![]() Rather than flowing steadily and strongly, it felt stilted and choppy. The story was very weak and often difficult to follow from one scene to the next. They just came off as angry kids with very little sense (even though Padme kept spouting things that sounded somewhat wise). It seemed Lucas was trying to make Padme and Anakin into loveable rebels, but they could never seem to manage the loveable part. They acted like scared 14-year-olds, hoping their parents wouldn’t find them playing footsie or rolling around in the grassy fields. The courtship between Anakin and Padme, if you can call it that, want so quickly it almost gave me whiplash. His smile reminded me of the smile Ted Bundy had on his face in some of the file photos before he was executed. Padme must have had a lobotomy during the ten years since the events in the first film to not see him practically undressing her with his eyes from the moment they first met again. His “smile” was more of a salacious leer. Instead of the awkward young boy Anakin, we now have the creepy teenage Anakin. She’s nearly assassinated when she arrives on Coruscant, so the Jedi Council assigns Obi-Wan ( Ewan McGregor) and Anakin ( Hayden Christensen) to protect her and try to figure out who is behind the attempts on Padme’s life. The Trade Federation has been beaten back, and Padme ( Natalie Portman) is now the Senator from Naboo. “Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones” theatrical poster.Continuing the prequel trilogy is Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones. ![]()
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