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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
A fun addition to the Star Wars collection
I saw this movie yesterday at an early preview, and we took our two boys along with us. We found it to be a fun movie, full of action and more than able to keep our kids' attention. The movie itself jumps right into the Star Wars world without any sort of background information, so those who aren't familiar with Star Wars may be a bit lost at first (the movie takes place somewhere in between Episodes II and III). However, the action is immediate and the story moves along well. There were moments of humor with the battle droids, whose vocabulary has been greatly expanded. With a few exceptions, most of the major characters are obviously voiced by different people than in the original movies (though the actor voicing Obiwan was good--we thought it actually was Ewan McGregor), but overall the movie was enjoyable, especially for the younger set.
Marooned (1969)
Great movie for retro fans
I'm also giving it a higher score because one of the other reviewers in very correct. This isn't going to be a knock you down thriller. It is a good precursor to Apollo 13, although 2 of the 3 die before the rescue (but won't say which two...that was a definite surprise at the end).
What I found to be great about the movie was watching a movie that used the actual technology of the era. The cars, computers, etc., were fantastic compared to the attempts to retro these items in movies today.
If you have a couple of hours, and enjoy a little suspense generated by the actors, not the extraneous CGI or fighting scenes, or other add ons we have in todays movies, you'll enjoy this