Star Wars: Episodes I & II (Full Screen Edition)
by George Lucas
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Actor: Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, Jake Lloyd, Liam Neeson, Natalie PortmanDirector: George Lucas
Brand: Star Wars
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Producer: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Editor: Ben Burtt
Producer: Lorne Orleans
Producer: Rick McCallum
Writer: Jonathan Hales
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 275 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Star Wars: Episodes I & II (Full Screen Edition)
DVD Review: Why exactly do we need these "films"?
Summary: 1 Stars
There are many words that came to my mind when I first saw these two movies: overblown, pointless, cruel, boring, disappointing, the list goes on and on.
So many things are horribly wrong with this cartoony mess, that it doesn't bear any resemblance to the (brilliant) original trilogy anymore.
In that respect, Episode I isn't nearly as atrocious as Episode II, and that's already saying a lot.
First of all, I don't know how long it took George Lucas to write the scripts for these films, and, actually, it doesn't really matter because IF he put any effort into them, it didn't show on screen, but the dialogues are so wooden that you might as well turn off the sound and read the subtitles only.
Now that we've established that the lines every actor was forced to say are horrendous, it can't look good for the characters either, can it? You can't blame the actors if you consider that they virtually had nothing to work with.
Not a single character in these sorry efforts looks convincing, except for Natalie Portman.
Christiansen's helpless attempts at "doing some acting", Jar Jar Binks' infantile jumping around (in one of the many "all time low" scenes on Tatooine, he steps into some dog poo), Young-Ani's witty "Oops", "Let's get out of here" and "Yeah" lines ... not a single minute passes without a cringe- worthy moment.
After four hours of pure nonsense and some of the worst "going through puberty" moments, a wacky CGI Yoda who bounces off walls doesn't even hurt anymore.
Even some of Christopher Lee's horror flicks are on a higher niveau.
And when I noticed that the chemistry between Portman and the kid who plays young Anakin Skywalker is better than the chemistry between her and Hayden Christiansen, then I finally realised that these films have no saving grace to speak of whatsoever.
And I mean NO saving grace. It's just aching in my stomach when legendary composer John Williams has to step down to this level and underline the worst clichés with some stomach- wrenching Hollywood B- movie love and action music.
Now the effects. Hailed by so many people out there who call them fantastic or a work of art.
Now, this may be my personal point of view, but CGI is there to enhance the movie, to put something on screen that you couldn't have done in any other way.
The gigantomany Lucas put on screen is no art.
The art is to make it look real, touchable.
That's what made the original trilogy, or Lord Of The Rings, tick: that the viewer can indulge into this world.
And CGI is not the only tool; miniatures can look great, good make-up and costumes, animatronics, and so on.
CGI is not the solution of everything.
You need some skills to make this world look real, which Lucas seemingly doesn't have.
Everything is so smooth and flawless that it just looks artificial.
Look at the Clone army and compare it to the Uruk- Hai army in The Two Towers.
See now why Lord of the Rings got the Oscar and not Episode II?
And the depressing thing is that after seeing the trailer for Episode III, it seems like we're getting another flick of the same pattern.
With Hayden Christiansen! Hooray!
Get out the earmuffs, here it comes!
I could give it an additional star because there's unintentional amusement value in these flicks.
Description of Star Wars: Episodes I & II (Full Screen Edition)
George Lucas transports audiences back to the future with Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace, the first installment of a prequel trilogy in which the director imagines the foundation for the entire six-part saga. Despite receiving a storm of adverse criticism (notably for Jar Jar Binks), Lucas continually fascinates with his ability to place his characters--some new, some old, some CGI--in the same dramatic situations posed in the original trilogy: whether it be the juxtaposition of primitives with technologically advanced societies or the timeless battle between good and evil, the very familiarity of these recurring scenarios and rhythms galvanizes the viewer. Of course, the state-of-the-art visual effects contribute mightily to the final impact: the kinetic Pod Race sequence, the epic military battles, the Romanesque grandeur of Naboo, the underwater city of Otoh Gunga, the decadent brio of Tatooine, and the dizzying skyscrapers of the city planet Coruscant. --Kevin MulhallIf The Phantom Menace was the setup, then Attack of the Clones is the plot-progressing payoff, and devoted Star Wars fans are sure to be enthralled. Ten years after Episode I, Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman), now a senator, resists the creation of a Republic Army to combat an evil separatist movement. The brooding Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is resentful of his stern Jedi mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), tormented by personal loss, and showing his emerging "dark side" while protecting his new love, Amidala, from would-be assassins. Youthful romance and solemn portent foreshadow the events of the original Star Wars as Count Dooku (a.k.a. Darth Tyranus, played by Christopher Lee) forges an alliance with the Dark Lord of the Sith, while lavish set pieces showcase George Lucas's supreme command of all-digital filmmaking. All of this makes Episode II a technological milestone, savaged by some critics as a bloated, storyless spectacle, but still qualifying as a fan-approved precursor to the pivotal events of Episode III. --Jeff Shannon
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