Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008 Directed by Dave Filoni
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Set between Episode II and III the Clone Wars is the first computer animated Star Wars film. Anakin and Obi Wan must find out who kidnapped Jabba the Hutts son and return him safely. The Seperatists will try anything to stop them and ruin any chance of a diplomatic agreement between the Hutt's and the Republic.
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Eric Cartman is seemingly a hut, Asoka is more annoying than Anakin in the Phantom Menace, and the dialogue is simply atrocious.
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Not much to say about this one. I've heard very good things about the animated series on TV, so I wanted to start at the beginning. While the script was pretty lame and some of the voice acting was wanting, it did have a bit of that Star Wars charm. I'm interested to see where the TV series takes this, since it can pretty much only go up from here.
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I had a bad feeling about this...
The reviews going in were overwhelmingly negative. The movie started, and it just felt odd to see the WB logo instead of 20th Century Fox. Then the strange altered Star Wars main title theme. Then in place of the traditional opening crawl of text, we get a visual synopsis of what's going on, complete with a voiceover straight out of WWII newsreels. But then the strangest thing happened: I absolutely LOVED this movie!
This is the movie the first two prequels should have been. It's exciting, fast-paced, and feels perfectly in line with the spirit and fun of the original trilogy. I have to wonder if George Lucas was far more hands-off on…
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Haven't watched any of the series yet so needed to start at the beginning. Wasn't half bad, animation okay. Voice acting was spot-on in some scenes but terrible in others. Hope the series is as good as I'm hearing.
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This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I haven't watched the TV show, so had no background knowledge of the installment into the Star Wars universe.
I liked the animation and the characters are well thought through. I much preferred this Anakin to the whiney man-child in the films.
The only thing to really let it down was the story, it fell flat in places and at times the dialouge seemed fake and awkward.
Overall, a good addition to the Jedi universe, but be wary of the unfortunate storytelling -
I honestly don't know what to say about this film... its obviously a bunch of TV episodes turned into a film. There's no real arc that justifies a film, and the most interesting arc (Anakin taking up a Padawan) is mostly resolved in 22 minutes. The animation feels unfinished, like a student film, missing a lot of the dirt and grim of the SW Universe. Its also very wooden and square, a bit of character and curve to the world would have helped. It doesn't feel like an adventure more like hollow fan fiction. I hope the TV Show is better.
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A surprisingly enjoyable animated feature with action that never lets up. The movie is very well written and staged in terms of continuity of action. This would have made a great live action movie.
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I'm not certain I understand the antipathy so many critics seem to bear this film. It's undeniably awkwardly paced -- I wouldn't be surprised to learn this was originally intended to be the premiere arc for the TV show, and was subsequently edited into a feature -- but it is also undeniably entertaining.
Star Wars has always been best when Lucas is in the producer's chair, and not directly responsible for the storytelling, and that's never more clear than here. This film takes the best elements of the prequel trilogy but, under the deft direction of Dave Filoni, they are arranged into something exciting, suspenseful, and thrilling. The humorous elements of the prequels are here as well, only instead of…
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This is slightly skewed, as I have and will always be quite a big Star Wars fan. The animation was better than I expected, though the plot was just short of laughable. The score also really got on my nerves. I'm not sure if they weren't able to obtain the rights to Williams' score, but this score is very mediocre and it feels like it changes the rhythm of the main theme just enough to avoid copyright infringements. That all being said, I still don't think this is as worse as some made it out to be.
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Not much to say about this one. I've heard very good things about the animated series on TV, so I wanted to start at the beginning. While the script was pretty lame and some of the voice acting was wanting, it did have a bit of that Star Wars charm. I'm interested to see where the TV series takes this, since it can pretty much only go up from here.
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not as good as the other, but way more hutts so it works out to almost even