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Summary: Waste of time
Review: I went in to see this movie with high expectations since i had heard that it was superior to The Phantom Menace so I guess i was just setting myself up for a letdown. Its sad that with all the money at their disposal that they couldn't come up with a decent script and dialogue that isn't laughable. I sat in the theatre almost embarrassed that i brought friends with me to see this movie. The movie is awful and the scenes between Anakin and the princess have the worst acting i've ever seen in a mainstream movie. The only thing that is good in this movie is the fight scenes, which is what i have heard a lot of people say. Don't waste your time with this movie, it's not even as good as The Phantom Menace.
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Summary: It's a just movie people
Review: People want to try and take apart the movie. That it did this wrong and this wrong! Its just a movie! If your your not a star wars fan then you might not like it, but don't watch it with the intenshions of disliking it. JUST ENJOY IT!
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Summary: Doesn't quite live up to Star Wars standards...
Review: Usually, when I go to see a Star Wars movie, I have it all firmly implanted in my mind. That's because it was so memorable. But when I saw Attack of the Clones, right when a left the theater, I forgot everything in the movie. I went back next week to see why I'd fogotten everything, and I discovered that it wasn't so much that I forgot everything, but there was nothing to remember. Star Wars movies are known for being long, but every second is packed with story and intrigue. But in Attack of the Clones, The story drags and doesn't seem to go anywhere, and after only the 47th scene with Padme and Anakin making kissy faces at each other, the movie starts to get old. In short, the 45 minutes of romance slows the film down to a steady crawl, making me wonder why it was listed as Science Fiction/Action. There was twice as much Romance and plot-building as there was Action. Speaking of plot building, It's basically the whole movie, with about 20 minutes of Fun, Star-Wars action that we've all become attatched to. If you were to take out all unnecesary plot-building, cheesy romance, and ... dialouge, the whole movie would be about 45 min. long. However, there is some good news. The Yoda vs. Count Dooko battle was very entertaining, and it wasn't nearly as bad as The Phantom Menace. I will end up buying this movie, since I love all Star Wars, but I'm very disappointed. ...
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Summary: Great Star Wars movie, is more attached to later episodes
Review: I dunno why those people say it was bad in the reviews, Attack of the Clones was one of the greatest movies in the Star Wars saga. the visual effects are great but thats not what makes it great. It has a great storyline and is more attached to episode IV than the phantom menace was, especially since in Episode V, ObiWan's ghost said YODA was once his master, yet in episode I his master was clearly QUI GON JIIN. A better name for it wouldve been The Clone Wars or something creative like that, Attack of -(insert something here)- is too overused in old 80s teenage mutant ninja turtles-like movies, I like cheese, before Attack of the Clones, Return of the Jedi was my favorite Star Wars movie, My fav movie of all is Fight Club, I hate happy endings, Attack of the Clones doesnt have a happy ending,....
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Summary: Enjoyable, worthy Star Wars film.
Review: One problem with this film, as was the same with Phantom Menace. And that is, no one will be satisfied. High expectations are what ruins these films. But once we get above this we can start to realise that this film is great. I've never been so jazzed as when Yoda had that look on his face and got angry. Anakin I thought was superb, the evil in his eyes during the Tusken Raider scene is chilling. Perhaps too many CGI effects to give it a truly darker feel, and I would advise Lucas to get someone to polish up his dialogue, but all in all a very enjoyable film that will be taking a place on my shelf.
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Summary: The Yoda Fight
Review: I agree with what was said about the Yoda fight scene: It could have been longer, but I have a thought on that of my own. I think that, since the Yoda fight scene was so short this time around, that there may be a longer fight scene in Star Wars Episode III. In "The Empire Strikes Back", Yoda is fabled to be a Jedi Warrior. I think we get to see that in "Star Wars Episode III: The one that ties it all together". :-P Just had to throw that in there. Let's just hope.
