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Summary: Waste of Time?
Review: First of all, anyone who gave this movie a 5 needs their head examined. It's only 9 minutes long. I understand it's a short, but that's a little riduculous considering it costs $12 to get it from Amazon. That's $1.25 a minute, for a movie that isn't funnier than anything I could think of. And why does his girlfriend have that hairdo? They don't explain. So I suggest, you don't buy.
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Summary: A very enjoyable 9 minutes..
Review: Several reviewers around here really seem to want a lot from a 9 minute film.'George Lucas In Love' was a very fun short. From Lucas' roommate Benji talking about an 'all powerful force' to his friends Hal & Chuck working on Hal's 'fastest thing on campus' to a professor whose speech patterns resembled a well known Jedi Master, this film has a heck of a lot crammed into it's 9 minutes. If anything, the filmmakers should have done a 15-20 minute film! The film was very clever and enjoyable. Maybe just a tad bit funnier than 'Hardware Wars'. The music, cinematography, and acting are all very good, indeed. Anyone who didn't enjoy this at least a little really needs to get a sense of humor. Of course, it's a bit cheesy, but it's meant to be that way. It's presented in the slightly corny, overblown way that 'Hardware Wars' or the 'Naked Gun' films were. The same people who didn't understand those films probably won't understand 'George Lucas In Love'. It's not a 'great' film, but who cares? It's a fun little short by a guy who really loves 'Star Wars'. Some have condemned the filmmakers doing this just for the money. I seriously doubt that Mr. Nussbaum will make a huge fortune from this film and if he does, big deal. Nothing wrong with making money from doing what you love or making money at all. Surely, none of the people who reviewed this film would go and work at their jobs for free and live in a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere! Anyway, GLIL is great fun and a great to watch before your next screening of 'Phantom Menace' or the original trilogy.
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Summary: Whatever
Review: The real irony of these extremely divided reviews of Joe Nussbaum's nine minute opus is that none of them really do justice to the film's almost pathological mediocrity. So it's not bad... it's also not good. It's not ANYTHING. The sight gags are so broad a blind man would get them. The 'near-beer' Star Wars score does nothing a standard Hollywood trailer's rip-off music can't do in its sleep. If the acting is nothing spectacular, well that'd be because the script is nothing spectacular. There's no arc, no momentum at all... the only ticking clock here is in the menu bar of my PC. So it is a number one seller. As Anakin would say (poorly), "Yippee!" I have visions of countless people opening their tiny VHS cassettes and nine minutes later wanting to send the tapes back, only to realize it would be more cost effective to just eat it rather than pay the postage. But judge for yourself. PLEASE. Don't give your money to fund more totally underwhelming entertainment like this. See it for free on the web already.
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Summary: Hey
Review: Very Clever! Well Acted! A downright good time. Good god I sound like a jerk. But it was good.
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Summary: Nicely done.
Review: I've been a Star Wars fan since May 1977 and this is certainly the finest homage to the trilogy and to Lucas that I've seen. Who knows what really inspired George Lucas to create the Star Wars universe, but this is some very funny conjecture. Lots of quicky sight gags, some oddly familiar characters, and music that you swear you've heard somewhere before come together to tell a sweet and clever little story. I would think that any fan of Star Wars (and we are legion) would get a kick out of this short film. I'm just sorry I didn't think to make it first. Nice work, Joe Nussbaum! END
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Summary: Liking Star Wars isn't enough
Review: This delightfully funny short film is a brilliant parody of Shakespeare in Love AND the Star Wars mythos. I read the reviews here before seeing it, and I couldn't help noticing that those who are hardest on it never mention Shakespeare in Love and use many variations on the "one-note wonder" theme. In the context of everything it parodies, Lucas in Love is brilliant. As someone else pointed out, the juxtaposition of Shakespeare and Star Wars is an important part of the humor. It's probably somewhat enjoyable if you like Star Wars. It's brilliant if you like Stoppard, too.
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Summary: It's an Enjoyable Twist
Review: You don't have to be a genius to understand the magic behind this video. You get to see in a, parotical sense, the experiances that inspired the work of George Lucas. Believe it or not, it's hilarious. Calling this movie a waste of money just tells us how dense you are. This Video Rocks! END
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Summary: A 12-year-old could have made this:
Review: This short film is the biggest waste of money since Arnold's End of Days. Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, but, unlike Anakin Skywalker, this short has no chance of redemption. All it consists of are unimaginative impressions of "real life" Stat Wars characters like a black-clad asthmatic film school rival, and an earmuff-coiffed love interest. The flick is over before it begins, lacks any kind of unpredictable climax, and can be summed up in one word: Dumb.
Rating:
Summary: bad
Review: this move is bad and not very good. i really dont think its worth the attention or the you know money. ha ha. i wish for all them to learn how to make moves that are worth the money. this is not. you know what i mean.? anyweays, think before you buy. i dont like the stupid jokes about charactars and stuff. where are teh ewoks?
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Summary: Laugh-Out-Loud Funny!
Review: This movie is a RIOT! It's without a doubt the most fun I've had in nine minutes since... well, in a very long time. Just like "Shakespeare in Love," it's funny on a number of levels. It works as a parody of SiL, and of the Star Wars franchise, and of George Lucas, and of the creative process in general. Needless to say, I LOVED it! I can't wait to watch it again!
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