Fun....yeah.

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 2002)

Now well into the age of CG that can create any landscape the mind can realize, George Lucas creates his latest installment of the Star wars saga, Attack of the Clones.
But is all this CG A good thing?
Growing up with movies such as Tron and The Last Starfighter, I used to think that CG was the wave of the future. It is to a certain extent. But more and more in movies these days you see the "making ofs" where the actors are walking around, through and hang over enormous sets of blue and green. I saw these blue screens everywhere in a feature on star wars. I also saw actors talking to thin air.
What it all boils down to is that in trying to make everything CG and having the ability to change a whole scene by use of a computer, you steal from the movie. I can't describe it effectively but the latex masks and the plaster sets give the actors something substancial to work with. They can actually look upon the face of the Swamp Thing rather than gaze upon a wire frame of Jar Jar.
Give me hairy Chewbacca or give me death.
**Insert maniacal Star wars fan stuff here** Yoda kicked Butt. All except the scenes in the air thingies. "Perimeter around the survivors do make" or some crap. "HUH?" Jango was kinda harsh, but what was up with Boba? I thought George would keep him more mysterious rather than give him that cliched storyline. Also I thought the Jedis would be tougher than they were, they actually didn't live up to their calling, at least from my minds eye.
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