I wanted to do this tomorrow but I guess I should do it now as the movie is still fresh in my head. Now, I am a Star Wars fan, not a big or a die hard one and I can't really remember all the planets featured in the story or all the names of the fighters but I know enough to question the appeareance of Anakin's padawan. I mean, I know Anakin had padawans but I thought he had padawans only after he becomes Darth Vader, two of who I know and one secret apprentice that will be featured as a game. But the inclusion of a padawan when he just became a knight? Hmm...George Lucas what are you thinking?? Anyway, back to the movie...
How it starts is standard procedure, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, far away....blah blah blah". Then the action starts, after a brief introduction was made. This is for the sake of those who did not get to catch the cartoon series that was featured on the cartoon network. Anyway, the art style is basically the same as the cartoon, just made in 3D, and being an animation, it actually gives the production team to be more ambitious when it came to the action sequences. One of my companion commented that some of the actions scenes would be difficult if not dangerous to do with real actors and wires. The action was not so breahtaking as I expected but it was still entertaining to watch. I found it weird however that the Jedi and Commandos alike blazes through enemy fire and try to get as close to the enemy as possible. I understand that Jedi had to go up close to use the lightsaber but why would the commandos having the firepower they have just run forward into the open with no cover and basically kill as many droids as they can before they inevitably get shot down. This actually reminds me of a certain someone who I play FPS shooters with and without fail will always run ahead of the platoon leaving everyone behind thinking he is Rambo. However, the movie really emphasise the importance of the clone troopers in this movie. They showed some of the commandos that can really hold thier own against a horde of droids. Interesting... Anyway, another thing I found confusing was the character of Anakin. In the movie he has a padawan, and he was actually patient and wise. A characteristic that I think was not featured in the other Star Wars movie. Only when Anakin went back to his home planet of Tatootine was where his raged and recklessness really showed again.
The animation was almost flawless as expected from a movie from George Lucas, and I don't know about others but I find Count Dooku's face very funny. His beard and chin is unnaturally huge. Anyway, the intro of baby Hutt was really a surprise, as for an ugly creature it was undeniably cute. Another entertaining feature would be the dialogue of the droids. In the episode 2 and 3 of the saga, some dialouge could be heard and some people actually enjoyed the humor. I'm glad that the production crew capitalise on that and really gave the droids personality that everyone could enjoy. I think the dialogues of the droids would make this movie a memorable one. I was disappointed however, that I did not get to see Yoda in action. Since, it was an animated movie I would have expected to see Yoda go "kung-fu" on some droids butt, as can be seen in the Soul Calibur 4 game, but I was to be denied my dream, sigh... Anyway, I think continuation of the story is in order as the movie ended quite abruptly, leaving alot of questions to the audiences mind. If another movie is not made then I guess people would have to read about it in the storybooks.
All in all, a good movie to watch if you want to have some laughs with some lightsaber action...
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