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Summary: Does lose scope in Fullscreen, but no need to get extreme...
Review: I caught bits and piece of Episode I in Full Screen on television last week, and it was chop and cut job, a [relatively] good one, but still lots of things are lost: character's voices heard without them being on screen (or at least half seen) and noises of objects or characters that are no longer seen. Plus the scope of the cities and the worlds that were created are reduced considerably. The battles and Pod Races, for which these movies get their most of their thrills from are horribly truncated with much of the surrounding action completley deleted. On the other hand, why are widescreen faithfuls being so extreme? These films ARE INDEED available in Widescreen for those who choose to get the filmaker's prefered format. And you will be better off when full screen buyers end up with Black Bars on the side of their screens in the end when widescreen televisions become dominant, so what's the fuss on our part? We get the whole movie for our money, not half for the same price. The "unhelpful button" clicking may commence, I assume...
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Summary: Re: Another dazzling space adventure from George Lucas
Review: I hadnt seen a Star Wars movie in the theatres in almost 20 years before I saw this one....and Ill tell you....I forgot how GOOD it sounded!!! The light sabers sounded incredible to say nothing of the full battle sequences. Ok I had to get that out hehe...on with the review. Now...call me a purist....call me old fashioned etc....Im still trying to get used to all the computer special effects in Star Wars. Im used to puppets....now we get computerized monsters. Ill have to grow to like them hehe. The movie is very very good....loads more action than in Episode 1.....Its fascinating to me to see these guys Annakin Skywalker and Obi Won Kenobi 'back in the day' when there was a Republic and loads of Jedi Knights. The storyline is as engaging as ever....in this case Annakin is real stuck on Padame....Count Dooku is building a massive droid army under the noses of the Republic....and the Jedi knights and the Clone Army have to go stop them. Really intense action sequences.....the light saber duels are as great as ever....the full battle sequences are awesome!!! They really put in the time on this one. So if youre a Star Wars fan....go and get it. Its terrific!!!
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Summary: Re: Another dazzling space adventure from George Lucas
Review: I hadnt seen a Star Wars movie in the theatres in almost 20 years before I saw this one....and Ill tell you....I forgot how GOOD it sounded!!! The light sabers sounded incredible to say nothing of the full battle sequences. Ok I had to get that out hehe...on with the review. Now...call me a purist....call me old fashioned etc....Im still trying to get used to all the computer special effects in Star Wars. Im used to puppets....now we get computerized monsters. Ill have to grow to like them hehe. The movie is very very good....loads more action than in Episode 1.....Its fascinating to me to see these guys Annakin Skywalker and Obi Won Kenobi 'back in the day' when there was a Republic and loads of Jedi Knights. The storyline is as engaging as ever....in this case Annakin is real stuck on Padame....Count Dooku is building a massive droid army under the noses of the Republic....and the Jedi knights and the Clone Army have to go stop them. Really intense action sequences.....the light saber duels are as great as ever....the full battle sequences are awesome!!! They really put in the time on this one. So if youre a Star Wars fan....go and get it. Its terrific!!!
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Summary: Great films!
Review: I have enjoyed the prequels very much! However, I would rather watch them in widescreen than in full-screen, hence my giving it 4 stars instead of 5. The DVD content is really generous! Now if we could just get the original trilogy on DVD...
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Summary: Great
Review: I love star wars.Star wars episode 1 and 2 are great. I am glad that They are full screen. I hope episode 3 - 6 going out fll screen too. I hate wide screen.
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Summary: Ewwwwwwwww!
Review: I remember watching these two films at the theater. After the movies finished, I had a sudden desire to go take a shower. Basically, when you buy this box set, you are buying a crap burger. Sorry Lucas, this is one movie fan your not going to f*** with!
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Summary: Excellent compilation
Review: If you are a huge SW fan, this is a must have!
The 4 DVDs are a piece of collection. The art on boxes and covers is well designed and the content of the DVDs is superb.
