12th March 2010, 11:37 PM
Lucas has nothing to lose, really. He's built up an empire worth billions and all the fighting he did during the late 70's to make his dream a reality is over and done. His movies were self-financed [from the profits of Star Wars toys] and he likely realized, and rightly so, that the anticipation of the Star Wars PT would trump whatever shortcoming the movies might have. And, at this point in his career and with the freedom he has, there's really no one who's going to challenge him on anything.
Here's the problem I have with the PT:
The Phantom Menace: Way too much "little kid has special powers that make up for his lack of any combat training, allowing him to destroy space stations with ease", Jar-Jar Binks ruins every scene he's in with cringe-inducing attempts to inject humor, bumbling droids troops, trying to explain the Force as a scientific phenomenon that can be measured [whereas in the OT it was much more mystical, Tarkin even said that Vader was the "last of his religion"], plot inconsistencies with the OT [these are present to some degree through all three].
Attack of the Clones: The romance between Anakin and Padme is horribly awkward in terms of acting and writing, the Ray Harryhausen-esque monster arena at the end is a bit too ridiculous, the scene where Anakin's mom dies [nothing about it feels right at all], Anakin's a bit too whiny [which is a problem in the next movie as well], C3PO suddenly spouting puns left and right for no reason at all.
Revenge of the Sith: Like I said before, this one feels the most coherent of the of three, but it's not without its own problems. Padme's mysterious death from a "broken heart", Anakin's whininess [as mentioned before], hit turn from "I want to save Padme and make the galaxy peaceful" to "Yeehaw! Let's kill little kids!" is way too fast even though they've been hinting at since the second movie, and...uh...General Grevious not getting enough development as a villain I guess.
The actors in the original 3 weren't exactly shooting for an Oscar, but they had a charm to them that feels completely absent from the actors in the PT, barring a couple of standouts like Laim Neeson and Ian McDiarmid.
A New Hope was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness. On top of winning six Oscars for the technical side of the movie.
Well, the PT is certainly that.
Here's the problem I have with the PT:
The Phantom Menace: Way too much "little kid has special powers that make up for his lack of any combat training, allowing him to destroy space stations with ease", Jar-Jar Binks ruins every scene he's in with cringe-inducing attempts to inject humor, bumbling droids troops, trying to explain the Force as a scientific phenomenon that can be measured [whereas in the OT it was much more mystical, Tarkin even said that Vader was the "last of his religion"], plot inconsistencies with the OT [these are present to some degree through all three].
Attack of the Clones: The romance between Anakin and Padme is horribly awkward in terms of acting and writing, the Ray Harryhausen-esque monster arena at the end is a bit too ridiculous, the scene where Anakin's mom dies [nothing about it feels right at all], Anakin's a bit too whiny [which is a problem in the next movie as well], C3PO suddenly spouting puns left and right for no reason at all.
Revenge of the Sith: Like I said before, this one feels the most coherent of the of three, but it's not without its own problems. Padme's mysterious death from a "broken heart", Anakin's whininess [as mentioned before], hit turn from "I want to save Padme and make the galaxy peaceful" to "Yeehaw! Let's kill little kids!" is way too fast even though they've been hinting at since the second movie, and...uh...General Grevious not getting enough development as a villain I guess.
The actors in the original 3 weren't exactly shooting for an Oscar, but they had a charm to them that feels completely absent from the actors in the PT, barring a couple of standouts like Laim Neeson and Ian McDiarmid.
Quote:Young kids whose first introduction to Star Wars was the PT probably feel the same way as the older generation did the first time they watched ANH.
A New Hope was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness. On top of winning six Oscars for the technical side of the movie.
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Well, the PT is certainly that.
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