EPII: Attack of the Clones

[juice21]

well, in just 90 minutes i will be leaving my humble abode to venture into the crowds of crazies to see Episode II: Attack of the Clones. my GF went to pick up the tickets at the theater this afternoon at 2pm and saw that the line had already started, there were some guys with lightsabers already lined up to get into the theater 10 hours later!!!

[nascarmann]

There has been some nut camping in Lexington, KY over 3 weeks now for tickets?:confused: The news crew told them they could get them online, but they wanted to be the first in the theater? CRAZY!!:confused:

[mantis]

In 21 hours and 35 min I will see the movie.I have tickets money for popcorn and soda,My car has gas in it,I'm juiced as much as humanly possible......
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU...ALWAYS!!

[juice21]

well, i was dissapointed. i was totally siked after reading a couple of RAVING reviews. maybe it was because for the first 20 minutes every 20-30 seconds, the audio would drop out for a second (finally at the end of the first chase sequence it cut out for like 10 seconds, but then it came back for good!), or that the theater was sooo damn hot (people were stripping of the layers until 90 mintes into the film when someone finally realized to turn the AC on), but anyway, for the first hour or so, i had a real hard time getting into the film. the cg seemed to overpower the 'feel' of the film, at least for me, and i had a hard time looking past it in many sequences. the story line was up and down, and there were definitely some lulls (long ones). i didn't find myself getting pulled into the movie until the last 20-30 minutes. what i dreaded the most, and said i never wanted to see was yoda with a lightsbaer, but i have to admit, it was by far my favorite sequence of the film. they pulled it off excellently! the last 30 minutes totally redeemed the movie. there si so much going on, and i was like 'damn, that was cool!' about 10-15 times in the last half hour. i really wanted to love this movie, especially after reading the reviews, but for the most part it lacked an essenntial characteristic of a great film, and that was making me feel part of the movie rather than being aware the whole time that i am in a theater, i just couldn't get into it (until the last 30 minutes)...

well, that's my take, hopefully without ruining any of the story for any of you...

[Ron-P]

I have yet to see it, another month or so and maybe I'll go. But, you brought my worst fear to light...

the cg seemed to overpower the 'feel' of the film
This is what I was afraid of. From the trailers I gathered that there was a sickening amount of cgi used but the reviews coming in gave me some hope. Sadly though, you are not the first to comment on this. Looks like my hopes are dashed.

Thanks for the review. Maybe I'll just wait for the DVD.


Peace Out~:D

[RuSsMaN]

I think I'm gonna back out on this one, definately wait for the dvd RENTAL.....

Thanks for the review Orenthal.....

Cheers,
Russ

[juice21]

Orenthal again? i don't get it???:confused:

[RuSsMaN]

(the) Juice.....


...Orenthal.......

O.J.............


Cheers,
Johnny Cochrane

[juice21]

gotcha! i thought that may be it...

(now, time to make my quick get-away.... now where's my white bronco?):D

[Ron-P]

The link below is to a thread going over at the HTF. For the most part, the reviews are good to great.

Reviews (http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69662&perpage=30&display=&pagenumber=1)


Peace Out~:D

[mantis]

THE MOVIE RULED.I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.GO SEE IT.

You know I just realised something.......Why is there so much negitive in the world????Evry chance anyone gets...they kick everything they can...........I don't get it.....it's not cool to kick everything.........not just about this movie...but everything.....IS THERE NO LOVE LEFT???

[juice21]

and i WANTED to love this movie! i really did, it just left me dissapointed...

[Strong Bad]

I loved it! F-ING RULED!!! Saw it at the Senator in Baltimore and it was just kick-ass!

I think there are alot of people going way out of their way to hate this movie just so they can continue the George Lucas bashing. Give it up and have some fun.

If you're going to be a hard ass critic and pick at every tiny little thing, then skip this movie and save your money.

