You notice in that scene, how when Count Dooku said this contest can only be decided with our skills of a lightsaber, Yoda got a look on his face as almost to say thought you'd never ask
Bro, I saw that film on opening night and let me tell you...the crowd (including myself) went wild right along with Yoda. He walks out decrepit with a cane and then goes ham on Duku. I was like holy sh*t!
13:55 Temuera Morrison doing singing in the rain is just epic. Temuera put his heart and soul into his role as fett. He appreciated being casted in the movie and is a huge star wars fan
There's a further connection between The Matrix and Attack of The Clones... the Death Stick Dealer (Elan Sel'Sabagno, or Elan Sleazebaggano) was played by Matt Doran who played Mouse in The Matrix (who designed the woman in the red dress)... there's also a red drink in front of Obi-Wan and a red drink in front of Elan which some people think is a reference to the red and blue pills... It's all connected ...😁 Great channel and videos Minty 😊👍💙
In my most humble and accurate opinion I say that the scene where his mother dies is the best depiction of someone falling into a fit of rage of all time it's spot on.
This ties into my understanding of why Anakin is more needy and whiney as a young adult. His emotions are too weak for him to control so it makes him easy to manipulate. So it makes total sense to me how he portrayed Anakin.
@@danyoung2011 I think you're right. I bet he felt the sand in his shoes at that moment and realized his stupid mother made him come back to that wretched place. haha
exactly forgot that for a second, its all good. it shows vader becoming what he did.. thinking he killed his wife and child.. love the first 6 movies.. bet everyone that hated the prequels wouldnt say it after the disney crap
Fun Fact: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara (R.I.P.) of *"Mythbusters"* fame worked in the *"STAR WARS"* prequel films. Adam was an uncredited visual effects modelmaker in *"The Phantom Menace"* and a credited model maker for ILM in *"Attack of The Clones".* Jamie was a special effects technician in *"The Phantom Menace"* and *"Attack of The Clones".* Tory was another visual effects modelmaker in *"The Phantom Menace"* and a model maker for ILM in *"Attack of The Clones".* And Grant was also a visual effects modelmaker in *"The Phantom Menace"* and a model maker for ILM in both *"Attack of The Clones"* and *"Revenge of The Sith".* On a side note, Grant also worked as a model maker for ILM's miniature unit in Steven Spielberg's *"The Lost World: Jurassic Park",* just two years before he was involved with the prequels.
@Patrick they were the British horror movie studio in the late 50s 60s and early 70s. They made remakes of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee starred in a bunch of those movies.
Well said. First, he is a slave to a Capitalist on Tatooine. Secondly, he's slave to a military organisation loyal to the Republic. Thirdly, he became a slave to the Empire and the Emperor himself. Finally, he died as a free man after he saved his beloved son.
Wake up, it's a beautiful morning. I open the windows, pour myself a fresh cup of black, and Minty drops a Star Wars video. This is a wonderful start to a day. Thank you, my friend. Stay Minty...
Yes,the duologue to the prequels could have been better, but they're great movies, because they are part of the original story,and tells the story that needs to be told,and are not a copy of the first movie,like episode 7
All 6 Star Wars films were influenced by history, religion, mythology, politics, philosophy, and literature. The Sequel trilogy lacked these influences and rejected Lucas' stories/creativity stabbing him in the back and was just a cash grab it felt like a slap in the face to Star Wars fans, He should have never sold it to the dark side of the force.
Just dialogue? How about the writing in general. A woman who's highly intelligent in the senate, has connections in the Jedi Order, decides not to inform them when her Jedi boyfriend admits that he's a mass murderer she doesn't not only NOT get up and start walking away from the psycho, but also doesn't feel the need to inform either the senate OR the jedi who would have wanted to know that.
A little extra info about Captain Panaka and the actor who played him, Hugh Quarshie: In the 2020 book, "Queen's Peril" by E. K. Johnston, Captain Panaka is given the full name of "Captain Quarsh Panaka." That's right, Cpt. Panaka's first name is a shortened version of the portraying actor's last name.
The Nsync scene was also briefly shown in one of the trailers that came out before its release. I was a projectionist in college and remember adding it to trailer reels that spring.
Hayden rightly gets a pass for Anakin; it wasn’t his place to question how Lucas wanted the character portrayed. Also, the age difference between Padme and Anakin always seemed a bit...odd.
Attack of the Clones has a special place in my heart... I saw it opening night when I was 13 with my best friend at the time all the way back in 2002. That summer was one of the best summers of my life and it all started with Attack of the Clones. Hell, that year was one of the greatest in my life haha.
Thank you for sharing that mate. I was 15 when I went to see TPM and I’d been so into SW after seeing the updated versions in 97...I still have such a big soft spot for Jedi Knight on the PC, I got a package with the Jada Mar expansion all in one for like 10 Irish pounds (it was 97 so before the euro) I started a 2 year relationship with seeing TPM, my first, like I spent the millennium night with her and her family..:so this era of SW will always stick with me...wishing you all the best mate , hope we get to be around the 40th anniversary of the sequel trilogy! 😀
@@mccarthy5825 haha you mean the Prequel trilogy right?? And yes same here this era of Star Wars will always hold a special place in my heart because it was basically during my coming-of-age time haha
@@rcdune7132I was 12 when Phantom Menace (the first prequel) came out in 1999 and I remember how excited everybody was. But most everybody was strongly displeased with it as you probably already know… I didn’t have anything against it personally, I just couldn’t stand jar binks. Even at 12 years old I thought he was cringe. And after that I was fed up with Star Wars as a whole so I didn’t see Attack of the Clones in theaters… but I gave in and saw Revenge of the Sith in 2005 and I actually thought it was good
At the time of the movie release there was a popular sports talk radio show hosted by Jim Rome who referred to his listeners as Clones, he was out of California but his show was nationwide in many markets, he referred to his listeners that way because many callers would phone in with the same take on a sports topic as the previous caller, I remember when the movie as officially named Attack of the Clones we all had a good laugh, and I wondered if George was a listener as Jim’s show was very entertaining, thanks
I remember that he hesitated to reveal the title over the air, and when he did, I remember rolling my eyes and saying 'oh brother' as I was laughing about the title...
