I finished watching Attack of the Clones. Ya, flawed but still working decently overall
So here are my praises and criticism with this film:
Praises:
Man, Jango Fett genuinely feels like the best bounty hunter or human who is not in touch with the Force! I liked his overall performance, such as that with his kid, Boba, and loved how he is strong enough to require someone like Mace Windu, a pretty strong Jedi, to finally be taken out.
Although Padme x Anakin definitely could get some slightly smoother lines and expressions, i found the overall depiction of this love story as quite decent.
The 'I don't like Sand' dialogue Anakin says I can definitely get why it seems weird at first, but then you realize that this is someone who hasn't learned how to flirt with women and doing an act that he is forbidden from doing. Not to mention that him saying it is coarse and rough feels he is trying to avoid disturbing Padme by telling her about how it reminds him of childhood trauma as a slave, but she nonetheless tries to understand him.
Also, I find it very consistent to Anakin's character and current background. My preference for consistency is why I also absolutely am annoyed with how Rey and Finn, who should talk like people who haven't been in the best social environments are instead talking like ordinary modern citizens who have a proper social enviroment.
Count Dooku successfully continues the idea of 'Sith are really cunning and cool', as he manages to beat The Chosen One (while also chopping off Anakin's arm off in the process) and Obi Wan while also managing to run away from his former master, Yoda. Christopher Lee really is the GOAT!
The Alien designs are still cool, and after watching the Sequel Trilogy myself on television, I prefer the more unique and creative designs of the many prequel aliens over the weird ugly sequel ones. Probably the 3 ones in the colosseum scene are my favourite in this trilogy.
The whole Geonosis colosseum scene is honestly my favourite one in this film, especially since I can still somewhat remember how as a kid, I played Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars with my younger sibling and did the prologue that was this.
Now my criticisms.
The beginning was honestly quite confusing and chaotic. Seriously, I kind of had to watch a Youtube Short about this just to be fully sure I could understood the whole beginning sequence. So apparantly, Palpatine gets Dooku, who gets Jango, who gets a changeling, who gets a droid, and then gets some alien worms to assassinate Padme Amidala. Ya, and I also found it weird that Jango doesn't kill Padme when he sees that both Anakin and Obi Wan are out of the building that she is in, but instead chooses to take out the changeling assassin and accidentally gives out a whole lot of information about clones and other important stuff.
No offense, but I find Yoda's fighting style as pretty silly. Just jumping with his lightsaber around his opponent which does look ridiculously weird. Maybe more Force usage instead in combat could work better in portrayal of his combat skills?
In overall, this film still manages to work quite well as the middle movie of the trilogy, and soon I am going to watch Revenge of The Sith to see the climax of everything. Also may The Clone Wars if I can find it in my television at home. By the way for those who may want to know, I am not using Disney Plus.
Anyhow, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! May the salt be with you!
So here are my praises and criticism with this film:
Praises:
Man, Jango Fett genuinely feels like the best bounty hunter or human who is not in touch with the Force! I liked his overall performance, such as that with his kid, Boba, and loved how he is strong enough to require someone like Mace Windu, a pretty strong Jedi, to finally be taken out.
Although Padme x Anakin definitely could get some slightly smoother lines and expressions, i found the overall depiction of this love story as quite decent.
The 'I don't like Sand' dialogue Anakin says I can definitely get why it seems weird at first, but then you realize that this is someone who hasn't learned how to flirt with women and doing an act that he is forbidden from doing. Not to mention that him saying it is coarse and rough feels he is trying to avoid disturbing Padme by telling her about how it reminds him of childhood trauma as a slave, but she nonetheless tries to understand him.
Also, I find it very consistent to Anakin's character and current background. My preference for consistency is why I also absolutely am annoyed with how Rey and Finn, who should talk like people who haven't been in the best social environments are instead talking like ordinary modern citizens who have a proper social enviroment.
Count Dooku successfully continues the idea of 'Sith are really cunning and cool', as he manages to beat The Chosen One (while also chopping off Anakin's arm off in the process) and Obi Wan while also managing to run away from his former master, Yoda. Christopher Lee really is the GOAT!
The Alien designs are still cool, and after watching the Sequel Trilogy myself on television, I prefer the more unique and creative designs of the many prequel aliens over the weird ugly sequel ones. Probably the 3 ones in the colosseum scene are my favourite in this trilogy.
The whole Geonosis colosseum scene is honestly my favourite one in this film, especially since I can still somewhat remember how as a kid, I played Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars with my younger sibling and did the prologue that was this.
Now my criticisms.
The beginning was honestly quite confusing and chaotic. Seriously, I kind of had to watch a Youtube Short about this just to be fully sure I could understood the whole beginning sequence. So apparantly, Palpatine gets Dooku, who gets Jango, who gets a changeling, who gets a droid, and then gets some alien worms to assassinate Padme Amidala. Ya, and I also found it weird that Jango doesn't kill Padme when he sees that both Anakin and Obi Wan are out of the building that she is in, but instead chooses to take out the changeling assassin and accidentally gives out a whole lot of information about clones and other important stuff.
No offense, but I find Yoda's fighting style as pretty silly. Just jumping with his lightsaber around his opponent which does look ridiculously weird. Maybe more Force usage instead in combat could work better in portrayal of his combat skills?
In overall, this film still manages to work quite well as the middle movie of the trilogy, and soon I am going to watch Revenge of The Sith to see the climax of everything. Also may The Clone Wars if I can find it in my television at home. By the way for those who may want to know, I am not using Disney Plus.
Anyhow, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! May the salt be with you!