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In Reply to: Now the reviews are REALLY in! It's official, "Attack of the Clones" is permanently rotten... posted by Audiophilander on May 16, 2002 at 16:02:33:
Tom S is on the money.I am around the same age as Tom and I can relate to what he says about growing up with the "force".I didn't expect a religious experience in the theater.What I expected was to forget I was in a theater and be drawn to the cool fantasy world of SW.The movie did not dissapoint.AOTC is the best SW to date.To the guys who bad mouth AOTC without seeing it,once again go shit in your hat.
Follow Ups:
After seeing this movie, I realised why I liked the first three (4, 5 & 6) so much- I forgot I was in the theatre and felt like I was part of the war going on onscreen.BTW, to all those who thought the romance issue with Anakin and Amidala wa hollow or corny- lighten up! Its good to see a romance protrayed on screen that doesn't involve seeing the couple involved tear each others clothes off or a blurrily focused sex scene.
Kudos to Lucas for directing two characters in an AGE APROPRIATE relationship!!!
My wife had GREAT reservations about seeing (or accepting) Yoda as a CGI. She has been a big fan of Frank Oz back to the Sesame street days (who hasn't?). But during the first CGI shot of Yoda just talking, and seeing the inflections in his facial character, I glanced over at my wife- she was smiling. She leaned over to me and said simply "they did it!".
For those of you who don't like the idea of CGI for yoda, I'm sure you will at least admit it had to be done once you see that little guy go up against Count Dooku (sorry if you haven't seen it yet, you will be amazed)!!!
Clearly the best to date. Can't wait for Episode III!!! See ya in '05.
Dman
You don't have to have bodice ripping, just chemistry! There was NO chemistry between the romantic leads although Natalie Portman tried her best to fake it. The precious moments, coincidences, exposition dialogue and cliches that riddled "Attack of the Clones" ruined any suspension of disbelief, and all the great FX that Lucas plastered up on the screen didn't help one bit.AuPh
I will concede that Lucas still can't write a good "normal" personal dialog between characters (even with the additional help in the screenwriting process), but I DID feel the akwardness of first love and the temptation of choice there that a person in Anakin's position must have (the whole Jedi for life/ Senator duties thing, etc.).Maybe I'm a hopless romantic, but I remember being 17 or 18 and feeling so tongue tied with my first love that I occasionally spouted out hoaky cheesy one-liners in an attempt to woo/convince/get lucky/whatever.
I just saw the film for a second time last night, just to verify my own feelings about everything I've felt about it. I am happy to say that I still get the fellings of excitement of all appropriate things within the film. Also, the sadness, happiness and tension where applicable.
IMHO, the best he's done so far.
Dman
I felt that the first Star Wars (Ep. IV) came much closer to capturing the innocence of youth with Luke's feelings for Princess Leia and his efforts to seek adventure. True, Mark Hamill didn't have the chops to stretch his acting very far, but he was much more believable than the current actor portraying Anakin. Granted, Hayden Christensen is probably about the equal of the child actor used in Ep. I, but that doesn't raise either film in my estimation.I'm forced to agree with many of the current SW critics who've concluded rightly or wrongly that George Lucas has lost his ability to direct actors convincingly, in manner that conveys anything resembling passion. The SW saga is virtually (pun intended) all FX show now and indeed the story suffers for it. Suspension of disbelief has apparantly been traded for the oohs and ahs of an immobile roller coaster ride and character development has been replaced with rapid-fire choreographed action sequences which literally segue into each other from the openning title to end credits, the pace only briefly slowing for the awkward forced romance between the leads. The only logical explanation is that Lucas probably assumes no one will notice the plot flaws and precious coincidences because of all the action crammed into Episode II.
BTW, the silly light-sabre duel between Yoda and Senator bad-ass was comical to the point that my wife was almost in histerics; I'm quite sure that the humor was unintended; in retrospect, this scene is just embarassingly bad. If Lucas had wanted to convey Yoda's power more believably, he could've had the character bring the fight to him, first with his mental control of objects and then with anticipatory movements in the duel. Of course, big surprise, after the scene started with Yoda using his mental prowess Lucas chose to end it with the "whirling dirvish" Yoda because the rapid pacing showed off the improved ILM special effects.
AuPh
If it fits you're more than welcome to wear it and enjoy Lucas' latest crap for what it is! BTW, my wife and I are seeing it tomorrow against both our better judgments (we pre-ordered our tickets last week to avoid the hastle). While I'm very much a fan of the first three films (especially Episode IV & V), the last movie in his bassackwards series sucked pond water. Some of the worst acting I've ever seen, but if I felt ripped off, how about the poor theater owners who were locked into carrying the film for many weeks by Lucas' rigid no-competition contract? They got screwed even worse.Tom S. is an okay guy in my book, but you obviously missed the thrust of my message in response to his post. I was much older when I saw the first series of Star Wars films and was just as impressed as he was at seven, my point being that a good film is a good film whether it's seen through the eyes of a child or those of an adult. Often perceptions change with age, but the best films are timeless; IMO, Star Wars and Empire have aged quite well in this regard while Episode I was groanworthy fodder from it's initial showing! Of course anything with the words "Star Wars" attached to it will be worshiped by rabid fans (i.e., in this instance, "fan" being much closer to the word from which it's derived!) who park their brains at the door.
Unfortunately for the director's small legion of Jedi nazis, who practice Jar-Jar brinksmanship while living in denial, there is a growing consensus that Lucas has lost touch with his audience. He can still make a film that children and die-hard fans get giddy about, but no longer is he creating the kind of work that will stand the test of time. Now, apparently, its all about the FX and how much money the SW licensing can generate.
So go now my son, again and again, and may the farce be with you!
Regards,
AuPh
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