From the time I heard Obi talk about the clone wars in the original star wars, I always envisioned that there were 2 big wars going on, not that they were actual clones. It's crazy to have these big fantastic images of Obi Wan and Luke's dad fighting in these awesome wars and having all these experiences in your head and then getting what we got.
I pictured what Lucas served up.I was a satisfied consumer. Then you trolls went to bitzhing, complaining & crying...and it got cashed in w/Mouse House by Lucas,who was done w/the toxic fandom, which was an unseen perk of the $4.1billion sale 4 Kathleen "Lying ass activist witch" Kennedy. Good job troll dorks
17:40 I think much of the awkwardness of dialog can be forgiven if you bear in mind that Anakin has basically lived a cloistered existence without much experience talking to non-jedi type people, let alone exploring feelings he's not supposed to have. He's supposed to be feeling awkward and clunky. Not only that, But I grew up in a sea coast town, making love on the beach is really sexy until you get sand into parts where sand ought not be.
I admit that all those scenes of Anakin and Padme were kind of "woody", but I always took it as part of the character rather than poorly written script. I mean Anakin was jedi padawan, how much experience he could have in these matters. His speach about the sand always seemed to me like the talking about weather when you want to talk with someone but you have no idea what to talk about. So in all those wooden scenes he always seemed to me like normal unexperienced teenager who has no idea what to do. Yes, he looked older than usual teenager who fell in love for the first time, then again he was growing in a comunity of warrior-monks so I guess romance skills were not part of his education 😀
To me, this was the worst of the prequel trilogy. Phantom Menace wasn’t that bad, they just ruined it with jar jar binks. I was 12 when Phantom Menace came out and even at that age, I thought he was cringe as f*ck 😣
Maybe its because I'm getting old but I liked the political aspects of the prequels. This stuff is illuded to in all of the original movies- teased as a driving force of why there is a rebellion & what made the empire such a tyrannical force but its never specific. I liked that it provided the big reason all of this is happening. I personally liked the extra information & showing the bigger picture.
@@dennismcdonald2607 🤣 I get the OPs point, and yeah, there's a huge amount of backstory (at least now). And getting to see how things got to this point. (A good argument for the Darth bane movies, if you ask me.) I think the problem was the execution. We all know George should be kept as far away from dialog as possible, and his obsession w cgi. I think it struggled w 3 main problems: 1: the prequels basically needed their own prequel to give depth to what is going on. 2:bad direction. Sorry, but true, wooden acting, clunky dialog (that's a twofer, could have filled in holes, and helped pacing) and characters that were hard to really feel for. Especially anakin. And the actors had to work w what they were given. 3: it's a prequel....to one of the biggest franchises of all time. Even the best director and writer would have a hard time making it as impactful as the original. Maybe it would have been better to start w bane, at least one movie. Plenty of action, and setups, and then jump to ep 1.
Exactly, people complain about the dislogue and politics when it's integral to building the story and lore. But no "i gotta have mah light sabers and space battles in every scene" is more important
The best part of that movie was Yoda's fight... by far the best part seeing what he can do for the first time was awesome. I wish they would do an origin movie for Yoda.
One of my favorite things about this movie is that Jango hits his head while going into Slave 1 as it's flying away. Great callback to the Stormtrooper who hits his head in the room where the Droids are in Episode 4. Also could be considered evidence that some of the Stormtroopers might be clones and not just new recruits.
This cannot have been an easy video to make, given the subject material and the strength of feeling on both sides of the debate. I thought you handled it really well and it's a very enjoyable and enlightening watch, so well done that man.
You’re not ever just “a bald guy who talks about movies“. You’re truly more than that, or else we wouldn’t have great videos depicting interesting things about movies, regardless of whether we already knew about them or even like the movie in the first place, no matter what no matter how otherwise it may seem :-)
INteresting you mention Lucas's daughters wanting N'Sync in the movie and not mentioning that one of his daughters DID appear in the movie during the scene where they were walking through the bar and she was fangirling at Anakin as he walked by.
I think the whole awkwardness between Anakin and Padmé makes sense due to Anakin having trained for 10 years as a Jedi and has to suppress emotions he already had and now when he is reunited with Padmé, he comes off as awkward as he doesn’t know how to flirt or anything. He’s trying to make a joke regarding the sand line, but it doesn’t really land since he’s never had a girlfriend and is unable to properly express how he feels without being on the nose about it. Since Obi-Wan is his mentor, Anakin defiantly has to repress his feelings compared to if Qui-Gon was alive, he’d be able to teach Anakin how to be in touch with his emotions without being overly emotional, which is what he was trying to teach Obi-Wan, but this clashed with the Council who are very strict on how to go about being a Jedi. At the end of it all, there were truly 2 Jedis in all of Star Wars: Qui-Gon Jinn and Luke Skywalker. Both were in touch with their emotions and knew when to use them. Suppressing emotions is a reason why Anakin fell to the dark side and why the Jedi collapsed during the Prequels as they seemed to be taking things very literally when perhaps they shouldn’t have taken certain things at face value. Luke and Qui-Gon prove how being in touch with your feelings is a good thing and how suppressing them isn’t the best. The franchise is a Space Opera, so the theatrical acting and melodramatic writing is very fitting to the genre and is in line with the Original trilogy.
I have always thought this as well… it’s supposed to show his emotional immaturity which would later lead to his obsessive behaviors and misguided actions that cause him to go to the dark side.
After the initial release, there was a special edition IMAX release that shortened the film by cutting out a majority of the "love scenes". That cut of the movie had great pacing and was very enjoyable. I am a fan of the politics and complex backstories of the prequels. To me, they are the predecessor to the current series like Andor.
