Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:21:28 -0400
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: FW: Attack Of The Clones!
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Strong, Lee" wrote:

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> Subject: [WSFA] Attack Of The Clones!
>
> I saw a preview release of CloneWars early this morning.  I did not get
> home until 4AM and now I am at work.  I do not think I will be able to
> make it to Wednesday night... or I may come late, so start without me.
>
> The movie was good.  The bad guys were much better defined.  Jar-Jar
> (for those Jar-Jar loathers) only shows up in bit parts.  Natile Portman
> aint no little girl any more.  :-)  Mace Windu and Yoda kick lots of
> arse!   The only down side - I am not sure if I like the teenage
> (18years old?) actor playing Anakin.  I'm not sure if it was my lack of
> sleep or if there are plot issues that need to be answered in EP3 - I
> did not quite follow the plot as Jaga Fet (bounty hunter) seemed to be
> playing both sides against each other... and
>
> Very good ending scenes...  this is only the begining of the Clone Wars
> - hence Attack of the Clones.  Storm troopers . . .  The Grand Army of
> the Republic.

This is by far the "best" (most favorable) review I've seen of this movie,
which has been getting critical ho-hums (SFX great, plot and dialogue in the
toilet).  Then again, its author appears far from unbiased.

--Ted White