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The most densely plotted instalment of the saga so far, Attack of the Clones is a tale of both Machiavellian political drama and doomed romance; it's epic war film and silly comic-book fantasy combined, as teenage Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) chafes at the restrictions imposed by his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and falls in love with Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman). Renegade Jedi Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) is leading a breakaway federation of disgruntled systems; while the insidious influence of Darth Sidious is felt rather than seen as his invisible hand guides apparently unrelated events, from Jar Jar's unwitting instigation of a disastrous Senate decision to bounty hunter Jango Fett's revelatory role at the centre of the conspiracy.
Along the way the story has fun with the conventions of Chandleresque detective fiction as Obi-Wan explores the seedier side of Coruscant, and incorporates the noble warrior ethos of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in its portrayal of the Jedi order. The portentous tone is lightened by tongue-in-cheek self-referential dialogue and the antics of robotic clowns R2D2 and C3PO. (One niggle for music fans, though, is the cavalier cut-and-paste approach to John Williams's music score.) Like the Empire Strikes Back, Clones is the bridging film of the trilogy and thus ends on an equivocally bittersweet note.
On the DVD: Attack of the Clones is an all-digital film, and so looks suitably superb in this anamorphic widescreen transfer, accompanied by a THX encoded Dolby 5.1 soundtrack. Anyone who owns The Phantom Menace two-disc set will know what to expect from the special features: here's another group commentary led by George Lucas, two lengthy documentaries on the digital effects ("From Puppets to Pixels" and "The Previsualisation of Episode II") plus several other featurettes and Web documentaries, notably "Films Are Not Released, They Escape", a look at the sound design. There's also a fun trailer for the R2-D2 mockumentary "Beneath the Dome", trailers, photo galleries and more to satisfy any Star Wars fan. --Mark Walker
DVD Description
DVD Special Features (To Be Confirmed):
Feature-length Audio Commentary
Exclusive Deleted Scenes with Introductions
"From Puppets to Pixels" An all new Full-Length Documentary
"State of the Art: The Previsualization of Episode II"
"Films Are Not Released; They Escape" Sound Documentary
Featurettes: Three mini-documentaries offering a detailed look at Attack of the Clones Web Documentaries: The award-winning 12-part web series that debuted on starwars.com
"Across the Stars" Music Video: original composition by John Williams
Poster and Print Campaign
Trailers and TV Spots
"R2-D2: Beneath the Dome" Mockumentary trailer
Never-Before-Seen Production Photo Gallery
ILM Visual Effects Breakdown Montage
Exclusive DVD-ROM Content Picture: Widescreen 2.35:1 anamorphic
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 -- THX Surround EX
Feature-length Audio Commentary
Exclusive Deleted Scenes with Introductions
"From Puppets to Pixels" An all new Full-Length Documentary
"State of the Art: The Previsualization of Episode II"
"Films Are Not Released; They Escape" Sound Documentary
Featurettes: Three mini-documentaries offering a detailed look at Attack of the Clones Web Documentaries: The award-winning 12-part web series that debuted on starwars.com
"Across the Stars" Music Video: original composition by John Williams
Poster and Print Campaign
Trailers and TV Spots
"R2-D2: Beneath the Dome" Mockumentary trailer
Never-Before-Seen Production Photo Gallery
ILM Visual Effects Breakdown Montage
Exclusive DVD-ROM Content Picture: Widescreen 2.35:1 anamorphic
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 -- THX Surround EX
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Builds upon the first,
By David Bowers "@iamdavebowers" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
Film - **** - The film, acting, story and special effects all take a step up for the second installment. Yes, there are still clunky elements (stand up Hayden and Natalie) but there is also more suspense and humour than the first.
This is less of a kids movie, it has more action and a great climax. Just be prepared to sit through a few painful 'love' scenes. Extras - **** - Sadly there is no 2 hour docuemnatary a la Episode 1. The extras are still very interesting, the stand out features being the CG characters and Animatic short documentaries. Very much a good advert for ILM. Overall this film and extras mark the entrance of Digital Cameras into big budget films and the begining of all digital sets and peformers. At £6 (current price) it's a good purchase.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Impressive And Good Attempt,
By Nick "--nick--" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
Not as good as the infamous first three or should i say last three, o.....k thats confusing. Its probably the 4th best Star Wars film, and it shows that Lucas has still got it! Its a story that if you watch the other films carefully, that has been mentioned quite a lot; The Clone Wars, you see it all comes together in the end. The effects are not too OTT like Episode 1, but they are just right. With some great effects and fantastic fight scenes. The new computer Yoda is ace and Yodas fight IS FAB! The story is a good one, not too complicated but not too basic and the acting is pretty good too. This film really sets you up to witness the change from Anakin to Vader, you can see the evil slowly creeping through! Its worth the money and a must for Star Wars fans, Great film.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
What Would We Do Without CGI?,
By Kenneth S Graiser (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
In the 'documentary' that accompanied the home release of "The Phantom Menace," one of the major behind-the-scenes contributors to the making of the film said that he almost cried when he saw the results of the graphic and computer generated images on the screen, how overwhelmed he was at the visions created by electtronically artificial means. He ought to have shed his tears over the emptiness of the plot, the vapid characters, and the annoying propensity of the script writers to give 'alien' characters all but impossible linguisitic affectations.Many of these problems have been solved in "The Attack of the Clones," the penultimate (supposedly) addition to the Star Wars Saga. Now that Anakin Skywalker is growing up a little, he can begin to exhibit some real-life conflict and concern. He is too much of a whining teenager for my taste, however; his pairing of the exquisitely grown Natalie Portman is almost ridiculous. What she sees in him is utterly mystifying. Ewan MacGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi fares far better than he did in his first outing in "Menace," and Jar-Jar is, thankfully, left in the background only to surface when he proposes the fatal suggestion to the Senate to give unlimited powers to the eventual Great Heavy of the Series, deliciously well-played by Ian McDiarmid. We appreciate most of all the presence of the superb Christopher Lee bringing his decades of experience to a wonderfully evil role in Count Dooku. What I am most bothered by is the overabundance, once again, of CGI which, while they add positively now and again to the depth of the visuals, more often than not call attention to themselves rather than remain integral components of the story telling that a good narrative film is supposed to convey. We do not really believe that Yoda is somehow 'real,' do we, although the fight scenes he engages in are amusingly spectacular. We do not really believe that there are hundreds of thousands of clone warriors, do we? Similarly is the chase scene little more than a cartoon version of a 'let's get 'em' hodge-podge, Jedi superpowers notwithstanding. The movie offers an extremely diverting couple of hours, but it needs more depth of character, better script writing, and perhaps a new director's vision in the last installment to bring the series to a successul close.
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