What I find funny about ppl who trash the love story in Ep 2 are I bet the the same ppl who praise it in the OT, but WHAT love story did the OT even have? Han and Leia are at each other's throat the entire movie of A New Hope (WHILE she's making out with Luke nonstop, BTW) Then at the start of Empire, he suddenly forces a kiss on her and boom, they are in a relationship now? That's the love story ppl use to trash the one in Ep 2? What a joke. At least Anakin and Leia were friends first before they got together.
Fun fact: jessie bradford was audition for anakin skywalker but due to casting schedule he was busy with another nickelodeon movie (know as) clockstopers
The Whiny Anakin makes sense though if you're told as a child you're the chosen one but not treated as such it's going to have a huge affect on you and the Jedi aren't exactly known for their comforting skills
This movie was f’ing fantastic! Never knew there were boomers that were upset over it at the time. The 14 year old made sure this was the first DVD I’d ever own.
And with that, we can never thank you enough for this channel and for you being you :-) your dedication, and therefore overall presentation and nuance, not to mention personality always truly has these videos be worth it, no matter what no matter how otherwise it may seem :-)
(13:56 to 14:00) Jango Fett: (Singing) I'm singing in the rain. Just singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling. I'm happy again. I'm laughing at clouds. So dark up above, the sun's in my heart. And I'm ready for love. Let the stormy clouds chase. Everyone from the place. Come on with the rain. I've a smile on my face. I walk down the lane. With a happy refrain. Just singing, singing in the rain.
The scene where Anakin meets Padme, he's upset because he's put her on a pedestal for 10 years and she calls him Ani because she still sees him as a little boy. He wants to be recognized as grown up. I thought Minty might mention how Carrie Fisher helped George with the script. Maybe he didn't know that one. - Apparently she helped with each prequel script. Just found that out while double checking to be sure. Interesting!
Now all we need is Gandolf to play with Christopher Lee God rest his soul. I love his early films, and every horror movie that he ever made same thing with Vincent Price.
This may be the weaker of the prequels but I actually enjoyed it and in my opinion it's much better than any of the sequel films that the 6ft rat crapped out. I remember all the "Anakin is to whiny" but what people are forgetting and yes this goes for us that was born in the original trilogy... is that Luke Skywalker was whiny as well, no doubt about it. I didn't know about Paul Walker auditioning for Anakin Skywalker, I think it would have been cool to see him as that character. Thank the good Lord and the Force that Lucas decided against the Nsync cameo. Great vid dude. 🤘🏻
First of all, I remember people saying a load of crap about the original trilogy too, it just gained more popularity as time went on with the nostalgia factor. Two, the original trilogy get's a lot more hate than it deserves. And finally, three, Hayden's performance made perfect sense to me as it very much reflected Luke's behavior...like father, like son. I thought so much of this was actually well done, especially considering Lucas himself does not enjoy or consider himself an actual director of acting.
I don't recall that at all, having attended the first showing of Star Wars (three times) then the next two installments when they were released. The crap talk started with the prequels
Attack of the Clones is one of my favourite Star Wars movies. In fact, it’s one of my 20 favourite movies, which is really saying something, since I’ve watched maybe 2,000 movies in my lifetime.
My favorite star wars of the prequel trilogy, and possibly my favorite star wars out of them all. I think it's because I was at the right relatable age to Haydens character of Anakin. I felt the anger and conflict. Was going through some heartbreaking stuff at that time and finding myself. Great movie.
So did everyone (more or less.) After the film's release, the Yoda fight scene was the new marketing angle, i.e., commercials for the movie emphasized Yoda's fighting ability. I remember one commercial touting "Who da man? Yoda man!" (Cheesy, yeah but that's what the marketing team went with.)
Reportedly, Jar Jar was going to have a much bigger role in the movie. However, all the backlash against him caused George Lucas to considerably reduce the amount of screen time Jar Jar got.
@@kingneutron1I really do remember the 1st time watching episode 1 and I was like 'When is he going to shut up?' Or 'Is he going to get his tongue stuck somewhere for talking too much that he might eventually get killed?' One of the most unlikeable annoying characters in the history of cinema.
First film noir segments in SW saga. I had to learn to not like this movie when it came out. I was a big fan. And have come back around to appreciate it. That opening scene is one of my favorites.
6:50, Anakin being petty and requiring more attention makes total sense. This is how the Vaders of life are created. They are petty and confused and require a lot of attention and validation in their youth. When they don't get what they want, they turn to anger and pettiness and revenge. There's a reason Anakin is young in this one and not yet Darth Vader. This is what stories are about. Story arcs. They start one way and end another. It also shows he is starting to battle love vs hate in his mind, foreshadowing what's to come. The most evil people in life have weak emotions. And weak emotions are easily manipulated, hence the creation of Darth Vader.
9:58 Also in that scene in the nightclub where Anakin and Obi-Wan are tracking Zam, in a "Blink And You'll Miss It" Scene, you'll see Ahmed Best & Anthony Daniels out of their characters of C3PO and Jar Jar Binks
7:00 - Minty, my friend, I think you're missing the point of Anakin's character here. He's focusing on the negative. Obi-Wan even tells him this. What we see in this movie is the early stages of his downfall into darkness. You honestly have to put it into that perspective. Also, remember, he's an "angsty teenager" here (he was 19, not 20), a flaw that lasts well into your 20s, if you can think back that far (assuming you were ever angsty.... I was, and it lasted until I was almost 30). Not picking on you, man.... but MANY people missed that character flaw in him, at the time, and even now. 14:20 - I have to say, that I was 10 when the original Star Wars hit theaters, and I saw it multiple times there. But as much as I loved the OT (and still do), I also saw what Lucas was doing with the Prequels, and despite their flaws, I loved them, too. I went against the grain of my generation and was outspoken about my love for those movies.
