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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2096973" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>My position on the movies exactly. Although even then, I don't think the stories that they do tell are unsalvagable, it's more the execution of them that stinks. Anakin as a little boy in TPM automatically means that chemistry with Natalie Portman is going to go out the window. Ponderous, unnatural dialogue will bring even the best story down, as will uneven pacing and focusing too much on drawn-out "emotional" scenes that aren't.</p><p></p><p>It's kinda sad, in a way, when the new Star Wars movies aren't as good as recent Star Wars video games like <em>Knights of the Old Republic</em> 1 and 2.</p><p></p><p>I'm still quite excited about RotS, just as I was about AotC and tPM, but their legacy will be nothing like the OT, when they really should have been. All these claims that "the Internet" or "the fans" have killed Star Wars are preposterous, as are claims that "we're just not appreciating the Star Wars movies for what they are." Face it; the Star Wars prequels just had some serious flaws. They weren't nearly as strong as the OT. I didn't have unreasonable expectations of the movies; after all, you don't see my griping about <em>Return of the Jedi</em>, do you? I think my expectations of the movies were actually quite reasonable, and I would have been in a mood to be quite forgiving of flaws in the movies, but they <em>still</em> didn't meet even my lowered expectations.</p><p></p><p>I agree with Henry that tPM is worth it for the lightsaber battle alone, but it's pretty sad that I really can't watch the movie anymore without skipping ahead to the lightsaber battle and missing most of the rest of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 2096973, member: 2205"] My position on the movies exactly. Although even then, I don't think the stories that they do tell are unsalvagable, it's more the execution of them that stinks. Anakin as a little boy in TPM automatically means that chemistry with Natalie Portman is going to go out the window. Ponderous, unnatural dialogue will bring even the best story down, as will uneven pacing and focusing too much on drawn-out "emotional" scenes that aren't. It's kinda sad, in a way, when the new Star Wars movies aren't as good as recent Star Wars video games like [i]Knights of the Old Republic[/i] 1 and 2. I'm still quite excited about RotS, just as I was about AotC and tPM, but their legacy will be nothing like the OT, when they really should have been. All these claims that "the Internet" or "the fans" have killed Star Wars are preposterous, as are claims that "we're just not appreciating the Star Wars movies for what they are." Face it; the Star Wars prequels just had some serious flaws. They weren't nearly as strong as the OT. I didn't have unreasonable expectations of the movies; after all, you don't see my griping about [i]Return of the Jedi[/i], do you? I think my expectations of the movies were actually quite reasonable, and I would have been in a mood to be quite forgiving of flaws in the movies, but they [i]still[/i] didn't meet even my lowered expectations. I agree with Henry that tPM is worth it for the lightsaber battle alone, but it's pretty sad that I really can't watch the movie anymore without skipping ahead to the lightsaber battle and missing most of the rest of it. [/QUOTE]
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