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Summary: There is hope for Lucas yet
Review: I really didn't care for Episode 1 and I was fearful that my Star Wars fan status would be in jeopardy if I felt the same way about Episode 2. However, the Star Wars magic was back in this second enstalment in the prequel trilogy. Still not as good as the original movies, the plot and characterizations were so much better in this enstallment than in the first. Yes, the dialogue is a bit weak but overall the story is interesting and easy to follow. The movie's action sequences are particularly exceptional (go Yoda!). The extras on the dvd are fun, especially the mockumentary on R2D2. This is a great movie for fans or if you are new to the Star Wars myth.
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Summary: The best Star Wars yet
Review: It may sound heretical, but this one takes the cake. It, akin to Isaac Newton's seeing farther for he hath stood on giant's shoulders, profits from a rich past; nevertheless, the benefits of a stable and sound plot (unfolding retroactively yet mysteriously), technology, and money (because of an established credit line) all help this movie over achieve beyond anything sci-fi that has ever happened.
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Summary: Digital Puppet Show
Review: Special effect wise this movie was much better than Episode1...Story and character wise the movie was far behind even Episode 1.
Something must have happened in the last 2 decades that made George Lucas lose his human touch...the characters in the original trilogy all had their own personalities and characters...in the new movies it comes more and more through that all the "real" actors might have as well been replaced by digital puppets as they already act like those anyway.
The only glimps of hope was Ewan McGregor who was refreshing by dropping a couple of cynical comments here and there...other than that the acting is just hidious and you can't even blame the actors for it...GL is so busy getting all those cool effects in place that the acting and story are not really his main focus.
Even the digital Gollum in The Two Towers was a better actor then all the real life people in Episode 2....as a true StarWars fan I am very disappointed.
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Summary: AOTC!!
Review: Words fail to discribe the... that didn't think that this movie was great. It is so much better than the phantom menace, but people have their expectations to high. The prequels will NEVER amount to the greatness of the original. There that is the fact, so watch this movie with that in mind, and I'm sure you'll be pleased.
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Summary: Star Wars is Back!!!
Review: Well, after the Phantom Menace had me slightly worried about the future Star Wars prequels, George Lucas has made me a believer again. I am happy to say that (mercifully) Jar-Jar Binks (probably the most annoying character to EVER hit the big screen) was given about 2-3 minutes of total screen time in this movie, which made watching it MUCH more like one of the classic Star Wars movies. It had a darker feel, the story moved a bit faster, Yoda kicks butt, and they captured the romance of Star Wars (i.e. Han & Leia) by bringing Anakin & Senator Amidala together. You also get to see the dark side of the force starting to weave its way into Anakin's heart in Episode II. The battle between the Jedi & the Imperial droids is unbelievable & the introduction of Jango & son Boba Fett AND the first wave of Stormtroopers (clones). This made it worth Jar-Jar in the Episode I, which would've been much better had Jar-Jar's role been reduced to about 10 scenes less (or about 10 lines less)than he had. Anyway, it's great and I recommend it highly to all Star Wars fans and fans of the Space/Sci-Fi genre in general.
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Summary: Not quite 4 stars
Review: What can I say that hasn't been said already? Being a Star Wars fan, Episode 2 is essential to the story. Episode two is better the
Phantom Menace, but it does have problems. The story is good but it was excecuted poorly. Lucas does not have the writing skills and directorial skills to make movies work. It gets four stars because this movie and any other Star Wars movie are not to be taken too serious. The love story was developed too quickly for the sake of getting Anakin and Padme together. The connection was not there. The
acting was pretting much Star Wars acting. I think that's how the actors are told to act, because Natalie Portman is actually a very
good actress and her performances in Episodes 1 & 2 are below average. So the bad is acting is part of the Star Wars universe. The action scenes are spectacular. Lucas has always given us the best. The DVD sound and picture is great. In short, Episode 2 has some great moments but also has a few embarrassing moments. But it's clean fun. When watching, it view
it through a kids eyes and enjoy. Suggestion to Lucas: Don't direct Episode 3. Star Wars needs to end with a bang. IF you direct Episode 3, Episoded 1-3 will be
regarded as a major let down, which it's already regarded as a disapointment.