The key to understanding and fully enjoying the prequel movies, you MUST read the novelization BEFORE you see the films. Anakins portrayal is actually quite genius when you take in mind how much had to be cut for time. Some deleted scenes help, but the books explain a lot!
@@Blaktrax666 unfortunately that's the nature of movies, things need to be left-out to save time or to hold peoples' interest by having regular action scenes instead of backstory, that cut-scene Minty mentioned of the Dooku statue is a prime example.
Your initual reaction was probably the most honest one. It's not perfect but it's a fun space adventure movie. The reputation of the prequals was tarnished by people being overly critical of them. Many of those people missed the point of the films.
Something about this movie almost nobody mentions. The music John Williams used for the robot factory fight in attack of the clones is the same exact score he used for the quidditch match in chamber of secrets that same year. I always wanted to know how that happened.
Anikan going to the dark side made me cry. The part were the younglings asking him what to do because of the attack they were under, and him slaying them. Then "You were the chosen one! You were supposed to destroy the sith, not join them. You were my brother, Anikan. I loved you." 😔😔😔
I personally think Anakin being weak/pathetic/needy/moody etc works well as those emotions/characteristics aren't what a Jedi would have. So those make him crave power/strength etc and draw upon the Darkside force to get what he wants. Making him the tyrannical Darth Vader that we all know.
Exactly. These clowns still don't understand. They see Vader as he was in OT and have their mind made up about what he was like as a child, but the version we saw in the PT makes perfect sense.
I loved it. I take it as being the equivalent of a Saturday morning serial like Flash Gordon, which is how Lucas intended it to be taken. Great eye and ear candy with some adventure and a little bit of drama.
The movie might not be the best of the prequels, but Yoda does throw down. Christopher Lee is just awesome in anything he is in, and this actually helped usher in the Clone Wars cartoon series, which is one of the best animated series.
Saw this opening night at Midnight in my senior year of high school. I'll remember this because I was just about to graduate and me and a friend said let's go see SW2 and skipped that Friday.
I think they missed an opportunity with the clones. Should have been Obi Kenobi and the clones could have been Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Too Kenobi, Obi-Three Kenobi, etc.
People thought Christiansen's performance made Anakin seem whiny? Uh-hunh. Yeah. "But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!"
When yoda pulled out that light saber... the whole theater cheered, it was a HUGE moment in my theater going experience.
My nephew had the "Yoda Man" t-shirt, he loved Yoda.
You notice in that scene, how when Count Dooku said this contest can only be decided with our skills of a lightsaber, Yoda got a look on his face as almost to say thought you'd never ask
Same here people were going crazy. These and lotr are some of the best movies I remember seeing back then people were invested.
That was one of the most epic moments in the entire saga, for sure. The entire way that scene played out was pure magic.
Bro, I saw that film on opening night and let me tell you...the crowd (including myself) went wild right along with Yoda. He walks out decrepit with a cane and then goes ham on Duku. I was like holy sh*t!
“Jedi business go back to your drinks” one of the best lines ever in any Star Wars in my opinion
13:55 Temuera Morrison doing singing in the rain is just epic. Temuera put his heart and soul into his role as fett. He appreciated being casted in the movie and is a huge star wars fan
There's a further connection between The Matrix and Attack of The Clones... the Death Stick Dealer (Elan Sel'Sabagno, or Elan Sleazebaggano) was played by Matt Doran who played Mouse in The Matrix (who designed the woman in the red dress)... there's also a red drink in front of Obi-Wan and a red drink in front of Elan which some people think is a reference to the red and blue pills...
It's all connected ...😁
Great channel and videos Minty 😊👍💙
I was literally screaming that at the screen 😂
You would have thought that the fact he made his name in Australian daytime soap Home & Away would've stood out to Minty 😂
In my most humble and accurate opinion I say that the scene where his mother dies is the best depiction of someone falling into a fit of rage of all time it's spot on.
This ties into my understanding of why Anakin is more needy and whiney as a young adult. His emotions are too weak for him to control so it makes him easy to manipulate. So it makes total sense to me how he portrayed Anakin.
He wasnt mad about her death he was mad about the sand
@@danyoung2011 I think you're right. I bet he felt the sand in his shoes at that moment and realized his stupid mother made him come back to that wretched place. haha
@@danyoung2011 you can't blame him; it does get everywhere.
exactly forgot that for a second, its all good. it shows vader becoming what he did.. thinking he killed his wife and child.. love the first 6 movies.. bet everyone that hated the prequels wouldnt say it after the disney crap
Fun Fact:
Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara (R.I.P.)
of *"Mythbusters"* fame worked in the *"STAR WARS"* prequel films.
Adam was an uncredited visual effects modelmaker in *"The Phantom Menace"* and a credited model maker for ILM in *"Attack of The Clones".*
Jamie was a special effects technician in *"The Phantom Menace"* and *"Attack of The Clones".*
Tory was another visual effects modelmaker in *"The Phantom Menace"* and a model maker for ILM in *"Attack of The Clones".*
And Grant was also a visual effects modelmaker in *"The Phantom Menace"* and a model maker for ILM in both *"Attack of The Clones"* and *"Revenge of The Sith".* On a side note, Grant also worked as a model maker for ILM's miniature unit in Steven Spielberg's
*"The Lost World: Jurassic Park",* just two years before he was involved with the prequels.
As a huge Hammer horror movie fan, I enjoyed seeing Christopher Lee as a count wearing a black cape in a Star Wars film.
I’m also a huge Hammer horror fan and yeah, Lee alone makes this a watchable film. Also love his character is called “Count” as a nice nod.
At least he doesn't suck in either of his appearances in the Star Wars movies.
Sorry, but what's hammer horror?
It was brown.
@Patrick they were the British horror movie studio in the late 50s 60s and early 70s. They made remakes of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee starred in a bunch of those movies.
This one is actually my favorite of the prequels. Anakin's speech about how everything is forbidden. He traded one form of slavery for another.
