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Summary: Better than Episode 1, but not quite there
Review: While I got more than I expected out of Attack of the Clones and found it mildly entertaining, it still doesn't compare with the original trilogy. It all comes down to one simple factor, the characters. Harrison Ford added a whole new dimension to the original movies, while Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were much more dynamic characters. Their humorous interactions among themselves and others, particularly in Episode IV, was one of the reasons why the original trilogy was so enjoyable. Even when Solo and Luke are in trouble, they have a humorous quality about them. Those three characters interacted much better than Hayden Christianson and Natalie Portman, or any other characters in the newer movies. I also feel the acting is beter. Compare Anakin's rage after finding his mother dead with Luke's rage in the Empire Strikes Back, after discovering that Darth Vader is his father. That said, Episode II is a good movie for die-hard Star Wars Fans and is miles ahead of Episode I. For Episode III, I suggest George Lucas inject subtle humor and wit into parts of it.
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Summary: Anakin needs more training
Review: I understand that Lucas has to get a new face for the Anakin role so this person/actor will not overshadow the character with his fame. But please, you have to get someone who knows how to act. Episode 2 plays a very important pivotal role for Anakin Skywalker turning to Darth Vader. The audience has to be able to see that brewing change but still not strip them of their sympathy for the Dark Lord. It centered on Anakin/Padme's love story instead. Such a waste of time & money. I could have just skipped this & proceed with the Episode 3. On second thoughts, I may just skip it altogether if it comes out like this film. Mr. Lucas, I hope you are listening!!!
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Summary: Best Star Wars yet!
Review: Well, the waiting paid off and now the 2nd to last film is out and it is the best of them all. It has great acting, great visual effects and a great lightsaber fight between Yoda and count Dooku. Yoda although, does seem to look diffrent from film to film like in Episode I he is a puppet, II he's a computer animation, and V and VI he's a puppet again. The puppet look nothing alike either. I must say though that it is very believable that Obi-Wan actually grows up to be who he was in Episode IV, V, VI, especially when he says "use the force" near the club. I like the clones alot to, and many people don't know this but not one clone was real. They were all animated! They look extremely real! Cant wait for Episode III (May 25, 2005)!!!
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Summary: A Good Industry Gone Bad
Review: First of all, I would like to mention that I am not an enormous Star Wars fan... Sure the first three movies were good movies, and I enjoyed them, however, starting with the Phantom Menace the industry just started to decline. My parents were able to drag me the showing and what followed was a movie that was so bad it was funny. First of all They still haven't found a person who can act as Anikin yet... he unbelievable in Episode I... now the actor they choose is just bad. Senator Amidala was also bad at acting... in one scene she had fallen from a moving vehicle that was traveling say ten or twenty feet above the ground. A clone asked her if she was all right after he saw her lying on the ground and groaning... and then she just jumps up saying that she was fine. Yoda's fight scene would have been great... if it were not for the fact that it was ENTIERLY out of character. In fact a good deal of the people in the theater burst out laughing hysterically. At the end of the movie my family and I came to an agreement. Both my parents, who had been in college when the original movies came out, agreed with me... Episode II was bad. When people in the theater start laughing at a classic like Star Wars, then you know something has to be wrong. While I can say I didn't hate the movie, as it did provide some humor, even if it wasn't supposed to, I can say that this movie is comparable to the Brady Bunch movie...
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Summary: All flash
Review: Episode II is kinetic and visually creative...but it's a chore to sit through sometimes. Believe me, I wanted to love this movie. I even tried to watch it like I did when I saw the original film at age 12. But I can't. The movie has no passion. And it was passion that moved my preadolescent heart in 1977.The characters in this film are beyond unsympathetic. The words they speak are colossally awful and delivered flatly. George Lucas has a terrific cinematic imagination but he refuses to write good dialogue or properly direct actors. He even recycles the hoariest line from Episode I: "I have a bad feeling about this" (probably just to see who pounces on it first). But the romance is the clunkiest part. "It causes me a great deal of pain to think of you" is the type of line that Anakin (Christensen) employs to woo young Padme (Portman). And it's spoken like "Being with you gives me gas." Way to go, Ani. The film's greatest offense is its treatment of Anakin's first walk on the Dark Side and its blithe avoidance of Padme's humanity. She simply gawks when Anakin announces he's committed a horrific act, then puts her arm around him as if to say "There, there." Minutes later, they're fighting bad guys again, making lame snappy banter and professing undying love. This incongruous sequence stops cold any empathy for their relationship. Wouldn't this bright, scrupulous, independent young woman have pulled (probably run) away and - at the very least! - questioned their romance for a few seconds? The story has to produce Luke and Leia, though, so it marches on inexplicably to the couple coupling in Ep. 3. Saddest of all, C3PO and R2D2 become computer-generated slapstick cartoons that made no one laugh at the showing I attended. They're Laurel and Hardy, George, not Wyle E. Coyote and the Road Runner . Giving due credit, this picture looks spectacular. And you've heard it (and probably seen it) right - Yoda rocks! The conversion from puppet to CGI has liberated the character and now he owns the joint. It's a little like "Crouching Yoda, Hidden Jedi." His scenes were the only time the audience really participated in the picture. Bottom line - It wasn't a waste of time or money but it could have been SO much better.
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Summary: Very Very good.
