Clone Wars is very fun if you're a Star Wars fan. Certainly, this movie is better and more action-packed than any of the prequels and draws on the best strengths from previous Clone Wars cartoons that aired previously on TV (which I enjoyed more than the prequels, in hindsight). There's a few childish bumps in the road throughout the movie, but they're short lived and to be honest, not worth much criticism or analysis, since the strength of the action and storyline are more impressive.

Looking at the action, its a relief and a welcome sight to see some impressive space battles on the big screen that were mostly absent from the prequels: The best in this one being Anakin's dogfight with two wickedly designed droid fighters over Tatooine (subsequently, the best scored scene in the whole movie). On the ground, the extended vertical up the cliff-face clones vs. droids vs. Jedi fight is stunning. One of the most impressive aspects, visually, is the jumps to light-speed that are a good throwback to the original trilogy and were sorely missing in all of the prequels. Also, the animation and character interaction is solid for what they're attempting to convey.

Overall, I'm impressed by this movie and can't wait to watch the show as it airs; it's a solid action-adventure that delivers a great ride through the saber duels, clone fights, and space battles; and it obviously didn't hurt to not have Lucas at the forefront of this venture. I'd recommend Clone Wars to those didn't fully (even minimally) enjoy the prequels, but who liked the Cartoon Network's Clone Wars spin-off and Star Wars fans generally--you'll get a kick out of it for sure! My friends Jeron, Brian, and Andrew: I know you'll all be pleasantly surprised by it.

SCORE: As is to be expected, the mix is low at times and upfront at key moments. Kiner's music works well with the action, but in more quiet moments it doesn't hold up: Specifically, the middle eastern sound for Tatooine isn't all that effective; moaning woman in there somewhere, too, which kind of blows. With this score, like the movie itself, it's the action (music) that is most impressive.

I don't have the CD yet and have only heard the Amazon clips outside of seeing Clone Wars, so I can't tell if the clips are for the entire series or just for the movie. Regardless, the guitars that are in the Obi-Wan track are clearly not used for Kenobi at all in the movie; this particular action is used during the cliff-face battle for Anakin and his junior Jedi and strange as it seems to have the guitars and synth at the forefront like that for anything related to Star Wars, the piece actually functions quite well with the on-screen action.