Yep, the second new Star Wars movie since "Return Of The Jedi" and "The Phantom Menace".
Now we get Star Wars content forever.
Like Trek.
The movie franchise is....kind of on hold.
It's mostly shows now.
Like Trek!
As I said in the TPM 20th anniversary post...
It'll be interesting to see how "The Rise Of Skywalker", goes down with "the fandom", and how all 9 saga movies are digested by generation Z when they all turn 40.
Well TROS didn't go down well.
Just like TLJ, people loved it at first, then turned on it like baby chicks thrown to alligators.
Then "the fanbase" have turned on all the sequels, and have rewritten history to say they always hated all three.
Hence why Lucasfilm is scared to do a movie now.
Patty Jenkins would rather do Wonder Woman 3 than Rogue Squadron.
We'll see if that movie ever even happens.
If not, I'll just ret-con the Clone Wars movie as the third of the "Solo" & "Rogue One" trilogy.
So!! Let's instead go back to the halcyon days of prequel hatred!!
My original review of AOTC is in "I Love Star Wars".
And my re-appraisal is in "I don't h8 The Prequels anymore (Part 1)".
And, I guess this post will count as Part 3.
TPM anniversary being part 2.
Interestingly, the next big Star Wars thing everyone's creaming with anticipation for, is the Obi-Wan Kenobi series that's a sequel to the prequels with Ewan McGregor back as Obi.
There's a lot of stuff to nitpick the prequels for, but Ewan's Obi, and Ian's Palpatine are aces.
No one, not even the haters ever faulted them.
If this lands right, will people finally cool their fucking jets over the prequels?
We'll see!
Anyway, this one was definitely better than TPM.
Except the love dialog stuff.
But, I saw a YT video where psychologist movie fans diagnose Anakin with borderline personality disorder, and seen through that lens, Clones and Sith make a lot more sense.
I'm easing up on AOTC.
And hey, without AOTC, you don't get Clone Wars, you don't get Rebels, and then you don't get Asohka in Mandolorian, Book Of Boba-Fett, and her upcoming spinoff.
Also, without Rebels, you don't get Inquisitors in the Obi show!
Here's the crusher, without AOTC, you don't get your precious "Vader: Shards Of The Past" fan-film.
So, hey, how about some fuggin' gratitude, huh?
This movie planted a lot of important seeds in Star Wars lore.
It took awhile for them to bear fruit, but here we are harvesting, ain't we?
Well, like clone-babies in vats of blue shit!
What do you say to Uncle George, kids?
(Grudging tone of voice) "thhaaaank yooouuu 🙄😒".
All right then!
*Crosses arms smugly*
Attack Of The Clones.
The meat and veggies you had to eat to get your ice cream.
😏
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20 years ago was a pretty awesome summer...getting into Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Weezer, etc...probably my best ever cluster of listening experiences all at once. Had a cool roommate and an easy job and loads of free time to just sit there happily doing nothing. I've probably never really been happier.
"Attack Of The Clones" was not part of that experience. I definitely felt it was the weakest Star Wars movie and still do and have only revisited it once. I'm kind of stunned Ewan MacGregor is happy to be doing this Obi-Wan thing considering he badmouthed the prequels!!
I remember Josh Martin posting the link to the ROTS spoilers page a couple months before it came out and it was really bad HTML and I crack up thinking about that being a big spoiler page, though it got me stoked for ROTS. Not sure how spoilers go now, aside from Andrew Garfield lying about stuff.
I was never really wild about that first "Spider-Man" either, the sequel blew it away IMO. It probably plays really quaintly now. "Signs" was a disappointment (or at least it was ruined by the "twists" at the end) and I didn't see "Minority Report" until like 10 years later, though that's a very underrated film now. Looking through the list of what came out that summer I can't really see much good!!
Other 2002 movies I liked-
"One Hour Photo".
"28 Days Later"
"Solaris"
"Blade II"
"LOTR: The Two Towers"
"Bubba Ho-Tep"
Of those "Bubba Ho-Tep" has probably stood the test of time best.
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