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The Grand Army of the Republic, led by Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and other Jedi Knights, fights the New Droid Army of the Separatists.
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OPENS: AUgust 15, 2008
RATING: PG (Violence, Smoking, Adult Situations)
GENRE: Space Opera, Animation
A new Star Wars cartoon will debut on the Cartoon Network this fall.
Somebody at Lucasfilm got the bright idea to make a 90-minute introduction movie to kick the series off. That's good.
Somebody (or somebodies) else at Warner Brothers in paring up with Lucasfilm got the bright idea of taking that made-for-TV film and dumping it out in theatres this weekend. That's not-so-good.
The result? A hybrid computer animated film that is not up to par with what a movie-going audience expects when plopping over $8 to $10 a pop to see a film these days.
Among those panning the film, most noted a boring storyline and painful dialogue that insults fans of the Star Wars saga. Others called it a blatant money grab for George Lucas that insults the legacy of the franchise. Others said this film marks the death of Star Wars as a popular culture touchstone.
But others were not do fast to dismiss this film. As a kid's film its fast pace and not-too-complicated story is perfect mindless last weekend before back-to-school fun for the pre-teen set.
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Rating (out of 10)
Newsday"A money-making spin-off from the Lucas franchise, "Clone Wars" has all the magic and heart of a cereal commercial." - Rafer Guzman |
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Space.com"If you're looking for some solid action, that's one thing this film will give you in spades. Just don't look too closely at the characters themselves, and you'll do fine." - Steve Fritz |
6 |
New York Times"The Clone Warshas an uncluttered look and furious pace that make it more or less as satisfying as its wildly overdesigned predecessors." - Nathan Lee |
6 |
Chicago Tribune"The film's purpose is clear. It is a full-length teaser for the forthcoming TV series of the same name." - Michael Phillips |
1 |
Chicago Sun-Times"You know you're in trouble when the most interesting new character is Jabba the Hutt's uncle." - Roger Ebert |
3 |
San Francisco Chronicle"The movie's tone will probably send original-trilogy loyalists over the edge, the final shove that sends their Hoth Ice Planet action play sets into exile on eBay. Meanwhile, children will thrill at the notion that the latest part of the saga was made especially for them." - Peter Hartlaub |
6 |
Los Angeles Daily News"Big disaster, this Star Wars cartoon is... The ugly-looking movie is a straightforward, unapologetic cash grab, taking footage intended to be part of Cartoon Network's upcoming Clone Wars TV series and slapping it together to lure in those few who haven't already torn up their fan club membership cards in disgust." - Glenn Whipp |
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Washington Post"Lucas fulfills his lifelong dream of completely dehumanizing his space opera, replacing it with a digitally animated style that is somewhere between cartoons, Christmas specials and panoramic paintings on the side of a van." - Hank Stuever |
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3.38 |
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This is one time I wish I had listened to the reviewers. This was one of the most god awful movies I’ve ever sat through. I knew it was bad when shortly into the movie I thought maybe I should just leave. Sadly, I didn’t and now I wish I had my time, if not my money, back.