The sheer, brain-frazzling pointlessness of it all predominates. Why? Why do this again? At 64, Lucas is surely not too old to have a crack at creating a movie that has nothing to do with Star Wars at all.
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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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe latest instalment of George Lucas’s interminable franchise, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, has the charm of a cash machine. This noisy animated feature is set in a galaxy that isn’t far away enough.
08/15/08
Top CriticThere's still plenty of fun to be had with this addition to the saga, though it never escapes its origins in kids' TV. So long as you don't approach it expecting a traditional Star Wars movie, you'll stand a better chance of enjoying it.
08/15/08
Ziro is the most preposterous thing to hit the ‘Star Wars’ universe. He’s also the best reason to see this flimsy, kid-friendly videogame approximation of a once proud cinematic franchise. Still, at least it’s better than ‘The Phantom Menace’.
08/15/08
Is The Clone Wars really the pilot for a Star Wars television series, or is it a last-ditch effort to make the prequel trilogy look better via retrospective comparison?
08/15/08
Again, we have to experience the George Lucas formula post Jedi; great visuals with an AWFUL SCRIPT that felt like it was written by a 3 year old. This time around, Lucas delves into the BABY TALK world.
08/15/08
The only enjoyment I got from the film was laughing at how miserable it was and then zoning out during the boring fight scenes... which make up, no joke, about 90% of the total running time.
08/15/08
Quando Lucas irá perceber que, ao insistir em espremer sua criação por mais alguns trocados, está apenas sabotando o próprio legado?
08/15/08
... less a movie than a marketing event: a feature-length promo for the upcoming TV series and video game tie-in.
08/14/08
Makes you wish for those Ewok movies, doesn't it?
08/14/08
It is so bad that it could well rival the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special" as the single most useless piece of "Star Wars"-related entertainment ever made and at least in that legendary disaster, the animated aspect was actually not too bad.
08/14/08
It seems only moments ago that Star Wars was the biggest thing on the planet. Now it's suitable only for Saturday afternoons on the Cartoon Network.
08/14/08
Can you say "cheesy?" ... Less successful than George Lucas wanted, this movie may be.
08/14/08
The crisp pacing offers a surprising low-key charm, and the characters even look a bit like hand-crafted, hand-painted wood!
08/14/08
In watching The Clone Wars, one is filled with the overwhelming urge to grab George Lucas, thank him for his immeasurable contribution to the science fiction canon, and ask him politely to cut it out already
08/14/08
Remember how people talked about the Star Wars prequels like they were the worst movies ever made, when really, come on, they weren't THAT bad? The Clone Wars actually IS that bad.
08/14/08
The animation is very hard to overcome. Even if one doesn't go in expecting Pixar production values, it's hard to see past the mechanical quality of the characters' movements -- which, by the way, makes the robots in the film look great.
08/14/08
George Lucas' desire to suck a few more dollars out of the consumers' pockets has led to a roaring creative misstep.
08/14/08
This one shucks off all pretense that Star Wars has a wonderfully universal appeal and instead unfolds with all the entertainment value of watching somebody else play a video game.
08/14/08
Top CriticThe best that can be said about the movie is that it's harmless and mostly charmless. The Clone Wars is to Star Wars what karaoke is to pop music.
08/14/08
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