Review: I dont understand why most of all my friend dizlike SWII.
I see it in very bad screen copy, but i was excited.
5 stars!!!
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Summary: Star Wars
Review: Star Wars - It was more like Star Bores! After seeing this film it is hard to believe how little one has to do to make millions writing and directing Hollywood films. How about the futuristic nanny? I am surprised George Lucas did not throw in Amos n' Andy while he was at it. It really is 2002 and not the 1930s or 40s. What did the writers do - sit around and think it would be nice to continue the stereotype of the kindly old family slave into the future? A love story this is not. There is more romance in a first grade book about Dick and Jane. The hero is a whiney spoiled adolescent who wants what he wants when he wants it. He is the anti Jedhi. But then again he does become Darth Vader. I guess personality does remain stable over one's lifetime. Did someone say special effects? You would have to have a Pentium IV processor implanted in your brain to be able to keep up with the thousands of microsecond shots of some of the action. This is the movies at it worst. A few die-hards will sleep outside the theaters waiting for tickets when the next sequel hits the screen. But then again, there will always be a few people who will buy tickets to watch Mike Tyson fight again.
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Summary: Better than the last one. That's not saying much.
Review: George Lucas will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the men who changed the face of entertainment. Star Wars was, in essence, the single factor which moved science fiction and fantasy from the back room, marginalized treatment they had been accustomed to and put them into the spotlight. There is no other single show or book I can recall in my lifetime which has had nearly so much influence. Unfortunately, that puts him on the spot when it comes to following up on his own material; it's expected that he at least tries to match his original's success. Monetarily, he's managed to pull it off. In terms of how good the movie is... no. The original Star Wars was a slam-bang fun action adventure film, a tribute to the old serials and a nod to other inspirations as diverse as Kurusowa's Hidden Fortress and Doc Smith's Lensman series. (the Campbellian babble that followed wasn't part of the original design -- Lucas just wisely took that thread and ran with it). The FUN derived not just from the action, but from the basic themes of good versus evil, and good triumphant over evil. The Empire Strikes Back had to back off, of necessity, from the latter, but Return of the Jedi gave it back in spades. Then came The Phantom Menace. Lucas' first mistake was doing a prequel. True, there were books that dealt with the later years, but he'd always stated they weren't canon and wasn't restricted to them. And if he liked them, he could have just filmed Tim Zahn's trilogy. Instead, he gives us a prequel that focuses on Anakin Skywalker -- the Boy Who Would Be Vader -- and begins the fall of the Republic. Other egregious mistakes -- the words "midichlorian" and "Jar Jar" became curse-words for Star Wars fans -- made TPM a horrid experience. To its credit, Attack of the Clones avoids the worst mistakes of its immediate predecessor and offers us a few worthwhile moments (most viewers agree that watching Yoda jump around like a demented superball on crack is worth a large chunk of the admission fee). However, it can NEVER -- nor can its successor -- give audiences the real Good Triumphs Over Evil feeling, because WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S COMING. Anakin can't see that he's making a mistake, or at least won't acknowledge it. Obi-Wan can't save him. Palpatine won't get his butt whipped.
Nor can it make up for this by providing us with better, more impressive substance. It's filled with logical holes, clumsy plot devices, and incredibly stupid characters who cause their own problems. The only REAL way to make sense of a lot of it is to assume the opposite of what we're being told -- that Yoda is one of the bad guys (or at least an exceedingly Machiavellian good guy), for instance, and that Anakin is using Jedi Mind Tricks on Amidala. So... it gets three stars. One for the Lucas that was, one for a few neat twists, and one for kickass action sequences. The two stars it could have gotten for actually being a good movie, or even a great movie, alas, are not to be. Nor, I fear, will they be available for the third movie. Lucas no longer has the people that helped him transform his ideas into brilliance (he did not really write the first three movies) and is reduced to pomposity, banality, and predictability.
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Summary: I missed Mr.Deeds for this one
Review: I was so bored,Anikan was so stoic,the Senator seemed so disinterested, the dialogue was monotone at best.There was
no chemistry between these two so -called lovers.Actually the
movie was going on and off to add to the insult.Special effects were amazing and looked like my kids video games.The plot made
it seem like there were three or four good movies that could have been developed somewhere.Otherwise the story line ,for me,was a little hard to follow,there was no levity to ease the tension of Anikans deadpan performance.1 star for the movie and 1 star for special effects,a real snoozer
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Summary: A Jedi Shall Not Hate, Nor Greed, Nor Love
Review: Star Wars Episode 2 Attack of the Clones is one of the best Star Wars movies yet with a mix of action and romance. This Star Wars movie takes place ten years after Episode 1 left off. Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) is no longer queen of Naboo but now senator of Naboo and Anakin (Hadyen Christenson) is the padawan learner of Obi Wan Kenobi (Ewan Mcgregor). Padme's life is being threatened by a group of separatists who want to keep her from casting a very important vote to the Senate. While Obi Wan is sent to find her attacker Anakin stays behind and protects Padme. As the two spend more time together they begin to fall in love. But they each know Anakin is not allowed to marry and Padme can not let marriage interrupt her duties as a senater. But still unconditional love can not just be put aside... This Star Wars movie gives more of a story and a plot than the others do. This movie is definetly worth seeing more than once.
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