The Lucas universe once held a special magic, but The Clone Wars makes that feel like a long time ago in a theater far, far away.
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08/15/08
The Clone Wars (2008)
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Reviews Counted:149
Fresh:28
Rotten:121
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Aug 14, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $35,089,551
Synopsis: On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala, along with... [More]
Starring: Ian Abercrombie, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee
Director: Dave Filoni
Reviews for The Clone Wars
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The females all look like they've had work done. Who knew that to make it in the movies, even cartoon characters have to have plastic surgeons!
08/15/08
A franchise that once inspired the imagination of billions has fallen so far that it can't keep your attention for 98 minutes.
08/15/08
[Lucas] created an empire out of his own imagination and then squeezed the life out of it.
08/15/08
Apparently nothing is sacred when it comes to catering to the kids who will keep his franchise alive.
08/15/08
A noisy, hectic and largely unthrilling adventure.
08/15/08
George Lucas is turning into the enemy of fun.
08/15/08
The saddest attempt yet to capitalize on the success of George Lucas' original sci-fi epic.
08/15/08
CGI Star Wars saga is dull, despite action.
08/15/08
The film has several of the same problems that afflicted Lucas's live-action prequels — there are stiff, almost cardboard performances, some tin-eared dialogue and a few moments of cornball humor.
08/15/08
If it was free, perhaps fans wouldn't judge it so harshly. They'd also be able to change the channel.
08/15/08
The Clone Wars may introduce a younger generation to the franchise - while chasing away existing "Star Wars" fans.
08/15/08
Lucas can't seem to let it go. He is like a preacher with a four-point sermon on Sunday's second service. The fourth time through point four and you've zonked out.
08/15/08
...Saturday morning rugrat bait...
08/15/08
George Lucas's fixation on this saga has gone past commercial smarts into full-blown monomania. With all the money and power he has at his disposal, here he is once again fobbing the same leaden dialogue and nonvisionary visuals at us.
08/15/08
Has it come to this? Has the magical impact of George Lucas' original vision of Star Wars been reduced to the level of Saturday morning animation?
08/15/08
Top CriticWithout the grandiose narrative structure of the six live-action releases, this feels even more pointless, a mechanical attempt to milk the kids for every last dime.
08/15/08
It's difficult to say whether the dialogue or the characters are more wooden.
08/15/08
The latest example of how the franchise keeps frustratingly spurning the magical simplicity of the original trilogy.
08/15/08
Young audiences will lap it up like ice cream, and its good humor and faith in the Force will put adults in a Saturday-morning frame of mind even at midnight showings.
08/15/08
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