The film opens without the traditional scrolling prologue and is replaced by a transatlantic voice that would have been at home in a 1980's Saturday morning cartoon. From here we are thrown into episode 2.5 of the Star War saga. Without giving too much away about the plot: the acting and characters are wooden and two dimensional, even for a kids film (or for that matter a recent Star Wars film). The dynamic between Anakin Skywalker and his new sidekick, will grate on the nerves of anyone over the age of 8 years old. The stiff animation makes everyone come across as a cross between an action figure and a Thunderbird. Another problem is for a theatrically released film, it's "shot" (if you can call it that) in an almost camera-nailed-to-the-ground fashion. Compared to recent Pixar efforts, it looks about as cinematic as a midday tele-movie. The saving grace of this film are the fight scenes, which somewhat make up for the film failings everywhere else. As a spin off from the Star Wars franchise it's OK at best, as a kids film there's much better, as a pilot episode to the upcoming cartoon series it's watchable and if compared to a direct to DVD Disney sequel, it's decent.Read full review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 animated feature film directed by Dave Filoni and executive produced by George Lucas. It was the eighth Star Wars film to be released in theaters, and the first since Revenge of the Sith in 2005. The film is a first for the franchise in two respects, being the first theatrically-released animated film in the series and the first Star Wars film not distributed by 20th Century Fox. The Clone Wars served as an introduction to the animated series of the same name that premiered on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008; not to be confused with the similarly titled Star Wars: Clone Wars series from 2003. George Lucas was inspired to make the movie while reviewing footage from the show and described the film as "almost an afterthought."[3] The film was released August 15, 2008 to mostly negative reviews and earned $14.6 million during its opening weekend.Read full review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a nice edition to add to any Star Wars collection. It's a computer animated film. Fun to watch. Recommended to fans of Star Wars and anyone who likes sci-fi animated movies. If you own the series, it's a must have.
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I bought this product, because I am a fan of the show on tv. I wanted to see how this movie lead into the tv series that is currently on Cartoon Network. I thought the movie was really good, for example on how they introduce Ahsoka into the mix. The storyline was great, and the only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars is the fact that there is a few times when the movie feels kinda slow or drawn out a little too much. Other then that I really enjoyed it, and would recommend it to any Clone Wars fan out there!
great picture, great story to the star wars saga! thanks so much!
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