You have both movies on DVD and the resolution is excellent (you do not need a flat screen TV set to start appreciating it) plus you get 2 DVDs with behind the scenes, deleted parts, featurettes, extra information and many many other useful and nice to have data.
I am totally happy for buying it and the price is reasonable.
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Summary: The beginning of the end
Review: In 1977 Star Wars revolutionized science fiction. The new movie ushered in the idea of the "used future," where the movie characters were not only not in awe of their futuristic toys, they criticized them for being pieces of junk.
Skip forward some twenty years to the Phantom Menace and the Attack of the Clones. Apparently, George Lucas didn't like the idea of the "used future." It was a byproduct of special effects that while revolutionary at the time, couldn't produce the sleek, awe-inspiring marvels Lucas had envisioned. With these new Star Wars editions, Lucas could make all the creatures and toys he could dream of with the computer technology he helped invent.
So with this, Lucas was able to put the story on the back-burner, and concentrate his efforts on what he enjoys best, making new toys look cool. Actors could be replaced with computer generated characters like the much despised Jar-Jar Binks, and no one would miss the archetypal story that had made the first trilogy a success. No one but me.
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Summary: No Widescreen?! What a joke!
Review: Like many formerly rabid Lucas fans, I really wanted to like Episodes I and II. However, I finally came to the bitter realization that George Lucas was not a god, and that maybe "Howard the Duck" wasn't as much of an aberration as we originally thought. Now, both episodes are being offered on DVD in pan and scan ONLY?!?! I don't think I'm being cynical to think that this is so that die-hards will buy the pan/scan versions NOW, then spend MORE money buying the widescreen editions later. (then to be followed even later by the ULTIMATE edition - with bonus Jar Jar scenes that originally hit the "cutting room floor") Gheez, doesn't ILM make enough money to support itself without GL having to resort to consumer abuse?
Would it be SO HARD to offer a chopped-up version and a widescreen version at the same time?!?!
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Summary: both lack the spirit the originals had
Review: Phantom Penice and Attack of the Boners lack the spirit and greatness that the original Star Wars had. George Lucas has gone completly overboard with the special FX. I think they say that 96% of the movie's have a SFX shot in them somewhere. And watching the behind the scenes as actors are doing nothing but jumping around infront of green screens is a complete and utter bore. The original Star Wars movies had somthing special about them, but it wasnt just the SFX. I think George has lost it by thinking the FX will carry these movies. In the original it had a new excitment about what was happening? and what was a Jedi? and it was filled with action and adventure... then Umpire Strikes back continued that, with alot of newer great action seaqunces, but also adding that Vader is Lukes father, and in Return of the Jedi, Luke and Leia are brother and sister... and many more things added to the charactors and plot of the films.... which is where these 2 new ones fail. Going monsterous over board with computers and FX and not concintrating hard enough on plot ideas, and originality has brought these 2 to screw up the Star Wars saga. The FX can be ok in some parts of the films, but there is just too much of it, enough to make me sick. Film makers these days should be concintrating on making the best film they can, not worrying about how to do somthing on a computer, putting it on screen, and then at the end of the day just before knock off time, think about a plot to go around the FX for a minute, and go with whatever is off the top of your head? George needs to rethink his statagy and worry about the FX of these things after making a great movie, not just slapping a few actors together and then seeing what great things the computer can do these days. It seems that Lucas knew he had a billion devoted fans who think apon him as a god, and knew that if he put 2 stick figures on the screen, blasted the intro, and showed an Ewok shave his underarms for over 2 hours, he'd make million sof it. What is sorely missed in these movies is the beleivable models used in the originals. This whole CGI thing has gone WAY overboard, and made things look too unrealistic.... to the person who said they wouldnt be suprised to see Shrek and Donkey waving in the background... good call... I agree with you 100%! The CGI is too much in these films and rueins them
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