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Star Wars: AOTC Reviews Pour In

Posted by chrisd on from the when-packard-bells-attack dept.

Dork King writes "The New York Time's Review of AOTC (free reg, yada yada) notes that Attack of the Clones doesn't look good for fans. Thankfully, I'm not a fan." Also, dw5000 writes "The BBC has a favorable review of Attack of the Clones on its news website, as well as an executive summary of what the UK papers are saying about AotC. The populist tabloids love it, while the broadsheets are giving cautious approval. Hmm. Maybe I won't wait for DVD ..." I also noticed Variety has a review up as well. Also, for those who have lost all hope for Star Wars, I submit to you the date of the Spider-Man sequel: May 7th, 2004. You should know that spoilers exist in one or more of these stories. Beware!

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  1. Movie reviews and best-seller lists by Infonaut · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I couldn't help but notice how we're all watching like hawks to see how the new Star Wars movie is being reviewed, especially in the context of Slashdotters' comments about bestseller lists.

    I wonder what it is that makes us so skeptical of the perceptions of others when it comes to books, but so eager to hear the opinions of others when we're talking about movies.

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    1. Re:Movie reviews and best-seller lists by Malcontent · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The truth of the matter is that it does not matter how good or bad this movie is. The last one sucked massively yet everybody went to see it anyway. Everybody will rush out and see this one too just because it says star wars in the title and geekboys think they will be super cool if they are first in line.

      There is a sucker born every minute and two to take him. Lucas knows how to milk the suckers for all they are worth.

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  2. Re:Overwhelmingly Positive Reviews by dswensen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, a couple of things:

    1) There's still a week to go before the film is released, and plenty of critics don't release reviews until opening day.

    2) Sci-fi films of any kind rarely do well with film critics, regardless of their pedigree.

    3) Films that are absolute critical flops often appeal to filmgoers a great deal. Witness Titanic.

    4) As long as there's a Star Wars fan or film critic still alive who grew up with the original Star Wars, none of the new movies will ever get rated higher than the classic trilogy, especially ESB.

    5) Some people will like it regardless of the quality of the movie.

    6) Some people will hate it regardless of the quality of the movie.