Well said. First, he is a slave to a Capitalist on Tatooine. Secondly, he's slave to a military organisation loyal to the Republic. Thirdly, he became a slave to the Empire and the Emperor himself. Finally, he died as a free man after he saved his beloved son.
@@ReviveHF but he nsver got to met his grandson RIP dsrth Vader he died good man
Episode 2 is my favorite of the prequels
My fave of the prequels too
A point I've missed.
Wake up, it's a beautiful morning. I open the windows, pour myself a fresh cup of black, and Minty drops a Star Wars video. This is a wonderful start to a day. Thank you, my friend. Stay Minty...
Yes,the duologue to the prequels could have been better, but they're great movies, because they are part of the original story,and tells the story that needs to be told,and are not a copy of the first movie,like episode 7
All 6 Star Wars films were influenced by history, religion, mythology, politics, philosophy, and literature. The Sequel trilogy lacked these influences and rejected Lucas' stories/creativity stabbing him in the back and was just a cash grab it felt like a slap in the face to Star Wars fans, He should have never sold it to the dark side of the force.
Just dialogue? How about the writing in general. A woman who's highly intelligent in the senate, has connections in the Jedi Order, decides not to inform them when her Jedi boyfriend admits that he's a mass murderer she doesn't not only NOT get up and start walking away from the psycho, but also doesn't feel the need to inform either the senate OR the jedi who would have wanted to know that.
A little extra info about Captain Panaka and the actor who played him, Hugh Quarshie: In the 2020 book, "Queen's Peril" by E. K. Johnston, Captain Panaka is given the full name of "Captain Quarsh Panaka." That's right, Cpt. Panaka's first name is a shortened version of the portraying actor's last name.
The Nsync scene was also briefly shown in one of the trailers that came out before its release. I was a projectionist in college and remember adding it to trailer reels that spring.
Love your sentence "Christopher Lee shows up and he makes any movie awesome"
The truest thing I’ve ever heard “Christopher Lee makes any movie awesome” he was a great actor!
I like that scene with Dooku passing judgment on Anakin and Padme. Visually it really reminds me of Jor-El sentencing Zod to the Phantom Zone.
Hayden rightly gets a pass for Anakin; it wasn’t his place to question how Lucas wanted the character portrayed. Also, the age difference between Padme and Anakin always seemed a bit...odd.
Gontivie dissidents wel ankin znd padme are only four years apart in age and Hayden and natalie are both the same age
I'd have said, "creepy."
The sexist way Padme was treated in the films hasn’t aged well.
@@MiningForPies Sexist? Leia was in a SLAVE outfit in the OT, but I bet your woke azz didn't say anything about that
@@4hedgesfamily How is it creepy? He was 19 and she was 23
I was 9 when Clones came out. I was so excited when I heard Christopher was dropping by.
Attack of the Clones has a special place in my heart... I saw it opening night when I was 13 with my best friend at the time all the way back in 2002. That summer was one of the best summers of my life and it all started with Attack of the Clones. Hell, that year was one of the greatest in my life haha.
Thank you for sharing that mate. I was 15 when I went to see TPM and I’d been so into SW after seeing the updated versions in 97...I still have such a big soft spot for Jedi Knight on the PC, I got a package with the Jada Mar expansion all in one for like 10 Irish pounds (it was 97 so before the euro) I started a 2 year relationship with seeing TPM, my first, like I spent the millennium night with her and her family..:so this era of SW will always stick with me...wishing you all the best mate , hope we get to be around the 40th anniversary of the sequel trilogy! 😀
@@mccarthy5825 haha you mean the Prequel trilogy right?? And yes same here this era of Star Wars will always hold a special place in my heart because it was basically during my coming-of-age time haha
@@rcdune7132I was 12 when Phantom Menace (the first prequel) came out in 1999 and I remember how excited everybody was. But most everybody was strongly displeased with it as you probably already know… I didn’t have anything against it personally, I just couldn’t stand jar binks. Even at 12 years old I thought he was cringe. And after that I was fed up with Star Wars as a whole so I didn’t see Attack of the Clones in theaters… but I gave in and saw Revenge of the Sith in 2005 and I actually thought it was good
@@nsasupporter7557 I mean the prequels are far from perfect but they're still a helluva lot better than the god-awful Disney Trilogy 💯🤣
@@rcdune7132 agreed…
All Disney is doing is milking it for all it’s worth 🙄
Did you like Phantom Menace though?
At the time of the movie release there was a popular sports talk radio show hosted by Jim Rome who referred to his listeners as Clones, he was out of California but his show was nationwide in many markets, he referred to his listeners that way because many callers would phone in with the same take on a sports topic as the previous caller, I remember when the movie as officially named Attack of the Clones we all had a good laugh, and I wondered if George was a listener as Jim’s show was very entertaining, thanks
I remember that he hesitated to reveal the title over the air, and when he did, I remember rolling my eyes and saying 'oh brother' as I was laughing about the title...
From the time I heard Obi talk about the clone wars in the original star wars, I always envisioned that there were 2 big wars going on, not that they were actual clones. It's crazy to have these big fantastic images of Obi Wan and Luke's dad fighting in these awesome wars and having all these experiences in your head and then getting what we got.
Interesting take👍
I pictured what Lucas served up.I was a satisfied consumer.
Then you trolls went to bitzhing,
complaining & crying...and it got cashed in w/Mouse House by Lucas,who was done w/the toxic fandom,
which was an unseen perk of the $4.1billion sale 4 Kathleen
"Lying ass activist witch"
Kennedy.
Good job troll dorks
17:40 I think much of the awkwardness of dialog can be forgiven if you bear in mind that Anakin has basically lived a cloistered existence without much experience talking to non-jedi type people, let alone exploring feelings he's not supposed to have. He's supposed to be feeling awkward and clunky. Not only that, But I grew up in a sea coast town, making love on the beach is really sexy until you get sand into parts where sand ought not be.
After my second time seeing the movie I really got into and started to enjoy it, especially the chase scenes and action.
