29th February 2004, 5:40 PM
OB1 Wrote:
Gee wiz, someone who at first liked AotC but then decided that he did in fact not enjoy the movie after word got out that liking the prequels is not popular, is complaining about this! Who woulda guessed?
Don't be dumb. By the time AOTC came out, hating the prequels was already very much in vogue, because Phantom Menace was flat-out awful. Unlike AOTC, I never liked TPM and I never bothered watching it more than once. I liked AOTC quite a bit more, but that doesn't mean I thought it was a good movie. It was mediocre. It had good aspects that were pretty well countered by the crappy execution.
I'll be perfectly honest with you. The first time I went to see AOTC, I was quite happy, but it had much more to do with the company I was keeping than the movie. After several forced repeated viewings, maybe it was from the repetitiveness and maybe not, but I really grew to dislike the movie.
I mean, God forbid someone's opinion of something differs from their initial impression. You NEVER see that happen.
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