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Summary: keep this movie far far away
Review: Just when you think that the Star Wars franchise has been crippled beyond all hope of redemption by a truly pandering and excruciatingly uninspired prequel..along comes "Clones" to kick it in the groin while it's in critical condition. The only reason this film gets a solitary star at all is because of the Yoda scene. I enjoyed that. The rest of the movie however should be allowed to exist only as a cautionary tale for future directors. "This is what happens when you are granted an unlimited budget, are awarded with an audience that is gauranteed to show up out of pure nostalgia, and you find yourself thinking ahead to the endorsement tie-ins without actually bothering to write a movie first." DON't DO THIS!
Truly horrible. It's akin to Orson Wells following up "Citizen Kane" with "Cabin Boy" (no offense to cabin boy...I liked it way more than episode 1 or 2...but you get the idea)In otherwords this is the second installment of a travesty of imagination, a terribly misguided abuse of film-making privilege, and a continuing diservice to fans of the series. Have you no shame Mr. Lucas? Please, if you have a shred of dignity or hold your fans in slightest regard...stop making these movies. There exists right now a 3/2 ratio of good movies to bad...the promised third installment will neutralize everything.......UNLESS this is an INGENIOUS ploy to show us the necessary balance between positive and negative...the light and the dark side of the force. If this is actually an exercise intended to underline one of the key underlying messages in the series, I applaud your brilliance. If not, then stop wrecking your life's work by making these insipid pieces of CG fluff. Just look at the poor influence you are having on those "Matrix" guys with your cinematic shennanigans.
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Summary: Horrible movie even compared to things outside of star wars
Review: Worse things first. The animated yoda battle scene was just damned tacky. Again uninspired, independant acting. The new guy as Anakin seemed to really try to form some sort of teamwork but lacked the experience that let Liam at least fit in in the other one. It just seemed out of place that this one kid was the only one that seemed to care. Jango Fett ahhhhhh!!!! Why!!!!!! Personally I liked Boba's shady past. Then Lucas shows where he came from and all that great stuff and totally destroy they dark mystery around Fett. It was one of the worse revelations that the Star Wars universe could have made. Hmm the best thing about this movie were the stormtrooper type troops really looked cool. O and Natalie in the Arena when her clothes were torn looked really nice. Those were about the only perks in the movie. Again special effects detracted from the movie more than they added by being the main focus. This review isn't just coming from someone stuck on the original 3 Star Wars. I rated this movie in comparison to movies in geeneral of any genre. I never thought there would be a day that I favored Charlie's Angel's over any movie, but I would take either Charlie's Angels over attack of the clones if not the Phantom Menace. Really I hope that somehow Lucas pulls the third film off in this trilogy even though I doubt it.
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Summary: Not bad but could have been better.
Review: First of all, in terms of the visual, this film is brilliant. Mr Lucas has an amazing imagination and obviously a talented crew who work for him.
There is something missing from this film, like from Phantom Menace and Return of the Jedi - Other writers to help Mr Lucas with the screenplay. I don't mean to cast aspersions on his ideas. The guy is a creative genius. The scope of the project is too big for one person to write. Calloboration always seams to help these sorts of epic projects.
This film lacks the emotional force that the first two Star Wars films had. Those films you could really feel with the characters and care about them. I couldn't give a toss about Anakin in this film. In fact, I found him seriously annoying. He is constantly whining and complaining and needs a good backhander from Obi-Wan every few minutes! How Padme could stand a bar of him is beyond me. He says at one point "You are asking me to be rational, and that is something I cannot be" - well der!!! I don't think he was rational for a single minute during the entire film. I think becoming a hissing half-machine SithLord will be an improvement! Having said those things, the film was still a fun ride, just like the others. Can't wait to see what happens in the next film!
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Summary: Obi-wan, the detective
Review: Movie makes no sense, dominated by poor story-telling, flashy effects. You have to love the idea that in the future, combat will be dominated by humans who have reflexes quick enough to dodge laser beams! Great stuff ( not ). Lucas continues to milk his SW franchise, with ever worsening results. Portman is smashing to look at, as always. McGregor does a great job. The best parts of the movie are at the clone factory, the assembly line dodging, and finally, the Coliseum fight.Lucas should have stopped with SW1 in 1977----not one SW feature after that has been worth the bother.
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Summary: I couldn't tell the difference between this and dumb and dum
Review: Oh yeah, dumb and dumber was supoosed to be funny. I'm a huge huge fan of Star Wars. But why I bought this after having already seen and hated it is quite beyond me. Probably for references, but boy oh, this movie sucked. No Jar Jar, no Luke, no effects (just love scene crap), so what is this movie good for?
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Summary: A great film
Review: The special effects and storyline are incredible. Many questions from the original trilogy are answered. They're heading in the right direction for Episode III.