My favorite part is when Anakin Shouts Out,
RESPECT MY PRONOUNS!!!
I admit that all those scenes of Anakin and Padme were kind of "woody", but I always took it as part of the character rather than poorly written script. I mean Anakin was jedi padawan, how much experience he could have in these matters. His speach about the sand always seemed to me like the talking about weather when you want to talk with someone but you have no idea what to talk about. So in all those wooden scenes he always seemed to me like normal unexperienced teenager who has no idea what to do. Yes, he looked older than usual teenager who fell in love for the first time, then again he was growing in a comunity of warrior-monks so I guess romance skills were not part of his education 😀
Finally, somebody gets it
I was disappointed when they deleted the scenes of meeting Pademe’s family. Thanks for explaining why that was.
This one is admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine. The dialogue is so stupid, yet hilarious and memable.
To me, this was the worst of the prequel trilogy.
Phantom Menace wasn’t that bad, they just ruined it with jar jar binks. I was 12 when Phantom Menace came out and even at that age, I thought he was cringe as f*ck 😣
This channel is my guilty pleasure! All my old favorites and some new ones!
Maybe its because I'm getting old but I liked the political aspects of the prequels. This stuff is illuded to in all of the original movies- teased as a driving force of why there is a rebellion & what made the empire such a tyrannical force but its never specific. I liked that it provided the big reason all of this is happening. I personally liked the extra information & showing the bigger picture.
and thats how democracy dies. in thunderous applause lead by a meglomaniac selling lies and half truths to idiots.
Same
It was C-Span with monsters 😆
@@dennismcdonald2607 🤣
I get the OPs point, and yeah, there's a huge amount of backstory (at least now). And getting to see how things got to this point. (A good argument for the Darth bane movies, if you ask me.)
I think the problem was the execution. We all know George should be kept as far away from dialog as possible, and his obsession w cgi.
I think it struggled w 3 main problems:
1: the prequels basically needed their own prequel to give depth to what is going on.
2:bad direction. Sorry, but true, wooden acting, clunky dialog (that's a twofer, could have filled in holes, and helped pacing) and characters that were hard to really feel for. Especially anakin. And the actors had to work w what they were given.
3: it's a prequel....to one of the biggest franchises of all time.
Even the best director and writer would have a hard time making it as impactful as the original. Maybe it would have been better to start w bane, at least one movie. Plenty of action, and setups, and then jump to ep 1.
Exactly, people complain about the dislogue and politics when it's integral to building the story and lore. But no "i gotta have mah light sabers and space battles in every scene" is more important
My favorite of the prequels and first Star Wars I had seen in the theater since Empire, thanks
For being honest, I like very much this trilogy, including "Attack of the Clones", it is very entratain. Much better than the lastones.
I agree it is very entrataining whatever that is LOL 😆💪🐺👍
No its not mate, its crap
@@whitleybayman123 it's*
@@SwoleWolfHasAHandlebarMustache really? You are a grammar teacher?
@@whitleybayman123 my sister&3of my cousin are so how about dem apples🍎🍏 💪🏻🐺👍🏻
The SW movies have become the new Muppet movies, so having the 'N SYNC guys would've really been ahead of its time.
The best part of that movie was Yoda's fight... by far the best part seeing what he can do for the first time was awesome. I wish they would do an origin movie for Yoda.
One of my favorite things about this movie is that Jango hits his head while going into Slave 1 as it's flying away. Great callback to the Stormtrooper who hits his head in the room where the Droids are in Episode 4. Also could be considered evidence that some of the Stormtroopers might be clones and not just new recruits.
This cannot have been an easy video to make, given the subject material and the strength of feeling on both sides of the debate. I thought you handled it really well and it's a very enjoyable and enlightening watch, so well done that man.
His weaknesses and vulnerability is what leads him to become Darth Vader
Please don’t stop making vids Minty.❤
I remember that SNL sketch, Will Farrell looked like a very accurate to Ewen McGregor/Obi-Wan. Remember, this was WAY before the movie came out.
Easily my #4 favorite star wars movie . After the first, second and third. Nothing beats seeing clones blast up a sandstorm 😛🍿❤️
You’re not ever just “a bald guy who talks about movies“. You’re truly more than that, or else we wouldn’t have great videos depicting interesting things about movies, regardless of whether we already knew about them or even like the movie in the first place, no matter what no matter how otherwise it may seem :-)
An army of Landos? The Landolorians?
That’s a lot of capes.
A video on the landolorians would be dope @minty
The clones would have been a lot smoother too.
INteresting you mention Lucas's daughters wanting N'Sync in the movie and not mentioning that one of his daughters DID appear in the movie during the scene where they were walking through the bar and she was fangirling at Anakin as he walked by.
Enter Paul Walker as grown-up Anakin and...
🎶WATCH YO BACK.........WATCH YA BACK...🎶 starts playin'. 😆
Hayden did a great job. An adolescent padawan going through puberty strapped with great responsibility. Basically a teenager with a lightsaber.
After Disney Star Wars, I have a new appreciation for the sequels. They seem like inspired works of genius, now.
LMAO no.
You mean the prequels?
I think the whole awkwardness between Anakin and Padmé makes sense due to Anakin having trained for 10 years as a Jedi and has to suppress emotions he already had and now when he is reunited with Padmé, he comes off as awkward as he doesn’t know how to flirt or anything. He’s trying to make a joke regarding the sand line, but it doesn’t really land since he’s never had a girlfriend and is unable to properly express how he feels without being on the nose about it. Since Obi-Wan is his mentor, Anakin defiantly has to repress his feelings compared to if Qui-Gon was alive, he’d be able to teach Anakin how to be in touch with his emotions without being overly emotional, which is what he was trying to teach Obi-Wan, but this clashed with the Council who are very strict on how to go about being a Jedi. At the end of it all, there were truly 2 Jedis in all of Star Wars: Qui-Gon Jinn and Luke Skywalker. Both were in touch with their emotions and knew when to use them. Suppressing emotions is a reason why Anakin fell to the dark side and why the Jedi collapsed during the Prequels as they seemed to be taking things very literally when perhaps they shouldn’t have taken certain things at face value. Luke and Qui-Gon prove how being in touch with your feelings is a good thing and how suppressing them isn’t the best. The franchise is a Space Opera, so the theatrical acting and melodramatic writing is very fitting to the genre and is in line with the Original trilogy.
