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Summary: Begun the Clone War has !
Review:
PICTURE
This DVD exibits an outstanding picture quality, there is no noise, pixelation or imperfection, the picture colors are the most natural colours i ever seen on an DVD. There is no compresion artifacs whatsoever on this DVD (wich is visible on some scenes in The Phantom Menace DVD), and is very hard to say if the digital video transfer process has involved some Edge Enhancement (also visible in The Phantom Menace DVD).
This DVD is really a reference in how is supposed to be movies presented on DVD ! You can calibrate an check an Home Theater system with it, for every subsystem, video or audio.
SOUND
The 5.1 Dolby Digital EX (matrixed 6.1) sound is awsome, rich and enveloping, the surround channels is often used, creating deep involving in the action on the screen. As in The Phantom Menace, the overall sound volume in Attack of the Clones is a little low (by 4-5 dB), but that is to allow the LFE channel to thrive in full packed action scenes.
CONTENT
The movie is great, though i was a little disappointed after the first view (not the same as The Phantom Menace, who has blown me away after first view in theater). In comparasion to The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones does not have a musical score strong enough, there is a lot of incidental music and some parts of The Phantom Menace score. The Phantom Menace score was great made, as great as the musical score of the old trilogy. Still, Attack of the Clones is beautiful made, the music is flowing alongside picture, the story is good and if you think that the dialogue is stiff please check the DVD audio commentary made by George Lucas and his fellows from Lucasfilm and Industrial Light + Magic, that will put you on the right track, your bad opinion will be changed from that moment !
DVD RELATED CONTENT
The DVD system of menus is as good as in The Phantom Menace DVD, in some places are even greater, there are some scenes specialy made for the menu, that are never seen on the movie, the outtakes ar still in the same place, at the THX Optimizer, 1138 key code. The second disc has the same layout as the second disc of The Phantom Menace of course, the documentaries and featurets are good, maybe not as good as those of The Phantom Menace, the deleted scenes ar somewhat a little raw, not as finished as those from The Phantom Menace but that will do. There is only one hidden easter egg, not as many as in The Phantom Menace second disc DVD.
CONCLUSION
Overall, a very good movie on an extraordinary made DVD, a true reference !!!
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Summary: Hating Vader
Review: Remember you are SUPPOSED to hate young Anakin, after all, he is to be Vader soon..
Rating: 
Summary: Disgusting
Review: I'm sorry, but there is no way I forgive anyone involved with Star Wars for this terrible movie. As I watched it, I gradually felt worse and worse about the fate of this film series, nevermind the stupid galaxy. To be quite honest, this film surpasses Episode 1 on the failure scale. Everything lacks here. Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee- all terrific actors in other wonderful films. Did ANY of them deliver noteworthy performances in this one? No. Of course not. Why? George Lucas was at the helm for directing, and writing, which was even worse than the acting. The entire production felt rushed, forced, and bland. As the film went on, it deterriorated even further.The only place where I give Lucas and his team any credit is special effects. These fellas really know how to cram up plot, characters, and storyline with a good useless chunk of fake digital waste. The overcrowding special effects took away from the film, most of the time. The cinematography suffered in order to accomodate them, and it shows. Although the special effects are the film's strong point, it also leads it to its own demise. Unfortunately, there are no saving graces for this wretch of a movie. When I saw this, I harkened back to the good old days of Sir Alec Guinness and Harrison Ford to bring something interesting to Star Wars. Even John Williams' typically gorgeous score was lacking. I'm sorry, but this movie was just plain bad.
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Summary: Sad, just sad
Review: I don't even know where to begin with a movie this bad... The cheesy look and feel? The absolutely terrible acting? The script? The inane plot line? Where do you start? The truly sad thing about this mess is that it not only reeks to high heaven on it's own, it taints all of the other episodes as well. It's like pulling the Wizard out from behind his curtain and then trying to hide him again. Once it becomes painfully clear that George Lucas has no ear for dialouge and is a shameless shill for trite and overblown plots, re-watching the early films becomes a sad, sad affair. All of the same weaknesses, that we were somehow charmed into ignoring before, come jumping off the screen. Now I look at the ealier films and I can't help thinking, "How could I ever have liked this crap?!" Lucas should have left well enough alone.
Rating: 
Summary: Blame the director and the script - NOT the actors!
