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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 2107532" data-attributes="member: 505">Just because someone has enough money to do something doesn't mean that they're good at it.  If Madonna produces a film and acts in it, God forbid we criticize her acting ability.  It's her money, we can't say it's bad!My problem is that people are defending Lucas based on his money.  It's summed up best by that quote from the interview Ankh-Morpork Guard posted: Because only rich people can have opinions.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> No, but you did respond to my criticism: By saying:I said he wasn't good at directing people, didn't give his actors complete scripts (which hampered their performances), and that he basically needed an editor to gauge his ideas.  You countered my beliefs with a post about his money.And talk about being misquoted... Where exactly did I say that his movies were completely worthless?   You're absolutely right.  He's a great producer.  In fact, I never said he wasn't.  I'd say he was a better producer than director.   That's kind of part of my point.For all the people saying that they aren't telling people that they can't critize Lucas because he used his own money, it seems like a lot of people are defending him from criticism by talking about his money.</blockquote>