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Summary: What's Wrong With You People?
Review: I saw ATTACK OF THE CLONES five times in the theater, and have since seen it many more. I've heard some people bash the film from almost every angle, but I am not so sure the thinking is exactly clear from these reviewers.
First of all, the title is just as cool as THE EMPIRE STRIKES back, utilizing the same sense of adventure serial dramatics that appeared in the original trilogy. Modern titles like "Star Wars: Reloaded" or "2TAR WAR2" would be out of place. Get over it.
With its plot being almost an American folk legend, the Star Wars prequel trilogy is about story (you'll hear Lucas talk about it over and over again on the DVD). In my opinion, not every line of dialogue has to be stand-alone poetry in order to be effective, or to serve the story, as it does here. Each scene is about finding new points, and establishing details upon details of information for the entire saga.
Add to the story some of the nuances of talented actors- Portman's frigid-to-soft Padme, who struggles with her work and her first real romance (feelings that are indeed childish to her)- Christensen's Anakin, an agrier version of Episode IV's Luke with whiney-ness and headstrong action leading toward the ultimate fate of the Dark Side- McGregor's Obi-wan, who has a witty sense of humor about him. Take all of these plus the rest of the ensemble, and look at the moments, tiny nuances that say "love", "anger", and "friendship". It's with them all the time.
Remember your youth with the original trilogy. During ATTACK OF THE CLONES, some kids near me cheered and named off characters just like I did as a young fan. The Force was with them, and it should be with us too. An excellent movie!
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Summary: What a Load of .......
Review: Did i just watch a kinder garden play or a baby who wants his bottle?? What, Star wars?! Youv gotta be kiding me man. that was pithetic! Sorry lucas, but the force isn't with any more. Harrison Ford did an excellent Job At Han. But little baby Anie
would rather sit and moan. Natille is hot but stupid to play this part. george better do good next time or im gonna sue!!
All the girls i know think hes HOT, is lucas tring to attract money with charm!!!!!!!!!!!! End us with somthing entertaning lucas. Or The Lord Of The Rings is going to take your place in life!!!!!!
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Summary: attack of the clones
Review: the second installment in the star wars prequel tends to be darker than other star wars movies. I found the plot line hard to follw. Basically it started out with the attempted assination of princess Amidala. Obi wan goes to investigates the attempt. And finds that the Sith was behind the attack. He finds that the sith are creating a clone army to attack the republic. when obi wan visits the cloners they think he is there to inspect the clones. he in turns uses the clone army to attack the Sith army. The clones look like predicessors to the storm troopers in the original trilogy. Anakin meanwhile is ordered to watch the princess. They begin to fall in love with each other. You begin to see the dark side welling up inside anikin especially when he tries to rescue his mother from the sand people and ends up killing all of them. Attack of the clones pretty much serves as a bridge between the phantom menace and the third movie in the prequel. The story was dark and moody and hard to follow at times.
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Summary: Give me Teletubbies any day
Review: I mean come on. We mock all these other movies..... why....... when you have this!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to swear at lucas but theyd proble get mad. the diologe stunk and the good charicturs were ruind. Chris lee did a great job of sarmon but he stinks as Count Dooku (or Count Doodoo). The kid who plays Anankin is dodo brain who complains like a baby. Uan MaGreger did good as Obi Wan but the writing help him do better. Overall stay away from this movie.
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Summary: George, what are you thinking?
Review: I have been a huge SW fans since I saw the first one at the movies when I was 3. I have been collecting SW toys since then and I am a self proclaimed expert on the SW galaxy. I must say that I loved AOTC but would have liked to see alot of things done differently. The love affair between Padme and Anakin was cheesy. I could have written better dialogue in my sleep. In fact much of the dialoge was no good and much of it did not flow properly. The love scenes were not believable at all. It all looked very forced and could have been written in a very different manner. I loved the Corsucant scenes but disliked the whole Geonosis stuff. There was way too much computer animation. I think that some computer animation is ok, such as the fight with Yoda. But when the background and everything in the shot is computer animated, that takes so much away from the believability of the movie. Also scenes, such as the dinner scene with Padme and Anakin was much too much fake. They could have made it very believable, but they went a step too far and allowed things to look false. Such as the fruit falling into Padmes mouth. I mean come on. The editing was very bad if they cannot tell that is looks totally fake. In fact, I could safely say that the editing of the film was done in a very bad way. When I sat in the movies on opening day, I was so excitied about this movie. The SW movies take you into another universe, but when the shots look fake or the dialouge sounds forced it takes you back into reality very abruptly. I believe that the true fans like SW because it can seem so real that it is another reality. Episode 2 was the first SW film to break apart that reality in the SW universe, at least it did for me
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Summary: "Welt" puts it best. Here's his review...
