Monday, January 26, 2015

Movie Review Monday: Star Wars Episode II: The Clone Wars

Here's the fourth installment of my six part series on the inner monologue of a 31 year-old watching the Star Wars films for the first time ever:


  • Well, hello scrolly exposition. I knew I'd see you again.
  • Dooku is a funny name.
  • Senator. Count. Queen. I feel like we're mixing governments here.
  • I like that shiny spaceship.
  • Well, maybe there's SOME danger.
  • Whoa that chick just had the most abrupt death scene ever.
  • I'm so confused already. Wasn't Natalie a Queen before? Did she get demoted?
  • Aw geez. Jar Jar.
  • What the Rose Byrne?
  • Why hasn't Yoda learned proper English syntax? And what was his first language?
  • What happened to Hayden Christenson?
  • "I haven't seen Amidala in years, Master...and I'm totally crushing."
  • Why hasn't Amidala aged?
  • Annie is a prideful little Jedi.
  • She didn't forget you completely. She knew your name, Annie. Did you want her to swoon or something?
  • That strapless eye patch is stylin'.
  • Can you sense that Amidala is eavesdropping, hotshot?
  • Whoa, Annie isn't tiptoeing around his crush. "She's intoxicating." Calm down, dude.
  • Ew. Millipede wormy things.
  • Locate them, R2D2!
  • Safe!
  • Ewan diving out the window! What's the plan here, Ewan?!
  • Ugh. It's Jedis like him who cause rush hour traffic.
  • Shot down! Somehow I'm not at all worried for him.
  • Yep, Annie caught him.
  • Annie is NUTS. 
  • Electrocution? No big deal. 
  • "What's the point of this?" - Erik. Amen, Erik. Amen.
  • Man, Jedis LOVE jumping out of things.
  • I'm really growing to love the "pyew! pyew! pyew!" blaster sound effect.
  • Is a Jedi's light saber like a wizard's wand in that it's specific to its owner?
  • Now they're just running. That seems beneath them somehow.
  • Are Ewan's eyes really that green?
  • Ooo Jedi therapist - "go home and rethink your life."
  • Did he just cut off her arm?!
  • Does the light saber cauterize the wound automatically?
  • Diagonal fade!
  • That's a cute hover chair, Yoda.
  • Annie has too much pressure and too much power.
  • Ha. Amidala: "Jar Jar - I don't wish to hold you up." That was a diplomatic way of telling him to shut up.
  • Whoa, Annie went from "He's a good master, don't get me wrong" to pouting and ranting like a petulant child.
  • More like "Please don't LEER at me like that," am I right?
  • Jedi poncho!
  • I like this amiable diner alien.
  • Robot waitress looks exactly like Rosie from the Jetsons.

  • Fun fact: My eighth grade Algebra teacher was Mr. Parsek.
  • Coolest. Library. Ever.
  • Oh, Yoda. Making jokes about losing a planet. You're hilarious.
  • OH. Explanation of not being Queen anymore. Thanks, guys.
  • Are they bickering in front of the current Queen? Awkward.
  • I briefly just wondered where Captain Eo fits in with all this.
  • Super long neck Camino alien is lovely!
  • Oh, come on, Amidala. You are totally crushing back.
  • What if he's using his Jedi mind powers to make her kiss him?! That cad!
  • Clones!
  • When did she costume change? I liked her Xanadu dress; now she's all hippie.
  • The hills are aliiiiive with the sound of...no chemistry!
  • Oh no, he fell off the giant potato cow!
  • They are literally rolling around in the grass.
  • Kid, that's not your dad...he's your...your...what do you call the relationship between you and your young clone?
  • This scene is tense and I have NO idea what's happening.
  • Uh-oh. Firelight and a heaving bosom. Just get this over with.
  • Homeboy is SO CLINGY. He just keeps talking! No, you're tormenting US, Annie.
  • "I wish that I could wish away..." Well, that seems like lazy writing.
  • Are Jedi robes waterproof?
  • If Amidala really wanted to stop this relationship, she wouldn't wear that.
  • That's some awesome jumpkicking, Ewan!
  • Why is he always falling?
  • Those blue charges are AWESOME.
  • I would love to know how they created all these sound effects. 
  • Just shoot out some spare parts and that will solve it. How anticlimactic.
  • 30 men went looking for your mom already, but sure - you have a go at it too.
  • The Count looks like the "He chose...poorly" knight from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
  • Poor Mama! Now that was a proper death scene.
  • Oh, he's raging.
  • Ooo...Imperial Death March subtly playing as Yoda talks about Anakin.
  • Anakin's not available right now, Ewan.
  • Where does Amidala store all these giant clothes that she wears?
  • Single-handed genocide of the Tuskans. Tsk, tsk.
  • Amidala is so sassy.
  • I am SO sleepy.
  • Darth Sidious. The Sith. Why does everything sound vaguely like an STD?
  • Holy cow. Will we have to sit through an actual clone war still?! Interminable film!
  • Alien robowasp attack! 
  • Padme would win everything on that show Wipeout!
  • R2 is so much smarter than C3P0.
  • Decapitated C3P0!
  • How is her outfit still so white?!
  • "I truly...deeply..." - Amidala "...madly?" - Erik
  • Uf. That is an ugly language.
  • Ah, another unnecessary alien monster parade. George Lucas is just showing off.
  • Can't they just Jedi fly away from this arena?
  • I think Amidala just got scratched so we could see some midriff.
  • Oh, please. We did not have time for that smooch.
  • I'm fairly impressed by the lack of chemistry between Annie and Amidala. It's like watching two marionettes pretend to be in love.
  • GET IT, Samuel L!
  • Decapitated Fett!
  • They are flirting on the battlefield. Flirting.
  • "This is such a drag." GROAN.
  • Yoda and a clone army! Just in the nick of time!
  • War. Fighting. Explosions. Etc, etc.
  • Death Star schematics!
  • That is the least manly vehicle ever, Count. It looks like a hover Vespa.
  • I wish Natalie would put a whole shirt on. I'm trying to enjoy ice cream and she's making me want to do sit-ups instead.
  • I'm expecting a big fight from the Count. OH, SNAP. He did not disappoint.
  • Double light saber!
  • Back down to one!
  • Arm cut off!
  • YODA FIGHT?!
  • That is one angry Muppet.
  • How does everyone keep saying Dooku without giggling?!
  • Bahahahaha this is the most adorable light saber fight ever.

  • I knew that dude was bad.
  • "Begun the Clone War has." Dear Lord, I hope it's actually the end of this film though. I need to go to bed.
  • Mawwiage. Pretty dress! Pretty lame kiss!

  • He's smiling and she looks like "what have I done?"

In conclusion, this movie was long, tedious, confusing, and lacked the endearing qualities of the original two that I've seen. Oh, hey, that was my conclusion from Episode I as well. I did thoroughly enjoy the fight between Dooku and Yoda though - it almost made it worth watching. Almost. Also, I now understand why we haven't seen much of Hayden Christenson, bless his heart. Perfect teeth will only get you so far in Hollywood. 

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