Okay. I saw the new Star Wars-ish movie yesterday. It’s not like the other Star Wars movie. It’s a cartoon. It takes place in between episodes 1 and 2. It’s not expected to live up to the other movies. It never could. It’s sort of a combination between the 2D animated Clone Wars TV series and the movies.
But everyone wants for it to be a Star Wars movie! It’s not! it’s a take-off of an upcoming animated Star Wars TV show. The original show was great, and I think that this movie sets the new series up to be just as good as the old one. No, it’s not a Star Wars movie but I still had a lot of fun. Everyone is expecting too much of it.
It was good, Saturday morning cartoon (or whatever you call it) fun. Not a Star Wars movie. Of course, being geared at kids it’s mostly just a bunch of battles and a lame story to go with it. But I enjoyed it and I think the TV series will be just as good. One of the main things people are saying is that the animation is terrible compared to Pixar. That’s true. But it’s not because of low budget or cutting corners. Lucas has all the money that he needs. It’s stylized. They’re not going for a natural look, they’re going for a stylized, exaggerated look.
And loved the look. The movie looks great and the cinematography is surprisingly good. Yes, I had low expectations but I seriously had fun during this movie. And it was funny in an incredibly cheesy way. Mostly it was just the battle droids being silly, but it worked. Oh, and the pink clone troopers were also pretty funny.
This isn’t Star Wars movie, it’s a Star Wars adventure for kids. And I think it serves it’s purpose well. There. I said it. Take that Rotten Tomatoes.
