James Stacey (JamesThePirate)

I can see why Lucas is embarrassed by this film and I hope he learned a valuable lesson when it comes to letting other people handle his projects.
However I think every STAR WARS fan should see this "special" in order to have a good laugh. Whether it's at the corny dialogue, bad special "performances" or the horny old wookie who apparantly has fantasies about Diahann Carroll, it's just so bad that it comes close to being funny. Unfortunately not nearly often enough.
Korman could have been the saving grace of the whole special but his talents are completely wasted in this and doesn't come very close to being funny dispite playing three differant characters. I do think the people who played Chewie's family did a good job in their roles for having to convey what their saying and thinking with zero subtitles to help us and they manage to pull it off. Carney also does a good job and looks like he took the role just seriously enough to not ruin it.
Also if your "lucky" enough to find a copy with the original commercials on it then watch that one, because it's an interesting look back on 70s television.
Now what else good can I say about this? Um.....Fisher isn't a bad singer.....and that's about all I can think of.
The cartoon has pretty crappy animation, Hamill has WAY to much make up on (I understand that was because of his near fatal car wreck, but they should have come up with something better), the wookies have stupid names (Itchy...I rest my case), the story makes little sense at all, and it's almost 2 hours long with commercials! (can you believe that?)
This is something for STAR WARS fans and fans only. They won't even like it though, but as a fan you should watch it just to see how BAD the prequels could have been.

"Would you look at Lumpy! He's sure grown, huh? And I think his voice is changing."
"Arrgararrggaar! "
"Come on, I'm just teasing"

Moviegoers will be getting exactly what they expect when they see this movie and Emmerich proves once again to be the master of diaster. More devastating then INDEPENDENCE DAY and more suspenseful and epic then THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, Emmerich ends the world on an evern grander scale then ever before, but what I like about his movies is that it's not just about the world ending. They're stories about people and humanity SURVIVING. Something that couldn't be pulled off without the great actors/actresses he manages to ensemble together. Cusack, Glover, Peet. McCarthy, Harrelson, Platt, Newton, Ejiofor, and Lily (who I forsee we will be seeing a lot more of in the future) all do an outstanding job and give you characters to root for and pray they survive till the credits.
People have started to lable this movie as disaster porn, but can't seem to see past the CGI world coming to an end and notice the stories of people surviving and trying to save each other when it all comes to an end. The story is about those people who happen to be in a disaster movie. And one can only hope that most people will do that in the face of a disaster.
The disaster movie formula is a simple one and Emmerich manages to follow most of the usual rules. Plenty of close calls and breath catching moments of escape. The only thing that felt over done to me was there was one too many nose diving planes pulling up at the last second. One was good, twice was fine, but three times is getting too repetative. Also the list of surivors is pretty easy to guess as is the case with most disaster movies and towards the end it seemed they started to kill people just because it was time to wrap it up and so they they ended up not give their characters good enough closer. Aldo it does start to get a little long, clocking in at close to 3 hours.
So there you have it. Just a few little things that annoyed me, but that was it. Emmerich's fans will be satsfied and if you've seen any of his films then you know what to expect and you will be getting exactly that. So for now, buckle up and enjoy the ride. After all 2012 is just around the corner....

"The governor just said we're fine now."
"The guy is an actor, he's reading a script. When they tell you not to panic... that's when you run!"

Once again Jackson has given us another film loaded witha great story and characters. Still if you don't like long movies then you probably won't fine this one entrancing enough, but it's still action packed right when it starts slowing down. Amazing special effects and the T-Rex scene is amazing!

This is one of my favorite and one of the perfect movies. It's funny, has a lot of heart, great acting, cool story, everything! It's just a great movie. Acting is wondeful by Nelson, Gleeson, and Sheedy, everyone else isgood too, their just not my favorite characters. The scene where their all sitting in a circle and talking about everything and yet nothing is the best. Everyone captures their characters so well at those moments and you see what amazing acting they all have. John Hughs story and direction are perfect and thisstands as being his best film in my opinoin. This is just a movie that I'm able to watch over and over again and highly recommend it to everyone. "Well, well. Here we are. You have exactly eight hours and fifty-four minutes to think about why you're here. You may not talk, you will not move from these seats. Any questions?" "Yeah. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"