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<blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2091614" data-attributes="member: 10079"><p>The problem with Star Wars is as much the fans as anything. Calling Lucas inept and incompetent as a writer/director is just plain stupid. He has a very unique style. He is NOT the best, but he isn't inept OR incompetent.</p><p></p><p>The problem is as much that many of us have grown up and remember Star Wars as something that Lucas doesn't see it as. He writes perfectly for the style. The problem is looking at Star Wars in a way that it was not intended. Star Wars is supposed to be the classic Saturday Matinee type movie. Cheesy, stilted dialogue, quick romances that only happen because the plot says so, and fairly flat characters.</p><p></p><p>All of these complaints that are said about the movies usually ignore this, and like it or not, the execution of the movies is perfect for the style which Lucas wants to create. </p><p></p><p>But considering this discussion is as old as the prequels themselves and beaten to undeath, this isn't going to get anywhere new. Lines are drawn, you either like it or you don't. There's nothing wrong with NOT liking the new movies or how Lucas does things, but every single Star Wars topic does not need to constantly go down these same lines. Some of us are enjoying these movies, and if we were in the minority, these movies wouldn't still be making the kind of money they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ankh-Morpork Guard, post: 2091614, member: 10079"] The problem with Star Wars is as much the fans as anything. Calling Lucas inept and incompetent as a writer/director is just plain stupid. He has a very unique style. He is NOT the best, but he isn't inept OR incompetent. The problem is as much that many of us have grown up and remember Star Wars as something that Lucas doesn't see it as. He writes perfectly for the style. The problem is looking at Star Wars in a way that it was not intended. Star Wars is supposed to be the classic Saturday Matinee type movie. Cheesy, stilted dialogue, quick romances that only happen because the plot says so, and fairly flat characters. All of these complaints that are said about the movies usually ignore this, and like it or not, the execution of the movies is perfect for the style which Lucas wants to create. But considering this discussion is as old as the prequels themselves and beaten to undeath, this isn't going to get anywhere new. Lines are drawn, you either like it or you don't. There's nothing wrong with NOT liking the new movies or how Lucas does things, but every single Star Wars topic does not need to constantly go down these same lines. Some of us are enjoying these movies, and if we were in the minority, these movies wouldn't still be making the kind of money they do. [/QUOTE]
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