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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1298680" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>George Lucas can do whatever he wants, of course.</p><p></p><p>He's not a very good director of movies. He is a worse writer of movies. He is not in any way a storyteller.</p><p></p><p>He does have two great talents: a keen business sense that I don't think anyone else in the industry can match ("Merchandising? What's that?"), and a understanding of how technology impacts film creation, and the ability to stay on that bleeding edge of technical innovation (motion-control cameras, travelling mattes, multi-channel sound, all sorts of good stuff) -- AND show off that innovation in clear and ocassionally exciting ways.</p><p></p><p>He got lucky with <em>Star Wars</em>. It's one of those films where everything came together at the right moment in history. And then he stepped back and gave <em>Empire</em> to a talented team and let them look after it. And since then?</p><p></p><p>It's his money -- he can spend it how he likes. And people go to see the movies, sure, but I'm not convinced that means they're good. People go to see movies for all sorts of reasons other than the fact that the movie in question is good. We go to Star Wars movies because traditionally they have showed us things no other movies would show us. I don't find that to be true anymore, but the realisation has been a long time coming. I saw the first two films of the new trilogy with a great deal of hope, and was disappointed both times. The third one, well, if the trailers are good and the critical response is good then I'll definitely see it -- otherwise frankly I may pass.</p><p></p><p>It's like what's happened to Bond films. Used to be, Bond films were the only films like Bond films. With crazy stunts and beautiful girls and exotic locations and expensive gear all over the place -- but now tons of people make films like that, and the Bond films are suffering in comparision -- a Bond film is just another action film nowadays. And a Star Wars film has become just another special effects film.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1298680, member: 812"] George Lucas can do whatever he wants, of course. He's not a very good director of movies. He is a worse writer of movies. He is not in any way a storyteller. He does have two great talents: a keen business sense that I don't think anyone else in the industry can match ("Merchandising? What's that?"), and a understanding of how technology impacts film creation, and the ability to stay on that bleeding edge of technical innovation (motion-control cameras, travelling mattes, multi-channel sound, all sorts of good stuff) -- AND show off that innovation in clear and ocassionally exciting ways. He got lucky with [i]Star Wars[/i]. It's one of those films where everything came together at the right moment in history. And then he stepped back and gave [i]Empire[/i] to a talented team and let them look after it. And since then? It's his money -- he can spend it how he likes. And people go to see the movies, sure, but I'm not convinced that means they're good. People go to see movies for all sorts of reasons other than the fact that the movie in question is good. We go to Star Wars movies because traditionally they have showed us things no other movies would show us. I don't find that to be true anymore, but the realisation has been a long time coming. I saw the first two films of the new trilogy with a great deal of hope, and was disappointed both times. The third one, well, if the trailers are good and the critical response is good then I'll definitely see it -- otherwise frankly I may pass. It's like what's happened to Bond films. Used to be, Bond films were the only films like Bond films. With crazy stunts and beautiful girls and exotic locations and expensive gear all over the place -- but now tons of people make films like that, and the Bond films are suffering in comparision -- a Bond film is just another action film nowadays. And a Star Wars film has become just another special effects film. [/QUOTE]
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