Review: "That's not how you vwing!" (February 28, 2003) "It's true. In A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back they knew how to vwing! First and foremost, Hayden Christensen is THE worst actor ever. Add to the fact that he whines, cries, meanders and throws tantrums in almost every scene... it's really sickening. Now that THAT'S been well established, we can get on with the rest of this review. The plot is about as exciting as the title of the stupid movie. Attack of the Clones? Wow, George, lazy or what? Probably too busy counting his millions to even direct let alone come up with a punchy name... The script is ultimately lifeless and punishing. Can you remember ONE solid quote? No? Didn't think so. The dialogue is hammy, sluggish and droll. The love story had no heart or soul... Hayden and Natalie had NO chemistry what-so-ever. The whole thing looked embarrassingly forced. Natalie is stiff and bored. And, oh MAN, did I mention I really hate Hayden Christensen? Hey, if you thought Jar-Jar was annoying, get a load of this goofy moron. He grinds on my last nerve! By the end of this abomination, it just felt like I watched a badly acted 2 hour toy commerical! It's a neverending string of horridly insulting cliches. What a worthless pile of tripe. I'll spare you a mile-long list of more flaws. What a disappointing waste. The force is definitely not strong with this one. I know you all agree..."
-Welt
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Summary: cool
Review: anakin begins to turn into darth vader. cool special effects especially in the city. cool fighting scenes with the clones. clones look like the future storm troopers.
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Summary: Best Star Wars Film Ever!
Review: I always thought Star wars as a Space Opera or aMythological Tale with Politics, not a sci fi.Star wars has become a much bigger tale than good vs evil.It has become about Destiny, Return, How to treat your fellow man, Rise and Fall of a democracy contrasting with the Rise and fall of a human Being,to keep sanity and compassion from the chaos of the world, living together for mututal advantage,ican go on.The Story is so captivating in episode 2 The Poltical side of star wars is great.The rise of Palpatine and the fall of the republic a lot like the fall of the roman republic, Lucas has read his Julius Caesar. The Love story which is beautifully photgraphed and told visually andmusically.The Obi wan investigation almost feels like a Noir and in the end all hell breaks loose.Why i call this the best star wars film. Lucas Direction and Photgraphy is beautiful. And the soundtrack beautifully accompinies the story. People forget i think that Films are a Visual Medium, not a literary medium. People complain about dialogue,but the dialouge is just like music, it hits certain notes and those notes can be repeated. It is truly not the most important aspect to cinema,the PURE Cinema.I think Society now lives on Dialogue Driven Movies.
Star wars never ever about Dialogue and IMO, the dialogue isn't so trashfully bad, sometimes people overexxagerate, watch the classic trilogy. Star wars acting is much more Operatic, if you have ever seen an opera, you would know what i meant. It's not Schindlers List.The way Lucas uses his colors, his enviroments, his depth of field and the shots really TELL the story. And the music accompinies it beautifully.The Love Story which is everyone thinks is so increddibly bad, and which i dont. Again, the way lucas shoots this visually, the way he uses colors, the way he cuts it is beautifully. Where they go to open grassy fields where they feel open and cleansed by the water. Her attraction grows, she takes his fruit, the sweetness of life. The Love Story is beautifully told, they both have different persona's. But they have an attraction to each other, they feel open with each other. Anakin thinks of her like Water, shes very soothing, she wears a lot of blues and white. People Complain about how many Outfits shes wearing, its a MOVIE, its an Illusion, she expresses herself thrugh clothing, the color, the way she is dressed. In the begnin gof hte movie, she feels very clausterphobi with a bar around her neck, she cant give her emotions out, once it comes to the fire place seen, she has 2 sides, personal side and her political side, and again she has a chain aroun dher neck, cna she be selfish and give in emotionally or just she have to stay as a political intellectual. I wish i could go on but i cant, and this love story is much more operatic and Courtly.The enviroments like Kamino, Coruscant, Tattoine, Naboo and Geonosis fill this Episode with Visual Beauty.The Intercutting from a very quiet, Sterile, and stormy planet Kamino to Naboo really shows what is Beauty and what is NOT. Naboo is that Paradise. We have Coruscant which is very clausterphobic and a labryinth, it's a RED hell at the end of the movie. And the Red Geonosis couldnt be more perfect, the start of bloodshed and WAR. This Movie is so underrated.And people still complain about CGI, Film is ART, do you go to a Van Gogh paiting and go, THAT LOOKS FAKE, many of these shots feel like the Romantic Period, Art deco Periods. Beautiful!
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Summary: THIS STINKS!!!!!
Review: First of all, I'm not a Star Wars fan. I don't eat, live, and breathe Star Wars. That aside, I watched Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones in the theaters because of all the hype surrounding the movies. Phantom Menace was good, but this movie was one of the worst I have ever seen. I just watched the original trilogy, and was mesmerized by the effects and plots in the first 3 movies. I really wonder what George Lucas was thinking when this movie was made. This movie is nothing but a love story with some minor side plots. The last 30 minutes (where the Jedis fight) is the best scene in the movie, but the rest of the movie falls flat on its face. I will never buy this DVD (unless they sell it for a couple of dollars), and I would not recommend this movie to anyone. NEVER EVER!!!!
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Summary: Not bad
Review: It is a little hard to get into ATTACK OF THE CLONES at first, but once you do, it gets pretty good. I know a lot of people who were disappointed in it because there isn't much action in it because it's more of a love story than anything. But, if you haven't seen it yet, you should. It's not a bad movie and it doesn't take long to get into it, so try it. I advise you to rent first, though.
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