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I've seen it many times because my bro loves it. I'm not really a fan of AOTC... i feel it's too cheesy... well, sometimes my mood likes cheesy movies so i watch AOTC...
Personally I think it is the best. The reasons are:
-Story Line. People keep comparing its story line to the OT. This is a foolish thing to do because they are two completely different trilogies. AOTC has everything a great story line needs; action, love, mystery and humour. IMO AOTC displays all of these to a very high standard.
-Characters. The characters in AOTC I think are great. It has the best villan of the saga, Count Dooku who really makes the movie awesome. He is played by Christopher Lee who is the best actor of all time. People play down Anakins (Hayden Christianson) character by calling him a whiny brat. I agree. but this is exactly what he is meant to sound like. There is a lot of CGI characters but I think that was necessary. You couldnt have the sprawling scenes of Coruscant played out with puppets for example.
-SFX/CGI. AOTC has thebest graphics of all of the movies except perhaps ROTS. This adds th the SW experience. The Geonosian Arena is one of my favourite scenes of the saga and wouldnt have been possible without CGI. Yoda wouldnt have had his famous duel with Dooku without CGI. People keep saying that the CGI ruins the movie but that is a load of bullsh*t. Without it, many of our favourite scenes wouldnt have been possible.
-Battle scenes. AOTC easily has the best battles of the saga. Yodas fight with the Count is my all time favourite duel. The Geonosian arena with all the jedi is amazing to watch. Everyone in the movies was on the edge of their seat while watching the Battle of Geonosis unfold. We all sat entranced when Kenobi chased Jango through the asteroid field. IMO, AOTC was the most action packed of any of the movies.
That is just my opinion. AOTC isnt leagues above any of the other movies - they are all about even I think. But for the reasons stated above (especially because of Christopher Lee), AOTC is my fav.
Anybody can dispise those crappy love scenes witnessed in AotC, you don't have to be a special kind of person for that.
As for why the movie is the worst of the saga. The only nice scenes were the Kamino one and the arena ones. Anything involving Padme and Anakin was boring. I didn't want to see Naboo or Tatooine again, especially when nothing interesting happens. Padme and Anakin playing between machines of a factory was unrealistic that nothing happened yet not exciting at all actually.
The beasts were fun but the jedi vs. the droid battle was chaotic and stupid. Then we have the supposed climax of the movie..
Yoda jumping around trying to impress the audiance with incredible CGI BS, wow.. And then they went away. The main villain didn't even kill anyone. Therefore Jango Fett will be the main villain who kills and the real climax will be Mace Windu chopping his head off.
I also imagined more from clones or the clone wars. Bah, anyway.. TPM and RotS are much better and much more exciting movies. That's plain obvious.
It's my second favorite SW film, although when I watch it there are some things I like better about this one than ROTS. It's a really cheesy film, yes, but in my opinion that's what makes it fun to watch. I don't see what's wrong with the lightsaber fights in AOTC. It was more traditional to the OT than any of the other Prequel fights with the pacing. The scenes on Geonosis, Clones Vs, Droids...yes it's a CGI fest, but it's a beautiful CGI fest and I just can't help but like it.
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