, but he did. But he also included, pointlessly, the business about midichlorians. Both these things combined is dumb because now, for no good reason, the audience are scratching their heads wondering about something that is only bring discussed because Lucas had those two dumb ideas and combined them. So we can either decide it's stupid, or we can ignore it and pretend it wasn't said or you can make excuses for Lucas and wave it away by making up stuff that wasn't in the films.
All Lucas had to do was not midichlorians and not make Jedi loveless monks, taken from their families at a really young age and brainwashed to love nothing but their light sabres.
The prequels are weird. They make a complete mess of the Jedi.
Nebogipfel While I do respect everyone's opinion and I am aware that if you like a movie or not is personal preference, I feel that a lot of people are just wasting their time, here on the internet, by scratching the bottom of the barrel. In contrast to a lot of people, I do not take those things on the internet seriously, but unfortunately a lot of people do nowadays because the internet has become one of the main link to the outside world and to news and they tend to take its content as the absolute truth, while it's not the case. The internet can be full of interesting things, but it can also be full of turd. And I have yet to see a reasoned judgment on the internet for any kind of subject (society, economy, art, etc...), not just Star Wars...
*The George Lucas skit was gold, I died* 😭😂
If you literally skip every other scene in this movie, it’s watchable.
Ye I'm pretty sure the prequels could be far more watchable with a recut
So many cringe worthy moments in this movie
I don't like sand.
It's rough, it's course and it get everywhere.
Anakin behaves like this creepy, cringey kid towards Padme, kills an entire tribe of people out of pure hatred and clearly has a violent side to him yet she falls in love with him. WHY????? HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE????
I don't know. Maybe she's into that.
+Neel Parmar
Its because Tuskens are luke animals, noone cares if they are slaughtered
Chris can do a really good Haden Christian impression.
Sorry if I spelt Haden's name wrong.
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He's not bad in the film, I think Chris just doesn't like his performances in anything he's done. I mean he's a really dam great actor and even nowadays in films were the script is usually lame he will make certain scenes feel memorable. In more ways I think he's more underrated and I truly can't see anyone else playing a young Anakin.
Realm of the Nerds -It's spelled Hayden, but that's close enough
And it's also spelled "spelled"
Jack Timothy I thought it was like less and fewer thy mean the same thing but one is just more grammatically correct
in "British" they have words like 'whilst' & 'spelt' even.
I sure miss the time the prequels were universally and justifiably hated.
they never were. there are a lot of people out there who grew up with the prequels and have fond memories of them.
Same
I think what Windu means when says he was “Once a Jedi and that wouldn’t be in his character to do something like that” is that he knows Dooku enough from when he was a Jedi to know he wouldn’t do something like that.
Apples and Oranges later in the movie Dooku implies they used to be friends with Windu, that would explain it. Besides it’s never said that a Jedi can’t resign o retire for the matter, therefore it’s not necessary for Dooku to turn evil first. Chris is neck picking.
@@Rosenthal40 yeah honestly this is like saying a police officer who retires would all of the sudden start committing crimes just because he no longer actively enforces the law...lol Chris
Personally, if you take away some of the writing, Hayden is actually a pretty good actor, later in his career. His emotional range is pretty good, and when he's NOT subject to the script, he can be pretty intimidating. Im noting Nostalgia Critic's review
The best stuff is when he isn't talking. Hayden Cristian can sell a face perfectly.
@@ECGCblu in attack of the clones he was good at showing emotion to when he did
@@ttttq124 ...which is more of a testament to the ineptitude of the writers rather than Hayden's acting skill
@Mia Smith is that a pun that I noticed.
@Mia Smith *Higher Ground*
The deleted scenes of Anakin and Padme from Attack Of The Clones were actually better than the actual scenes from the movie. I don't understand why George Lucas removed those scenes.
Probably because it wasn’t how HE wrote it
Time
Because his ex-wife isn´t there anymore to save his messy and unstructured movies in editing?
Jango fet’s head departed from his helmet you can tell this because there’s two shadows instead of one when his head get cut off
Anikin says he killed a tribe of people including women and children. Padmae says "oh my he's hot and extremely damaged." Theres no red flags going off for her about this relationship?
it's weird that Jedi can't love, so they can't procreate, and yet the force is highly inherited, like the Anakin-Luke-Kylo lineage
gunsmithbasic can anyone say George Lucas is a hack?