If you want a ton of fun in the Star Wars way, then go see it and prepare to have a chill go through your entire body when Yoda get's it on with the bad guy! The whole sequence with Jango Fett and the asteroid field was way cool too! That's where the Senator's Dolby Digital EX sound shined in a VERY BIG WAY! I could feel the impact of the explosions hit me.

Go see it and have fun for crying out loud!

John

[RuSsMaN]

Originally posted by john d. strong
prepare to have a chill go through your entire body when Yoda get's it on with the bad guy

Oh man, we don't get full frontal of Yoda and his Jedi-green-dingus do we?

-R

[TroyD]

I dunno, I will probably wait until I can rent it.....

My thing is that, and I hate to be negative.......all the cgi and what have you in the world will never recapture the magic of the original. ESB nor ROTJ didn't either to be honest, IMO. I want to like it, I really do. What I want is a compelling story though, not just to be bombarded by cgi and technology...


I dunno, we'll see I guess.

BDT

[jrausch]

It's always the weak minded that are drawn into the dark force.

[nascarmann]

Oh man, we don't get full frontal of Yoda and his Jedi-green-dingus do we?

Damn Russ,
Just about busted my side when I read that!LOL!:lol:

[juice21]

the yoda sequence will be the new 'duel of the fates' star wars EPII demo sequence for the HT, yoda kicked some serious ass while managing to keep his 'jedi-green-dingus' under wraps...:lol:

[Ron-P]

Question. My daughter is 5 and she loves TPM. So, how'd AofC play out, same as TPM or more violant?

I will see this in a few weeks, but I fear it will not compare to the OT. I've read many reviews already, same wooden acting with the same shinny, sleak ships.

How can we be 200 years before the OT and have ships that are sleeker and more advanced looking? Plus, the acting was soooo much more care-free and funny and the OT cast had a lot of personality, something these new movie lack. Of course, this is just based on reviews I've read.



Peace Out~:D

[juice21]

Originally posted by Ron-P
Question. My daughter is 5 and she loves TPM. So, how'd AofC play out, same as TPM or more violant?

Peace Out~:D

i would say more violent, but it is star wars violence, lots of fighting and lazers firing everywhere, but no blood and guts, just explosions and people falling down. there is a little more in two scenes, but that may be a bit of a spoiler to say (remember, lightsabers quarterize wounds though, so it's not messy...)

[-justin-]

Well I saw it at 3:30am on Thursday (jesus I'm retarded) and I have to say it was bad ass!

What I liked about this movie:

1) Jar-Jar was in it a total of maybe 5 min.
2) It was funny
3) Yoda fights -- hilarious and awesome!
4) LOUD!!!!!
5) Lots of fight scenes

So I say go and see it. It's well worth the money to be entertained for 2 1/2 hours. There was so much low bass I thought my head was going to explode!!!

~JB

[PETERNG]

I think the movie is ggod for all ages, pure entertainment, this is the first time I see Yoda in action, so cool... go see it folks, I like it better than Spiderman, I went to the first show at 12PM thursday afternoon in KC, it's one hell of a ride, the fighting sence (incl the excecution) rocks. Starwars at its best...

[DarqueKnight]

Originally posted by Ron-P
How can we be 200 years before the OT and have ships that are sleeker and more advanced looking?

Ron,

Episode I takes place only 32 years before OT (Epidodes 4, 5, & 6). Episode II takes place 22 years before OT. Episode III takes place 18 years before OT.;)

[DarqueKnight]

Dammit! This movie has so many plot holes. How could Count Dooku go up against the Master of All Jedi and walk away without a scratch? I was expecting Yoda to chop Dooku's legs off at the thigh and make some wisecrack like "Cut you down to size, I have.", or even better, look over at the fallen Anakin and Obi Wan after thrashing Dooku and say "Beat the doodoo out of Dooku, I have."