Review: Lucas has a penchant for poor dialogue in his script writing. Top that off with his sappy and simplistic ideas of love and friendship and you get a pretty good idea that you shouldn't blame the fine actors in his movies for the problems at hand. George has turned his startling technical abilities to rendering eye candy without substance... all dessert and no meal. If a newbie saw the Episodes in order, I doubt they'd get to 4 or 5. If only he would write a story and let someone else write the script! And let the actors EMOTE the lines instead of reading them with the stiffness of a dead Gungan (the only good Gungan). Being a fan of the series, I have to give it a 3 for Yoda's triumphant (although a touch frenzied) battle, the fantastic CGI, and the Jedi resque. Take out the weak 'midichlorians', gungans, overexplained plot points (give us some Credit George!), and add in some actual CONFLICT and it wouldn't be that bad. Even a hero to cheer on would be nice. Yet another Profit making movie that could have done so much more. Look for Episodes 7-9 (after denying that they would never be made) to completely wreck what's left of this franchise after 1-3 are done.
Rating: 
Summary: Very disappointing movie
Review: Like a lot of others who have reviewed this movie, I am a big fan of the original star wars movies, but these first two episodes have been very disappointing. What made the original episodes (4-6) some of my favorite movies were the characters, not the special effects. Anakin and Amidala have absolutely no chemistry in episode 2 and their dialogue is forced and ridiculous, it was even too nauseating for me at times and I have watched (and love) way more than my share of chick flicks. Give me Han Solo/Princess Leia over Anakin/Amidala anyday.
The only reason I gave this movie as many stars as I did was the fight scene between Yoda and Count Dooku (who were just about the only characters in the movie I actually enjoyed watching). I had been really anticipating these movies since I first heard they were coming out (and to be honest I will most likely go see episode 3 to give them a chance to redeem themselves), but the way they are going I think I would prefer blocking out the fact that these movies were ever made and just focus on the original movies that are actually worth the time it takes to watch them.
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Summary: Great movie
Review: A truly great, enthralling space adventure. Unfairly trashed by critics and former SW fans that still live in their parent's basement, Episode II is a fast moving sequel that sets up what is sure to be the best prequel of all, Episode III. The clues to Anakin and the jedi's downfall are all there. As for the romance of Anakin and Padme, dismissed by critics who were for some reason expecting an affair along the acting lines of "English Patient" it is actually quite fun, if a little goofy and awkward (most young romances are, people). The last 45 minutes is nothing short of the greatest sustained action in a movie ever, and finally gives SW fans a glimpse of the Clone Wars mentioned in the original trilogy. If you can get past the pretensions tied to the original films and the critics that made every effort to ruin the success of the film (of course the critics failed, it made over $310 million in the US alone ), you will really enjoy this movie.
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Summary: it's still a great movie
Review: i watch all the starwars movie and i think this one is not as bad as somebody think. maybe some parts did not satisfied us so we have an opinion that the movie is bad. if there is a 5 billion fans of starwars then we have 5 billion version about this movie. i think we just dont like to see anakin playin romantic scene because he is going to be our beloved character darth vader. but this is the reality, and we have to accept it no matter what.
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Summary: Attack of the filmmakers
Review: Um, okay, Mr. Lucas took something like a decade off filmmaking. And in the past two Star Wars films, he proves it. Why? Well, we have two very good, strong stories. These stories didn't make the film, however, instead what you have is a live action cartoon. The movies feel like children's films in many places. Obviously, the new movies are aimed at children...so, why are there monsters ripping Natalie Portman's clothes off? I could say similar about Return of The Jedi... Even in the original trilogy, Lucas only directed one film, and had co-writers for the scripts. In this trilogy, Lucas is directing and writing the films. The goal of the filmmakers is to take the films, and make them as fast paced as possible, cutting out anything unnecessary. Lucas is also overobsessed with the idea of comic relief. In this movie, he takes it to extremes (a tense chase sequence is ruined when an alien car driver shouts "poodoo", the alien word for dung). The cartoon characters Jar Jar Binks and Dexter Jettster are quite sickening to look at if you are over age 10 or do not watch Nickelodeon all day. However, all this said, I liked the film. The acting was bad. I remember one scene where it looks like Amidala is reading a cue card, staring off of the screen. It felt like it was shot in one take. The writing was clumsy, not the story, but the way it was told. What you wind up with is a movie that is ruined if you take it seriously. On the other hand, the movie is saved by...the writing. This is the movie that finally reveals a lot of the story. It makes a lot clear, and connects TPM to the originals. The battles are intense and great to watch, and it's a nice adventure all the way through. I don't know if Lucas reads this. From what I could tell, all the reviews were 3 stars, all complaining about the same things. We don't want cardboard jedis. When the Jedi are hunted down in Ep 3, we don't want to wish for their death. Hmm, maybe Peter Jackson should direct...
Rating:
Summary: NO STYLE. NO CONTENT.
Review: George Lucas delivers another vulgar display of self indulgent special effects. This whole movie franchise is nothing more than a series of 2 hour commercials for the toys and who knows what else merchandise Lucas is trying to peddle. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. YOUR SOUL IS IN JEOPARDY.
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