Re: Will Clone Wars do Star Wars justice?

Like I said, what else do you expect to see from a animated Star Wars movie.

I saw it today and thought the same...it wasn't bad at all. Dialogue was a little dry but overall it was a pretty good movie. 80% of the theater were kids and not one peep during the entire movie. There was even clapping at the end. I enjoyed it. PQ was AWESOME!!!! Before I saw the movie the whole story seemed a little hokey to me but it actually worked out real well. I would say go see it and enjoy. Sit back relax and have fun with a good animated movie.



-JS

It's called Clone Wars...what do you expect, if not laserguns and the clone army and the droid army and Jedis...I mean, this is what Obi-Wan was talking about in Star Wars (no suffix)...you people are so weird, you like certain movies because they have a good plot and character development, and you hate others because of the same thing...then you love movies that have horrible plot points and hate others with the same problems...then hate Indy 4 because it had to do with UFOs, I mean, in the '50s, who wouldn't?...and you criticize an animated Star Wars movie, I mean, is not like Pixar did it...

Damn mvckalel...what did I say that got you all fired up????



-JS

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What do people expect from Lucas? Seriously, when was the last time he produced or directed anything good?

LMAO!!! It did just a little over $15-mill, and that's a little sad for a Star Wars movie, live action or not! What a laugh! I think it goes to show that even children are sick of the Lucas CGI spew salads.

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LMAO!!! It did just a little over $15-mill, and that's a little sad for a Star Wars movie, live action or not! What a laugh! I think it goes to show that even children are sick of the Lucas CGI spew salads.

Children these days are freakin spoiled....most think the originals are lame.

Which brings me to my point. The original trilogy would most likely be brushed aside as kiddy fare if it were released today. Star wars just blew our minds because we had never seen anything like it back in the day. Sure it is a great movie, but take away them effects? hmmm. I remember back in that time period, critics were saying that the characters really didnt matter, that it was all about the effects, sound, music.

Now, with the prequels, lucas was kinda in a bind. He didnt have any of the characters that those early critics basicly called "disposable". He had to make a sw film without luke, leia, han, chewy, vader, stormtroopers, etc. He was also in a bind with these "new" characters because of their fate's. Imagine if he would have burnt luke to a crisp, killed off leia? Theirfore these movies are forced (ahem) to be woodenly acted and lame. You are not supposed to like annie/padme...because of the story arc...because they die.

"Clone Wars was a bad movie because it's fiction. We're keepin' it real!"

Not to beat a dead horse but I just read this article and it kinda makes sense...

Defending George Lucas and His Critically Trashed 'Wars'

Jeff Jensen explains the importance of ''The Clone Wars''

The Clone Wars is simply too well produced to justify virulent disdain and too insignificant to prosecute the Lucas-legacy argument. The movie is a small pleasure, which is only a problem when you expect huge things from a Star Wars film. Today's kids have no such expectations. For them, Star Wars is a stream of content — books, comic books, toys, micro-cartoons, videogames, DVDs, and, soon, a TV series. This new generation sees no distinction between movies and their merchandise, and that's just fine with them. Expect to see more of it. After all, the biggest movie franchise (Harry Potter) and the most-talked-about youth TV show (Gossip Girl) are literary franchise accessories. In Hollywood, the buzz phrase is ''transmedia properties,'' where movies are but one of many separate conduits for a story. It's a tricky, in-process idea, one that, if executed creatively and with integrity, portends an inventive new form of storytelling in its own right — and Star Wars is leading the way. The Clone Wars will not be remembered as a great animated movie — or an awful one, for that matter. But it might be remembered as part of a larger pop moment that is wiring the future of entertainment.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20225033,00.html

NOPE!!!!!