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Summary: Fallen Short
Review: A lot of people, including myself feel that Episode I and II just didn't have that same flare or magic that Episode 4, 5 and 6 had. I couldn't place my finger on it until now. I realize there are two things wrong with the new movies. 1) Digital effect overkill. Example, in Episode II, when they were on the sand dunes or in the arena, you didn't get that "sandy, gritty" feel. It looked to "Perfect". In the original Star Wars episode, you got that sense that it was a desolate wasteland. At least they made you feel that. 2) Dialogue and acting. I don't believe in Hayden's performance. I'm sure he is a great actor, but in this movie I don't believe him as a jedi struggling within himself. And Ewan McGregor's portrayl of Obi Wan, doesn't really fit either. And there is the dialogue. With lines like "I have a bad feeling about this", or "She seems to be on top of things", and other one liners that seem to comedic. And of course there's Jar Jar Binks. Which, to be quite honest with you, I didn't mind him as a character it was his voice, or the talent. I think they sold out in coming up with his voice. If you notice, his voice is similar, if not, exactly like the alien in Lilo & Stitch. That voice is so easy to do and I've heard it on so many cartoons. Heck, I can even do the voice. So, they could've worked a little harder on him. Then he wouldn't been so annoying and everyone wouldn't want him to just die!! So, with those 2 things said, I now understand how these two have fallen short of expectations. But, the main thing is the story. It's a great story. The story of how a young boy became one of the most powerful jedi/siths in the universe. That's why I gave it 4 stars. To be quite honest, though, I think what saved these two movies were the original 4, 5 and 6 episodes. Because withouth those, you wouldn't really care about Anakin Skywalker.
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Summary: Eating Humble Pie
Review: After The Phantom Menace, I was dragged into the cinema with something less than enthusiasm to see this movie. I watched as the computer graphics dominated over the story, and I watched as the plot bounced around without knowing where it wanted to go; I watched as scenes from The Sound of Music were spliced into the narrative, and I winced as some of the worst lines of dialogue ever written were spoken by the actors as if they meant it. The love scenes between Hayden Christenson and Natalie Portman failed to ignite enough sparks to light a tanker full of petroleum - I could not believe that George Lucas had not learned from his mistakes. But then I realised something - I was really enjoying it! And before long, I was feeling that old thrill every time someone pulled out a light saber. Loathe as I was to admit it, I loved it. The movie is filled with stand-out moments, with 'cool' bits that stick in your mind - Obi Wan jumping through a window a thousand storeys up, Anakin fighting with two light sabers, Yoda turning into a flying squirrel - Lucas has obviously given a lot of thought to what people liked about the first series and about what they wanted to see, and then gave us those things in spades. There are even laugh-out-loud moments, such as a scene in a bar in which Obi Wan repeats his brainwashing act from 'A New Hope' for comedic effect. There are still problems, obviously, but Lucas has also taken on board many of the criticisms of the last film - Jar Jar Binks' role was kept to a blissful five minutes, there were ten times more tie-ins with the later (or earlier) films, and there are few truly 'childish' moments. Overall, it is a vast improvement over the previous movie, and certainly deserving of a much wider audience. Although one question has always irked me throughout these films - if Yoda is such a genius, why can't he structure his sentences properly?
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Summary: This wuz a awesome moovee!
Review: This movie(Which i now own) iz da' Bom. the Massive fighting scene wuz kewl. Butt the best part wuz wen Yoda wuz all jumpin' around ..., it wuz amazing, this film really made me kry it wuz so good.
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Summary: Wars is losing magic, but still fun
Review: I put off writing anything on this movie for a long time. I have watched it numerous times and each time I come away with very mixed emotions. It's a fun time, but there is just something....lacking. The problem is to pin point where this movie fails. It succeeds on many levels. Ewan McGregor has quickly matured into the Obiwan role, making young Obiwan his own as Alex Guinness made it his in the first ones. Christopher Lee is as powerful (Wow I hope I am that brilliant and active at 80!!). His talents shine, even though he does not have enough screen time since he is one of the strongest forces (excuse the pun!) in the movie. Natalie Portman - ladies, don't you want to kill her!! - she is SO BEAUTIFUL and just keeps getting more so!! She does very well as the maturing Padmé Amidala, though her performance is often hurt by rather poor dubbing. One would think with ILM at his beck and call that Lucas would not have settled for the poor quality of dubbing on such a costly film. It was almost as if they did not care. Samuel Jackson as Mace Windu is really a waste of his strong talents. Where the move really is weak is with the central figure: young Skywalker - and possibly that is not all his fault. Hayden Christensen tries very hard, but over all fails to evoke the power that the rising Darth Vader would. Somehow, when Darth uttered those famous words "Luke, I am your father." the series had been in trouble!! He fails to really convince me something as charming and gorgeous as Padmé would be entranced by this character. And his LINES!! I am sorry, the words he utters her to convince her of his love just sounds SO HOKEY!! Problems, aside, I still enjoy this movie, enough to keep watching it. Ewan McGregor does super work in his fight scenes and the special effect are MARVELLOUS. His battle with the bounty hunter in the rain was brilliant. And hey Yoda throwing down with light sager on Chris Lee is worth the ticket - hehehee! Sheer fun. It's just Star Wars came along when everyone was "young" in the new realm of Light and Magic. The special effects of Clones is super, but Lucian needs to learn more about his characters FLESH them out and make the audience BELIEVE and CARE for them. So go in expecting to see old friends, wowing special effects, but come away slightly sad more attention to the actors and better writing was not employed to make this as good as the original.
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