I wanna see a rematch in Ep. III. And next time I wanna see Yoda decisively kick some natural ass:mad:

[mantis]

Yoda was the man in that movie.Read the book it will fill in alot of the plot gaps.
If you pay attention to all the star wars movies, they all have plot gaps.Thats georges style, leaving you wanting more.


I hate movie criditcs.....all they do it look for the negitive.....boring.I for one will love all star wars films for what they are, not for what I want them to be,not for what they lacked,Or any other bullshit things people say.

[TroyD]

I dunno.....maybe. I tend to thing that Hollywoods style is to ignore the story if it serves the purpose of selling more tickets with big loud explosions and lots of neato special effects. Who cares about the original story??

BDT

[NDTA]

Originally posted by raife1
I wanna see a rematch in Ep. III. And next time I wanna se Yoda decisively kick some natural ass:mad:

You can kiss your a** goodbye bubba, on the next one, all Jedi will be killed, if you want to know why? ask the future Dark Vader...

[mantis]

Just saw it again.
Better the second time.I think the movie is a good one.The story moves quick but tells the nessary fill ins that you need to set up the next chapter.

[Ron-P]

1. A New Hope
2. Empire Strikes back
3. Attack of the Clones
4. Return of the Jedi
5. The Phantom Menace

Absolutely loved this movie. Very well done. Lucas has redeemed himself. 95% of the CGI was excellent, so much better than TPM, the story was good and the acting was decent. I thought Hayden did a great job at showing/expressing his evil/dark side.

I saw a DLP showing and thought the picture quality was outstanding, except, the black level seemed washed out. Dark scenes lacked detail. I plan on seeing this again in a week or so and seeing it on film.

AotC had a good Star Wars feel to it, something that TPM lacked.

The 3PO scenes dragged on a bit and the chase thru the city was a bit long. Cutting about 10 minutes out of the movie would have helped the pace a lot.

All-n-all though, I am extremely impressed with Lucas and AotC. WOW! Can't wait to see it again. But, I really can't wait until November when I can own it


Peace Out~:D

[shepx2]

If you can see it in a DLP theater, Run to get in line. It looked so much better than the film version, even my wife was commenting on the clarity of the picture.
I loved the movie, definately made up for TPM. It also helped that I saw it at the best theater I've ever been at. If any of you ever come thru Seattle, go to the Cinerama. It's only 1 theater there, but it fits 800+, and has the best sound and picture I've ever seen, anywhere in the US.
I can't wait to go see it again, but if I go somewhere else, I know I'll be griping about the inferior technology.




Shep

[Ron-P]

I'm going back next Saturday to see it again in DLP. Fricken awesome, I'm still thinking about it......


Peace Out~:D

[mantis]

I saw it 3 times now,
funny how i like it the more I see it.Glad you liked it Ron.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SELL ANYONE DEATH STICKS!!!

[Aaron]

I've seen it twice now and am pretty impressed. It's so much better than EPI (thankfully). There are still lots of little things that bug me, but overall it's pretty good. It gets my nod of approval.

Aaron

[Ron-P]

I agree, it's not the perfect SW, or as good as ANH or ESB, but to me, it is better then RofJ.

I watched ESB last night and I'd say AofC is a very close runner up. It has it's flaws, but what movie doesn't.

If AotC is a sign of things to come, Ep III should be awesome. But very dark. After all Padme has to die and the remaining Jedi must be killed off.

*****SPOILER ALERT*****

My quess is that a Jedi (accidently) kills Padme and this is what sends Anakin to the dark side with extreme hatred for the Jedi and hunts them down to kill them, thus the reason for Obi-Wan going into hiding. Just a quess, but we did see in AofC how much hatred Anakin had towards the Bantha's(?), killing men, women and children due to the death of his mother.