If he didn't have weaknesses he wouldn't have been turned to the dark side
I have always thought this as well… it’s supposed to show his emotional immaturity which would later lead to his obsessive behaviors and misguided actions that cause him to go to the dark side.
After the initial release, there was a special edition IMAX release that shortened the film by cutting out a majority of the "love scenes". That cut of the movie had great pacing and was very enjoyable. I am a fan of the politics and complex backstories of the prequels. To me, they are the predecessor to the current series like Andor.
What I find funny about ppl who trash the love story in Ep 2 are I bet the the same ppl who praise it in the OT, but WHAT love story did the OT even have? Han and Leia are at each other's throat the entire movie of A New Hope (WHILE she's making out with Luke nonstop, BTW) Then at the start of Empire, he suddenly forces a kiss on her and boom, they are in a relationship now? That's the love story ppl use to trash the one in Ep 2? What a joke. At least Anakin and Leia were friends first before they got together.
You forgot to mention that Antony Daniels played one of the people in the bar scene that Obi Wan and Anakin went into.
The film score was really great, a stand out element of the film.
You've heard her name pronounced as Pad-May probably 200 times during the trilogy, and yet you keep calling her Pada-May.
Padmé is pronounced both ways and as 'Pad-me'. Pad-may is the most correct overall but canon is canon and that wins any debate.
Director Kevin Smith said something like "The biggest villain in the universe is a whiny teenager".
Fun fact: jessie bradford was audition for anakin skywalker but due to casting schedule he was busy with another nickelodeon movie (know as) clockstopers
The actress who played Padda-May did very well
😉
The Whiny Anakin makes sense though if you're told as a child you're the chosen one but not treated as such it's going to have a huge affect on you and the Jedi aren't exactly known for their comforting skills
10. Things you didn’t know about Sky High (2005)
YES! YES! YES!!!
@@thomasmeehan4581 that’s right its sort of a sequel to 3 o’clock High
This movie was f’ing fantastic! Never knew there were boomers that were upset over it at the time. The 14 year old made sure this was the first DVD I’d ever own.
And with that, we can never thank you enough for this channel and for you being you :-) your dedication, and therefore overall presentation and nuance, not to mention personality always truly has these videos be worth it, no matter what no matter how otherwise it may seem :-)
The sand in the beginning had me rolling 😂😂😂
Love your videos. You forgot to mentioned it had two animated series that came from it. Love both of them.
(13:56 to 14:00)
Jango Fett: (Singing) I'm singing in the rain. Just singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling. I'm happy again. I'm laughing at clouds. So dark up above, the sun's in my heart. And I'm ready for love. Let the stormy clouds chase. Everyone from the place. Come on with the rain. I've a smile on my face. I walk down the lane. With a happy refrain. Just singing, singing in the rain.
The scene where Anakin meets Padme, he's upset because he's put her on a pedestal for 10 years and she calls him Ani because she still sees him as a little boy. He wants to be recognized as grown up.
I thought Minty might mention how Carrie Fisher helped George with the script. Maybe he didn't know that one. - Apparently she helped with each prequel script. Just found that out while double checking to be sure. Interesting!
"Oh jar jar everyone hates you but me"
- comic book guy
Awesome vid, Minty!!
Now all we need is Gandolf to play with Christopher Lee God rest his soul. I love his early films, and every horror movie that he ever made same thing with Vincent Price.
This may be the weaker of the prequels but I actually enjoyed it and in my opinion it's much better than any of the sequel films that the 6ft rat crapped out. I remember all the "Anakin is to whiny" but what people are forgetting and yes this goes for us that was born in the original trilogy... is that Luke Skywalker was whiny as well, no doubt about it. I didn't know about Paul Walker auditioning for Anakin Skywalker, I think it would have been cool to see him as that character. Thank the good Lord and the Force that Lucas decided against the Nsync cameo. Great vid dude. 🤘🏻
I want that quote to be on the DVD box. "'Attack of the Clones' just...is." -- Minty
People complain about the cgi, but you just couldn't get those fantastical worlds George created with out it.
First of all, I remember people saying a load of crap about the original trilogy too, it just gained more popularity as time went on with the nostalgia factor. Two, the original trilogy get's a lot more hate than it deserves. And finally, three, Hayden's performance made perfect sense to me as it very much reflected Luke's behavior...like father, like son. I thought so much of this was actually well done, especially considering Lucas himself does not enjoy or consider himself an actual director of acting.
I don't recall that at all, having attended the first showing of Star Wars (three times) then the next two installments when they were released. The crap talk started with the prequels
The acting and dialogue was the same caliber in the prequels as the OT
Attack of the Clones is one of my favourite Star Wars movies. In fact, it’s one of my 20 favourite movies, which is really saying something, since I’ve watched maybe 2,000 movies in my lifetime.
Thanks to the Disney trilogy, attack of the clones is a master piece in comparrison.
My favorite star wars of the prequel trilogy, and possibly my favorite star wars out of them all. I think it's because I was at the right relatable age to Haydens character of Anakin. I felt the anger and conflict. Was going through some heartbreaking stuff at that time and finding myself. Great movie.
I actually like the Yoda fight scene in this movie...
Dude I saw this movie opening night and the entire packed crowd in the theater was going crazy for this scene!!
So did everyone (more or less.) After the film's release, the Yoda fight scene was the new marketing angle, i.e., commercials for the movie emphasized Yoda's fighting ability. I remember one commercial touting "Who da man? Yoda man!" (Cheesy, yeah but that's what the marketing team went with.)