"'I truly, deeply love you' because that's what people say to people they're in love with."
It became a running joke in my family to try to deliver that "truly, deeply" line with a straight face while gazing into the other's eyes. Difficult, to say the least.
That's awesome!
I always tell a girl I wanna win over "would u be the Kyber crystal in my lightsaber?", and then say, "I hope I did better than comparing you to sand"
I actually didn’t know the sand meme came from this movie until I watched it.
3/10.
4:25 - I love George Lucas' list when he's writing down "Goosebumps kid." It also includes "rabbit-eared Bill Cosby creature"
LMFAO 😂 I'm guessing that's Jar Jar Binks
I came here for Plinkett quotes in the comments, I was not disappointed.
dave19941000 Plinkett comments are like poetry, they rhyme
dave19941000 Fuck you Rick Berman!!
***** It's stylistically designed to be that way, we can't undo that
dave19941000 It's like poetry, they rhyme.
dave19941000 It's going to be great.
Star Wars aside, I feel really bad for Jake Lloyd. I honestly think The Phantom Menace ruined his life. I really hope he's doing well these days.
Arbiter91 He’s not. He’s in a asylum for schizophrenia.
Robert Mayberry Poor guy. This is the real tragedy of the prequels, not that we watched some shitty movies one time.
George Lucas did this just by thinking he was fit for the role.
Fun fact, he went to my highschool. One of our history teachers room is all decked out in StarWars stuff
Robert Mayberry and that's not correct. He was diagnosed with it. But he was in jail for speeding over 100mph in a chase. A simple google search will inform you. Don't make shit up.
If you look at the decapitation scene you can see Jango’s head fly out.
My fav part is when the bad guy gives the assassin the worms and says: "be careful, they are very poisonous!". Like was he worried she was gonna eat them?
Just because you can watch this as a Star Wars movie doesn't mean it deserves a C, which is like 6/10. I'd give this film a 3/10.
Senior Steffan I know. I was sort of blown away when he announced his rating for this. I was like a "C?" This movie I can't even watch a second time all the way through. I've tried multiple times and can never get even half-way before I'm doing other things and not even watching it.
Chris is kind with his ratings. The movie is still watchable and is really just a horrible Star Wars film, if it wasn't a Star Wars film, it would of been... alright? Would of probably gone with a D rating myself, maybe even a D+. It was watchable and the story is put together will enough that you understand what is going on... that is about it.
Senior Steffan C is considered to be an average grade. So a C- would be slightly below average, which means something like maybe a 4/10 (if we're going by how his scale seems to work). An F would be like a 0 or a 1.
Senior Steffan C would be a 5, so C- is like a 4.5 i guess.
oh ok, I guess i agree with a C then
The prequels get better as they go along. Episode 3 being actually quite good
It was better than the first two but that's not saying much.
jeffzalonka But if Phantom Menace and II are D-C movies, Revenge of the Sith is a B.
IV is an A
V is an A+
VI is an A
DFizzlio
episode 3 was a C in my book. the other two were just garbage.
+DFizzlio
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IV is an A
V is an A+
VI is an A
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Only because you were a kid that didn't know jack when you saw it and it blew your mind.
This review and the comments by all the people are so totally not surprising: totally biased towards the old ones, which are perfect in every way and the new ones, bad in every way.
Just because the new ones are not exactly the same as the old ones and the expectations grew up with you and became unsatisfiable by any movie, no matter how good. Now the next one, the force awakes will be painful, bet on it, it will be much worse then the last three prequels. This time J J Abrams will go for the kill, using the same actors that you worship. It will be Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull all over again, plus do you know how Abrams murdered and massacred Star Trek? His movies are widely considered the worst Star Trek movies of all time and remember, there were 10! before that.
J J violated and broke every rule and everything that was true in the Star Trek universe, so expect him to do the same for Star Wars. I'm already shivering!
I have very very low expectations for it.
+nigratruo But I loved the star trek movies o-o that's why I'm happy that JJ is back. And I do enjoy the prequels. But they aren't as good as the originals, but 3 is still amazing.
After the prequels were released "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
Oghren
Agreed
I rewatched it recently and while its not my favorite,there were some scenes i liked in this movie. Anakins mother dying was a very powerful scene and definitely shows Anakins slow turn to the dark side.