Peace Out~:D

[Aaron]

Padme will die, but it may be by natural causes and not by a Jedi. If you remember in RotJ, Princess Leia says that she has a memory of her mother (being beautiful, but sad all of the time), so she must have been at least 3 or older when her mother (Padme) died. It would seem the likely cause of her saddness is the turning to the dark side of Anakin. I knew that his mother would die in this AotC, and I thought that would send him over to the dark side. Not quite. Another possible catalyst for this would be the failure of the Republic government. He seems to have little faith in any governing body and its ability to get things done. Supposedly Obi-Wan will kick Anakin's butt and nearly kill him. I believe this is the reason that he has to wear the body suit and helmet to survive. Hmm, maybe this is the reason that Anakin goes after all of the Jedi: he's trying to find and kill Obi-Wan.

Aaron

[Ron-P]

We know Lucas is filming new scenes for all the 3 OT movies. According to Dark Horizons, Natilie Portman signed on to film extra footage for RotJ.

Obviously this means that Lucas is adding her in to the movie for the DVD. Could it be that maybe Padme is not dead, but Leia just thought she died. Or, maybe she will be used as flash back scenes when Leia is talking about her. Makes one think what Lucas is up to.


Peace Out~:D

[OrangeToupee]

Cripes, I wonder how many of you were in this (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/tv/nerds.html) line.

[Aaron]

That's hilarious!!!

Aaron

[Micah Cohen]

Look at the self control I'm exhibiting by not getting involved in this thread!

MC

[Strong Bad]

Yes Micah, do show some control for this thread. Remember...anger and hate all lead to the dark side of the force!

Patience young padawan marketing guru! What would Master Obi-Paul Dicomo say if he knew of your swelling rage against this thread!

Darth Strong

[schumach]

I would have to say that the movie was entertaining and much better than the TPM. There was the scene when I thought Julie Andrews was going show up on the screen and start singing the "Sound of Music".

[Micah Cohen]

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/05/16/attack_clones/index.html

"...love scenes shot to look like douche commercials..."

LOL!

[TroyD]

man, that is the funniest line I've read in months!


BDT

[OrangeToupee]

I liked these as well...

"The trail leads them to Count Dooku (Christopher Lee), and you know he's bad because his name sounds kind of like kidspeak for 'turd'."

"For some moviegoers, the two-hours-plus of "Attack of the Clones" may qualify as fun. But what I loved best about it was running, almost literally, from the theater afterward: I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over."

[Aaron]

The guy probably had to take a big shit the whole movie. That would explan the Dooku comment and his rush to get out of the theater.

Aaron

[OrangeToupee]

"The guy probably had to take a big shit the whole movie. That would explan the Dooku comment and his rush to get out of the theater. "

That's a pretty solid theory, and although the reviewer was actually a chick, I'll go along with it.

[schumach]

I noticed the reviewer said the same as I did about "The Sound of Music". I had a few people in the theater laughing when I said that.

[OrangeToupee]

"I noticed the reviewer said the same as I did about "The Sound of Music". I had a few people in the theater laughing when I said that."

I'm surprised that a hundred geeks didn't flog you with floppy disks.

[Strong Bad]

sounds like an uptight artsy fartsy type of chick to me. I think she needs a nice long lightsaber put in some certain spot to knock her back to reality. Then put her into a douche commercial to clean her out!


Has anyone ever noticed that the most current movie that someone really hates automatically becomes the worst movie in history?

How did Episode II become worse than Episode 1? Wanna bet that Episode III becomes the worst movie in history in 2005! It will take over the roll of worst movie from Matrix part 3. Matrix part 3 will take the coveted worst movie in history prize from Matrix part 2.

Why you ask...because reviewers like her probably gave 5 out of 4 stars to movies like Fried Green Tomatoes and Bridges of Madison County. :lol: Wonder if she saw Battlefield Earth?

John

[mlware]

I loved AOTC. I don't let other people's opinions change my mind. I dont care what the herd feels it has to say, in fact we've all heard the usual whining millions of times. I thought it was like George Lucas' best movie after the serious social science fiction of THX1138, and the goofiness of American Graffitti, because it has both of those elements, which is interesting.