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[fett527]

...I humbly apoligize that I don't have the same discriminating tastes as the average 4-7 year old.

Come on now. Simply saying to look at the prequels with the same wide-eyed enthusiam as a kid. Critique the movies from an adult perspective, but don't get hung up on it.

There's lightsabers and blasters and space battles and lisghtsabers and this really funny goofy guy and this mean scary guy and lightsabers!!!!!

 

[Desdichado]

R2-D2 and C3PO. They defintiely attracted and amused children. I use my nephews as examples for this as well. They are great comic relief.

There's a big difference between "kids like this" and "this caters to kids." I mean, I was a kid when Star Wars first came out; I was five, and I was only eleven or so when RotJ came out. The difference is, that those movies don't cater to kids; they appeal to them while simultaneously appealing to adults. There are many parts of the new series, particularly in TPM, that quite obviously cater to kids and turn off adults, an element which is lacking from the earlier movies.

Why not? I think it lends more to his susceptibility to the darkside because of his immaturity. It works in my opinion. Ryan Phillippe would have brought his own flair to the roll and maybe that would have worked better. I do think Phillipe is a better actor.

Well, that depends on the details of his eventual fall, doesn't it? If the details of the major spoiler spy reports I've read are true, then him being a whiny teenager in Ep2 is pointless. Also, Phillippe would hopefully have at least given some credibility to the so-called romance between Padme and Anakin, which was the most difficult for me to swallow, personally.

I won't dispute the execution seemed lacking.

And that's the real shame. Those movies had the potential to be the biggest thing going this decade. As it is, they're merely OK when they should have been triumphant. That's the disappointing thing; not that the movies were themselves actively bad, just that they weren't really very good either.

 

[ddvmor]

The thing I have not liked about the prequels thus far is that they are super-hero movies done up in Star Wars garb.

I agree with this - the movies are missing that 'everyman' character with whom the audience identify - in the first one, it could have been Binks or possibly Anakin, but neither really worked properly.

Also, in the original trilogy, we had a non-jedi hero to cheer for in Han Solo, whilst in the prequels we only have Jedi dudes. Lots of em. A plethora, in fact.

 

[nakia]

Come on now. Simply saying to look at the prequels with the same wide-eyed enthusiam as a kid. Critique the movies from an adult perspective, but don't get hung up on it.

There's lightsabers and blasters and space battles and lisghtsabers and this really funny goofy guy and this mean scary guy and lightsabers!!!!!

Understood. I certainly am not a "Lucas-hater," nor do I blame Lucas for destroying my youth or anything like that. Jango Fett vs. Obi-Wan in the rain was cool. But now, I am older and more discriminating. I care about things like good acting and writing. EP1 & 2 didn't seem to have either one of those things in abundance. That's what I meant with the "Ah, youth" comment earlier.

 

[Krieg]

Come on now. Simply saying to look at the prequels with the same wide-eyed enthusiam as a kid. Critique the movies from an adult perspective, but don't get hung up on it.

There's lightsabers and blasters and space battles and lisghtsabers and this really funny goofy guy and this mean scary guy and lightsabers!!!!!

I'm not hung up on it at all. Overall they aren't very good movies. I don't hate Lucas for putting out bad films, I just have no desire to provide financial support for him to continue to do so.

A couple of great fight scenes (Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul was about as good as it gets) and some cool special effects (and some surprisingly bad ones) surrounded by a large sea of nothing. That is not great film making.

I don't see folks flocking to the defense of Barney, The Power Rangers or the Teletubbies calling their detractors "haters" because they don't consider them to be paragons of the medium.

 

[Krieg]

Oops

 

[Krieg]

Gadzooks!

 

[mojo1701]

Holy Triple Post, Batman!

 

[threshel]

...whilst in the prequels we only have Jedi dudes. Lots of em. A plethora, in fact.

And now, finally, we get to see them die.
With a couple of notable exceptions, of course.

I, for one, can't freakin wait! Empire was my favorite of the orginal trilogy, and RotS looks to be another dark chapter for the Republic and their vaunted Jedi.

All of the previous super-heroing and greatness will only flavor the fall so much more. Delicious.

Go VADER!


J

 

[myrdden]

I suppose we could debate the pros and cons of the first two movies, but I think that particular horse has been beaten to death, raised, and then beaten some more and then raised again.

I think it is safe to say that a lot of people were/are disappointed in the execution of the new movies more than anything else. This would include me too.

However, this is the movie I have been waiting to see - just how does Anakin go from being a reasonable, good person into a dark tyrant. And although I am not hyping myself up for the movie, I am eager to see what George has put together. Partly to see if he can redeem himself from his previous missteps and partly to satisfy my curiousity on the origins of Vader.

I am willing to accept the trailer at face value and bask in its coolness until proven otherwise.