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Summary: What? ... It's just Unbelievable
Review: The way Lucas makes movies is an innovative and very personal way to make them. He's an independant director (not dependant from Hollywood), wich means that he doesn't make movies for the like of the people. The critics aren't more than the fashion products, but that always changes. That's why he won't listen to them. As I said: he's an independant director. In an interwiew published in the EPS in the April 28th this year, he ex'plains his way to make movies: "All my movies, someway, are speechless movies and they're designed that way. The sound effects and the musical score itself are united in a sound mosaic wich merges with the picture to explain the story. The dialogue is reasonably insignificant. I've never been a great fan of the dialogue. I use it more like a sound effect, like a hint or element to explain certain expoliation points in the plot; but, in the last term, one of the keys is that the expectant can experience these movies onlt through the picture. This is due to the way in wich the story is told through the sound band and the picture. The words, the dialogues are an added that aren't strictly necesary to make the whole thing work. I've always done that and I like to continue doing that. It's my style, tmy tendency. I've passed a long time treating the sound band as an unified all, a mix of effects, music, words... Something almost poetic. The sound is the 50% of the experience". So... What do you think eh? It's not bad acting... it's not that Lucas just lost it's touch... it's his style. It's a very different way to tell a story. Then don't complain if you don't even know how to write of make a movie.
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Summary: Pure and Enjoyable
Review: ...P>This movie was pure in its adherence to the original Star Wars universe and continues to develop the back story of the original trilogy. Not only was it exactly what us REAL Star Wars fans needed to see (of course, we always want more), but it gave us glimpse of what is to come in Episode III. George Lucas makes his films, his stories, and shoots and tells his stories the way he wants, and I believe him to be a rare gift in film. Someone who does what he wants.... He is the true free spirit in film, but with the resources to make good, pioneering movies....
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Summary: Everyone thinks they are criticts
Review: FORGET WHAT ANYONE ELSE HAS SAID, STARWARS EPISODE 2 IS ONE OF GEORGE LUCAS'S MOST BRILLIANT WORKS. GIVEN THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IS SO FABULOUSE IT CAN ALMOST NOT BE BEAT, AND I WILL TELL U BEFORE ANYONE ELSE EPISODE 1 WAS A LET DOWN MOVIE, BUT LUCAS TOTALLY REDEEMED HIM SELF WITH THIS MOVIE. THE CASTING IF BRILLIANT THE CHARACTERS COULDNT HAVE BEEN BETTER SELECTED, THE PLOT MAY BE PREDICTABLE BUT DONT WORRY WHEN U THINK U KNOW WHATS HAPPENING LUCAS WILL THROW U A LOOP. THE MUSIC, SETTINGS, CREATURES, THEY ALL IMPROVE UPON MOVIE, I WENT TO THEATRE 6 TIMES AND SAW IT. DONT TELL ME IT ISNT WORTH YOUR TIME. I THINK THIS IS THE 2ND BEST STARWARS FILM COMPARED TO RETURN OF THE JEDI. THIS MOVIE IS SO WORTH YOUR TIME BUT HEY ALL U OLD PEOPLE THAT HATE IT, DEAL WITH IT, THIS MOVIE IS A WORK OF ART!!!
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Summary: Lucas Revitalized
Review: The quintessential film in both trilogies come in the middle. Here is where Lucas develops his characters and points, as the Second Act in a stage play. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that, in order to foreshadow events in the original Trilogy - especially ESB, Lucas borrows a bit from his earlier Second (or Fifth) Act. The result is breathtaking. Every major event of the Original Trilogy is foreshadowed in this one. Although it seems to this reviewer that Lucas shouldn't have stooped to bad throwaway lines to foreshadow events such as the death of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Since the general public knows the outcome of these movies, Lucas has chosen to allow the audience to witness the political genius of Palpatine as he moves through semi-Machiavellian schemes to move from Senator to Chancellor to Emperor. It is only at the end of this film that his plot is completely revealed. Lucas has done a very good job, worthy of anything in the Original Trilogy, in hiding the shadows until he casts light onto each one in this respect. And it is good to know that Jar-Jar's idiocy actually serves some dramatic purpose. As the theme of the Originals is "Redemption", the theme of the Prequels is "Fall". In this film, we see the beginnings of this in Anakin Skyalker (Christenson) as he begins his journey to become Vader. Also, note the first reference to the Imperial March in these Prequels. The love sequences, though long and filled with cliches in dialogue, still present the conflicting emotions and the "love vs. duty" theme which marks this portion of the drama. Many performances are wooden, but not enough to compare with the wooden-ness of, say, a DiCaprio. Overall, the actors work to create memorable characters, and that is what Star Wars is really about (although sometimes it seems Lucas has forgotten that fact). I predict this will be the masterpiece of the Prequels, just as ESB was for the Originals. It isn't "Richard III", but it is the first of the Series to aspire to that dramatic height, and the first of the Prequels to show that Lucas is at least attempting to get back to his former speed after being out of writing and directing since the original Star Wars (Ep. IV).
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