Reportedly, Jar Jar was going to have a much bigger role in the movie. However, all the backlash against him caused George Lucas to considerably reduce the amount of screen time Jar Jar got.
I really wished Jar jar was used as a killed character.
Thank God for small favors. JJB was easily the worst thing about the 1st movie!
@@kingneutron1I really do remember the 1st time watching episode 1 and I was like 'When is he going to shut up?' Or 'Is he going to get his tongue stuck somewhere for talking too much that he might eventually get killed?' One of the most unlikeable annoying characters in the history of cinema.
Awwww, poor Jar Jar.
I’m still waiting for the origin story movie for Jar-Jar.
And yet the original 1993 released Jurassic Park still looks mind blowing good with it's CGI.
First film noir segments in SW saga. I had to learn to not like this movie when it came out. I was a big fan. And have come back around to appreciate it. That opening scene is one of my favorites.
6:50, Anakin being petty and requiring more attention makes total sense. This is how the Vaders of life are created. They are petty and confused and require a lot of attention and validation in their youth. When they don't get what they want, they turn to anger and pettiness and revenge. There's a reason Anakin is young in this one and not yet Darth Vader. This is what stories are about. Story arcs. They start one way and end another. It also shows he is starting to battle love vs hate in his mind, foreshadowing what's to come. The most evil people in life have weak emotions. And weak emotions are easily manipulated, hence the creation of Darth Vader.
9:58
Also in that scene in the nightclub where Anakin and Obi-Wan are tracking Zam, in a "Blink And You'll Miss It" Scene, you'll see Ahmed Best & Anthony Daniels out of their characters of C3PO and Jar Jar Binks
7:00 - Minty, my friend, I think you're missing the point of Anakin's character here. He's focusing on the negative. Obi-Wan even tells him this. What we see in this movie is the early stages of his downfall into darkness. You honestly have to put it into that perspective. Also, remember, he's an "angsty teenager" here (he was 19, not 20), a flaw that lasts well into your 20s, if you can think back that far (assuming you were ever angsty.... I was, and it lasted until I was almost 30). Not picking on you, man.... but MANY people missed that character flaw in him, at the time, and even now.
14:20 - I have to say, that I was 10 when the original Star Wars hit theaters, and I saw it multiple times there. But as much as I loved the OT (and still do), I also saw what Lucas was doing with the Prequels, and despite their flaws, I loved them, too. I went against the grain of my generation and was outspoken about my love for those movies.
19:55 more Australian actors, Claudia Karvan playing Padmé sister and Graham Blundell as Padmé dad!
The key to understanding and fully enjoying the prequel movies, you MUST read the novelization BEFORE you see the films. Anakins portrayal is actually quite genius when you take in mind how much had to be cut for time. Some deleted scenes help, but the books explain a lot!
But you shouldn't have to.
@@Blaktrax666 unfortunately that's the nature of movies, things need to be left-out to save time or to hold peoples' interest by having regular action scenes instead of backstory, that cut-scene Minty mentioned of the Dooku statue is a prime example.
Totally 💯% Agree... As I Have
2 Out 3 Of The Books📚;
#RevengeOfTheSith Was Perfect.
Boba and Jango fett backstory, and the ending reveal 🙌🙏
Nice AI finish Minty. I loved it.
Your initual reaction was probably the most honest one. It's not perfect but it's a fun space adventure movie. The reputation of the prequals was tarnished by people being overly critical of them. Many of those people missed the point of the films.
A whiny young Skywalker? Sounds like he nailed the role to me.
We called it “send in the clones” when the movie came out, which in retrospect was a little harsh judgement
Unless you said it like Frau Farbissina.
I was working at Fox Studios Australia when this was being made.
Something about this movie almost nobody mentions. The music John Williams used for the robot factory fight in attack of the clones is the same exact score he used for the quidditch match in chamber of secrets that same year. I always wanted to know how that happened.
Anikan going to the dark side made me cry. The part were the younglings asking him what to do because of the attack they were under, and him slaying them. Then "You were the chosen one! You were supposed to destroy the sith, not join them. You were my brother, Anikan. I loved you." 😔😔😔
Great video
I personally think Anakin being weak/pathetic/needy/moody etc works well as those emotions/characteristics aren't what a Jedi would have. So those make him crave power/strength etc and draw upon the Darkside force to get what he wants. Making him the tyrannical Darth Vader that we all know.
Mtendotheskunk wel ankin hers more ofvedgy chrector znd his hsir cufy is prty erly 2000s ish
Exactly. These clowns still don't understand. They see Vader as he was in OT and have their mind made up about what he was like as a child, but the version we saw in the PT makes perfect sense.
I loved it. I take it as being the equivalent of a Saturday morning serial like Flash Gordon, which is how Lucas intended it to be taken. Great eye and ear candy with some adventure and a little bit of drama.
The movie might not be the best of the prequels, but Yoda does throw down. Christopher Lee is just awesome in anything he is in, and this actually helped usher in the Clone Wars cartoon series, which is one of the best animated series.
Saw this opening night at Midnight in my senior year of high school.
I'll remember this because I was just about to graduate and me and a friend said let's go see SW2 and skipped that Friday.
I think they missed an opportunity with the clones. Should have been Obi Kenobi and the clones could have been Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Too Kenobi, Obi-Three Kenobi, etc.
I always thought that Mohawk droid was a nod to Johnny 5 in Short Circuit 2
I usually like to watch this (and the other prequels really) in the background like it's a radio drama.
Anakin: ''I don't like Australian sand. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere.'' ;P LOL
Nice one, Minty.
People thought Christiansen's performance made Anakin seem whiny? Uh-hunh. Yeah.
"But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!"
I think having Anakin played as a spoilt, mopy, bratty simp, was more on the director's choices.
Senator Amidala is the best shot, she almost never misses! This is a reference to her daughter Leia, who also almost never misses!