Went to see it last night at an advanced screening. Forget TPM, AoTC rocks!! Fortunately I had avoided much of the hype and build up so went in knowing little of what to expect. The first hour is a little slow, we get to see a lot of the ins and outs of the Rebublic's political situation, but then it really takes off. This is the best stuff since RoTJ, and in places it surpasses any cinematic experience I've ever had. Anakin's slow demise towards dark side involves some truly moving and shocking moments.
Some of this film is literally stunning, and Yoda really is the star of the show, and i walked out of there really wanting to marry Natalie Portman.
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At last? Two, three years? Whoo.
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Haven't seen it yet, but at least one reviewboy isn't particularly enthousiastic. On the other hand, which movie *doesn't* receive tons of negative criticism these days?
Anyway, I'll draw my own conclusions.
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No, I'm not a fan, just went with a group of friends for the fun of it.
Overall, I thought it was okay. The action was the most well-done part of the movie. There's plenty of suspense, although I still don't understand why they were trying to assassinate Amidala. Special effects were cool, as expected, and Yoda's face was so fluid it was scary. He was definitely the man of the show towards the end. The R2-D2/C-3PO comic relief was interspersed throughout a big battle near the end and was too forced. Anakin had the worst lines in the movie second time in a row, plus he couldn't act. His "romantic" scenes with Padme were total flops. The lines were so cheesy people in the theater (myself included) were outright laughing. Try "You look just the way I remembered you...in my dreams" or "I hate sand; it's rough...and gets everywhere. But everything here is soft...like you" (not an exact quote, but close). I mean, that just gives me the creeps, and it grosses me out when when I think of him as the little kid in Episode One. My friend (who IS a huge fan) said she felt like she was watching some kind of soap opera. I just thought Padme's an idiot if she fell for those lines.
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I saw the movie and loved it. All I have to say is that Mace is one bad MoFo. He had no trouble taking out Janga.
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UM: in my opinion this is the first Star Wars for 19 years. TMP just didn't cut it enough to count.
Indeed, the romance scenes were pretty dire, but the rest of the movie made up for it. And it was great to see 3PO and R2 back to their comic duo selves again.
But I thought the kid playing Anakin did a decent job considering the weight of the role he was stepping into. $ $ $ $ although, what the heck was 3PO doing working 'where he was' on Tattooine? I can only guess his memory is completely wiped some time between Episodes II and IV, as he displays no recognition when purchased by Owen in A New Hope.
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I saw it last night (or, really, this morning). I thought it was amazing! Better than Phantom Menace. It's a sci-fi date movie, no doubt, but it really is action packed!
Heh heh- Jar Jar starts the Clone Wars! He is the real villain for all eternity! Bwa ha ha! Anyway, Jango Fett was no doubt the coolest character in the movie, although it's unfortunate he met a rather unusual fate for a Star Wras movie...he lost his head... The Yoda fight was no doubt the BEST SEQUENCE IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA!!! I was laughing so hard when that little guy came out and started whipping Count Dooku's butt! And who could forget Mace Windu's line, "This party's over!"
Maybe we get to see him executed in Episode III: Downfall of the Republic. Or Collapse of the Republic. Or Wrath of Palpatine. Whatever, whichever.
I kept expecting Mace Windu to yell "There Can Be Only ONE!" when he decapitated Jango. Loved the shots of Slave-1 ... we saw a lot more of the interior (in a sense) then in ESB.
And Anakin slaughtering the Tusken Raiders ... wow!
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$$$$$$$ - - - - - - - - - I just saw it, loved that Yoda fight, looked like Kermit on crack, with a lightsabre. Liked the asteroid chase. I thought it was an interesting concept to be controlling the armies on both sides of a war. Interesting that the Jedi's hand this clone army over to the Emperor.
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Anything was better than TPM. The kid's acting was poor, though there was there was high points. What made the movie so successful was that it had about 15 years of waiting behind it. Yes, AotC had their hardcore fans but not to the extent of the previous movie.
I might see it either tomorrow with my DEP meeting partners or on Sunday. I read both the book and comic before the movie so I knew about Yoda saving the day. It's funny when I told one of my friends:
Me: "He beat the bad guy" Kenny: "He beat the black guy? It's always the black guy. " Me: "No the bad guy, b-a-d, bad guy. The black guy kicked white people ass." Kenny: "Oh that's cool. Yoda is still a punk."
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Yoda = total badass. You can see why in the first films, he's referred to as a "great warrior." And not just for the lightsabre scene, although "Crouching Yoda, Hidden Jedi" was spectacular.
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I just got back from AotC, and I must say it blows TPM away. Really.
I have got to say that Palpatine/Sidious is one master planner. By having Dooku tell Obi-Wan the truth about what's going on, everyone suspects that it's a lie. Add on top of that creating two armies to pit against each other and manipulating Jar Jar into giving him supreme power (okay, maybe it didn't take too many smarts to manipulate Jar Jar...), and Palpatine is poised to become Emperor.
Yeah, the Yoda/Dooku fight was spectacular. Yoda was bouncing off the walls, reflecting lightning blasts, and swinging a lightsaber faster than any character yet seen.
Jar Jar - A lot less annoying this time, but he winds up being the one that ruins the galaxy anyway...
Dooku - If all of what Dooku said was truth, do we take it that after Trade Federation guy (don't remember his name) spilled about Sidious to Dooku, that Dooku somehow found Sidious and became his apprentice?
Some interesting info... Dooku was Yoda's padawan, Qui-Gon was Dooku's padawan, Obi-Wan was Qui-Gon's padawan, and Anakin is Obi-Wan's padawan.
And we get a little more insight into the "balancing the Force" thing from TPM. Apparantly, the Jedi are having trouble using the Force lately. I don't know if the Sith are having the same problem or not, though.
And it was kind of creepy seeing Yoda commanding guys who look just like stormtroopers.
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