tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post3594357312647037343..comments2023-10-03T07:44:14.914-04:00Comments on Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema: Star Wars: The Clone WarsMark Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post-19924165592713573852008-10-17T18:23:00.000-04:002008-10-17T18:23:00.000-04:00good onegood oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post-24122793188478509932008-09-07T21:13:00.000-04:002008-09-07T21:13:00.000-04:00It’s been out a while but I don’t intend on seeing...It’s been out a while but I don’t intend on seeing this. To me it seems like their focusing less on the movie and more on marketing it in a certain way. Not only does it fit in with the Cartoon Network niche and all that jazz, but I think they’re trying to hard to capitalize on the urban vinyl style, hence the action figure look. Some of the toys for the film look more like designer toys than the run-of-the-mill Hasbro crap. Ya know, even promo spots for Cartoon Network were made by a toy designer. It’s all one massive marketing circle. If they wanted to keep it cartoony, at least keep it 2d like the 2003 series, not that it was any better. Or wait till the CGI gets better…the stiffness is kind of distracting. Maybe they should’ve stressed over the film more than the memorabilia or age groups, then all would be right with the world.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post-81161040624315867922008-08-23T02:35:00.000-04:002008-08-23T02:35:00.000-04:00O come on. Just say it. It IS a bad movie. I have...O come on. Just say it. It IS a bad movie. I haven't even seen it and I can tell just from the previews. If paying 10 bucks at the multiplex for animation that looks dated in comparison to the latest edition of Grand Theft Auto isn't your idea of a failure, what is? <BR/><BR/>And while you're right that the originals are viewed through a certain haze of childhood (or adolescent) memory, the prequels don't improve over time. The first one in particularly remains entirely unwatchable due, first, to its utter lack of dramatic necessity and, second, to the execrable non-acting of its child lead. The originals were a simple mythic tale eloquently told (mostly). The first two prequels can't find a reason to exist except the cash they can bring in to ILM. The third prequel, at least, draws on some of the genuine storytelling and thematic energies of the original trilogy, but it too is deeply marred by Lucas' severe limitations as a director of human beings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com