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Summary: Episode II: Why George, Why?
Review: It's a sad day in America when a film as poorly written, edited, and acted as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones can make over a half billion dollars. The second installment in George Lucas' space opera left much to be desired when I watched it in theaters this summer. One of the challenges I encountered was not being able to see the movie in a digital theater. Watching it on DVD has made a big difference and prompted me to slightly change my opinion of the film. The chase through Coruscant is much more engaging on a digital screen, as is Kamino and the first battle of the clone war. I am sorry to say that the DVD (loaded with extras) does very little to save the film in its entirety. The inclusion of eight deleted scenes does nothing to breathe life into this film. If the picture had focused more on the action and spared us the "painfully annoying" love scenes between Anakin and Amidala, it would have been a much better film. The only bright spots in this film are the score composed by John Williams and the final confrontation between Yoda and Count Dooku (is it me or does Yoda bare a scary resemblance to an eldery Mickey Rooney?). Despite making an impressive amount of money at the box office, this movie really was very disappointing, prompting me to ask the question 'Why George, Why?' After movies like Spiderman and the heroic Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars is quickly becoming a thing of the past. George Lucas should try to balance his creative ability with special effects with a well written, thought out, and enjoyable story for Episode III. Otherwise, only the die hard fans and forty-somethings holding onto childhood will be there showing support for a franchise that is going the way of the dodo.
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Summary: Lucas needs to bring more balance to these movies...
Review: The stories aren't as engaging, the characters not nearly as likable, the adventures not as wondrous and simply just not as authentic as the original trilogy. I know Lucas is a visual film maker but he's gone overboard and seems to have forgotten other elements of movies, namely, dialogue and plot. The character's motivations seem to be confused. For instance, Padme refuses to give in to Anakin's yearnings for love because she is a senator and he a jedi. But after he slaughters a village of Bantha(?) people, including women and children, she begins to finally fall in love with him (!?). It's kind of disheartening to see a series that you loved as a child reincarnated as a shell of its former self. Maybe I'm getting too old for this series. What if Ang Lee or Peter Jackson directed one of these things? Pipe dreams I suppose.
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Summary: "POStar Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Wallets"
Review: Ten years after the first episode, the little runt Anakin has grown up to be an even bigger clown. You think you're so powerful now and superior to your mentor. This was one of the worst movies of 2002. Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) cannot possibly pick up a lightsaber and fight Yoda. Please. Yoda doing flips and the old man taking out the "powerful" Anakin was so inept. Just give that man a wheelchair and call it a day. Oh yeah, the romance between Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) was the cheesiest thing since "The Days of Our Lives." I liked how they rolled around those weeds in the middle of nowhere. "YEP," you tell those silly Jedi Knights young Boba Fett. The genius vocabulary in a futuristic galaxy made me laugh even more. Shaft didn't need a lightsaber to take out some mothas. Thank George Lucas for not including Jar Jar Binks in this movie. Too bad "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones" didn't have the spirit as the others, but it had all of the elements to just earn more money. Pure sell out.
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Summary: Another disappointing sequel
Review: Perhaps the problem is that I was a teenager when the original Star Wars was released. I was enthralled with the technology and the story. The Empire Strikes Back was one of my first "date" movies, so it has even more nostalgia attached to it. By the time The Revenge of the Jedi was released, I had grown up a bit and was not unhappy to let the series go. I was pleased when Mr. Lucas decided to do this first trilogy. I thought that the background for the earlier movies would be satisfying. I was wrong. There is almost no meat to these movies, no familiar stars, and the technology can be seen in any theatre in many different movies. On one hand, I could not skip these movies because of my earlier attachment to the series. However, unlike the first three, I won't buy this trilogy.
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