Award Winning 'Star Wars' Essay OT vs. PT. Study Won award@TheForce.neT
#4
Posted 14 February 2005 - 11:18 AM
Lucas tosses the blame on the critics aswell. He says that people have too high expectations when watching these films. Therefore, if the movies fail it's more due to your outlook than the movie's quality. He's being spineless, he will not even admit Jar Jar was a problem.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 14 February 2005 - 11:22 AM
#5
Posted 14 February 2005 - 01:16 PM
The first two Star Wars movies (even Return to a degree) were something we hadn't seen much of, especially if we were young when they came out. Star Wars hit us on so many levels. Special effects with a story that capivated you and characters you cared about. It was the first real fantasy movie everyone could enjoy. Empire raised the bar by actually making these character's interesting and the storyline (to me) is one of the best ever written for a movie. Return did a good job with the Luke and Vader storyline but of course we had the crappy ewoks and the muppets in Jabba's palace. The diffrence between then and now, when the prequel trilogies were released, was the fact people actually wanted to see good movies back then. Now, as the article points out, the average fan boy wants to see glitzy special effects and larger than life, two dimensional characters (even if they are creepy like Anakin is) and in that respect the PT deliver.
For everyone fantasy fan who loved the LOTR trilogy for it's all around depth in character and storyline, there are five fanboys who love the PT because "it's just cool to see all those special effects and action"
This post has been edited by Michel Orla: 14 February 2005 - 01:17 PM
#6
Posted 14 February 2005 - 03:55 PM
#7
Posted 14 February 2005 - 04:06 PM
No, I think the point he was trying to make is that the OT was aimed at a general audience, whereas the PT is aimed at hardcore SW fanboys who don't give a stuff about plot or characterisation as long as there's plenty of CGI and Boba Fett. I quote:
So he's saying that it is the fault of the movies. I don't think you can have read the article very carefully, Jordan, as the last few paragraphs make this quite clear.
- J m HofMarN on the Sand People
#10
Posted 14 February 2005 - 10:53 PM
Of course, I'm 21 right now, and I was only 18 when AOTC came out and I thought it was complete bullshit right then and there.
#11
Posted 14 February 2005 - 10:57 PM
Of course, I'm 21 right now, and I was only 18 when AOTC came out and I thought it was complete bullshit right then and there.
I'm know how you feel, Paladin.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#12
Posted 15 February 2005 - 12:21 AM
#13
Posted 15 February 2005 - 11:13 PM
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It must be noted that the guy's favouite film is titanic.
I don't like the prequels one bit, but I think that guy has got it totally wrong. for me, the prequels resemble crappy blockbusters like jurassic park and et, films that the originals were nothing like.
#14
Posted 16 February 2005 - 12:08 AM
I don't like the prequels one bit, but I think that guy has got it totally wrong. for me, the prequels resemble crappy blockbusters like jurassic park and et, films that the originals were nothing like.
um....Jurassic Park and ET were crappy?
I'll admit that when i read Jurassic Park after I watched it, I thought the novel was better....but the movie was fun as hell.
And what do you have against ET? I love that movie!