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Attack of the Clones Leaked

Posted by Hemos on from the i'll-believe-it-when-i-see-it dept.

dgris writes "ain't it cool is running a purported review of Epidsode II. Harry Knowles is claiming to have gotten a secret screening of the film while at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Short story: he loves it." Like the department sez: I'll believe it when I see it. After Phantom, I'm willing to wait a bit to see it.

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  1. pretty reliable... by dioscaido · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been a follower of Harry for many years. When he was an unknown, he was a fantastic source for Episode I rumors. Now that he is 'famous' his connections have increased exponentially, and I find their reviews and rumors to be pretty reliable. I don't doubt he got to see it. A months ago they had a full script review and, surprise, the newest trailer confirms what they wrote. As to whether its any good, I have to agree with a previous poster that many reviews are more fanboy slobbering than reviews, but I'm a fanboy so I usually aggree with what they say!

  2. Re:probably not... by bje2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    did you even read the article??? the person clearly states several times that they are *not* claiming to have seen the final cut...only a rough cut... that said, i still don't believe it...

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  3. I read an article somewhere... by JPriest · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...that said allot of review sites don't have time to watch all th movies and review all the products, so they will sometimes just grab some basic info on the product/movie and completely bullshit the review just for the sake of having a review published on that particular product. I am not saying every review site/group does this, just that it happens more than most would expect.

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  4. Longtime AICN reader by artemis67 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't know Harry personally, but I'm a long-time reader of AICN. IMO, Harry's got a lot more integrity than that. I would find it very hard to believe that Harry faked a review.

    1. Re:Longtime AICN reader by malducin · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well don't know him either and I don't care much for this review. But talking about Knowles, AICN and integrity, well that might be a bit of a stretch. Do you remember the OScar debacle from a few years ago or his apperance on Politically Incorrect. You should read the articles on Film Threat about him and some of his associates:

      DECONSTRUCTING HARRY: AIN'T IT UNETHICAL? (part one)
      THE GEEKS STRIKE BACK: DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (part two)
      AIN'T IT CRIMINAL: DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (part 3)
      AIN'T-HE-A-FOOL: JUDGMENT DAY FOR JOE HALLENBECK
      AIN'T IT BACKLASH: HARRY GOES ON TV, BUT TV GOES OFF ON HARRY
      HARRY & ME

      I mean if is willing to pimp a script from one of his friends without telling anyone, it's abit of a stretch to talk about integrity and his site. Maybe instead of begging for presents he should put ads like Slashdot.

  5. Harry needs another spanking by Demona · · Score: 4, Informative

    Guess the first and even the second weren't enough for him.

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  6. Re:What is the fascination..? by Detritus · · Score: 5, Informative

    One reason to see a film early in its run is the quality of the print. The print degrades with each showing due to scratches, wear and breakage.

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  7. AICN did it before.... by Durandel1020 · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those who didnt notice before, AICN had a review of the most recently released trailer a good while before it was ever aired on TV. While then i was very skeptical, once the trailer finally aired and i saw it for myself. AICN was right on the money, and even included word for word quotations that appeared in the trailer.

    While that doesnt exactly confirm the SW2 review to be accurate, it surely shows that their news about SW2 has been accurate so far. And Im pretty confident that they wouldnt post made up stuff concerning star wars.