http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI
This link is to the review by redlettermedia. I cannot insert it as a youtube video because then it overwrites the below one for some reason.
I agreed on some of the parts regarding plot holes and retcons (those are my pet peeves), but I believe the majority of the view is biased movie snobbage, particularly the comments about lack of characterization and emotion, and the idea that CGI destroyed the novelty and believability of Star Wars.
For example the guy says that obi wan didnt get mad enough or something, and the "boring" beautifully choreographed lightsaber battles were diminished from emotion and interest. I think there was just as much emotion in the battle against Maul as any other in the series. When Qui-Gon died, I cared for the character and so felt for him. When Obi-Wan said "NOOOO", I felt his rage as he barrelled out of the hallway in an explosive flurry.
Im not going to be wasting my time defending the prequels when someone has already done it for me:
Dont ask me where part one is. I have no idea.
I was pretty surprised when I heard all the hate against Star Wars prequels. I wonder how many other people will be when they see this.
Ain't that the truth...
Crappy movie now in 3d! You notice how 0% of the trailers show jar jar?
No, actually, I didn't...
3d movies give me migraines, so I try really hard not to notice anything about them. Smart move though, assuming anyone can forget the stupid bastard long enough to convince themselves to get suckered twice.
That rules out just about everything after Jaws. Which thankfully includes everything by Adam Sandler.
The closest thing to sci fi by Adam Sandler I know of is probably Fast Forward. Which interestingly had a nice life lesson in it. In some respects Fast Forward was idiotic, but that one meaning about "don't fast forward in life" was deep. Of all the movies out there with the depth of a kleenex, I don't think that Adam Sandler movie was one of them.
Lucas has made his $$ so i guess he can pander to the fanboys and show as little of that floppy eared turd as possible. I'd hate to see his antics in 3D though.
I too am not a fan of 3D. Being a glasses wearer certainly doesnt make putting on another pair of glasses all that fun, and i'm yet to see a movie that really blows me away with the 3D..(tho Avatar was pretty, and little else)
I was considering seeing Phantom Mencase in 3D though, the pod race might look really cool, but then i realized i'd being paying money to see Phantom Menace, and i'd rather wait for Prometheus. (or gouge my eye balls out...)
You found one yet?
Yeah plenty actually. Also considering I didnt hear about all the hate for the prequels untils years after the fact Id say you are all grossly outnumbered.
I didn't think Avatar was that great in 3D versus 2D. The lights and all were actually dumbed down by the glasses. Want to see a movie that makes great use of the 3D without looking like it's making any effort? See Hugo. Not only great in 3D, but a nice departure in the style of storytelling from the norm of movies, largely due to the faithfulness of the story, and the simplicity of the original writer's intent.
If you know a way to make reactor cores unexplodable, I think you need to stop modding and posting and instead make billions on fail safe nuclear reactors. And donate a small fraction of that to me and ZombieRus so we can mod Sins full time and prove anything is possible with enough buffs.
You must have either still been in school or not following the internet in those days.
From Wikipedia:
Attack of the Clones received generally mixed reviews from critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes review site, the film received a 67% favorable rating based on 218 reviews.
Revenge of the Sith did fare a bit better:
All the films were getting negative reactions at websites within weeks of opening. And although Sith did get a better score, it still took criticism regarding the dialogue, with some critics saying it was on the same level with Menace and Clones. Of course, all three had high box office and brought in a lot of money, so as far as the bean counters are concerned, they're great films. And if you think we're all "grossly outnumbered," long-time fans of science fiction don't always agree with the opinions of the general public. And as a side note, you seem insistent in both your thread topics that you're the only one here with an opinion that is the "right" one, and just as insistent that you must "win" every time. Maybe you've been taking too much Charlie Sheen.
Probably likely more 'confident' ... .... but this little wood duck, at the over 30[ish] mark of 57 gave up on expecting anything good from SW once those almost interminable 3D credits ended.
The prequils were just more of the same [or less depending on your view]....
100% correct.
It's too bad really that the last few generations (not knowing anything but the current "consumption-driven-culture") missed out on just good old fashioned story-telling in books, cinema, hell even music.
I'd have to agree with that, no one scene exemplifies it more than the gibberish between Anakain and Padme in her/their quarters.
Dear lord, don't get me started on "music"..
Too right! To fight this, i made my boy watch SW in the order (i feel at least) they should be watched in, that being IV, V, VI, I, II, III, since i knew that once he watched the prequels and got a taste of how Lucas killed the 10 yr old inside all us "oldies", with floppy ears and the droid stooges, i'd never get him to watch the classics.
More to your point, i can't convince him to watch Blade Runner, yet you can't pry any one of the three Transformers movies from his Blu-Ray player.....An injustice i work on daily to rectify.
For a prequel series that was supposed to explain how Luke & Leia's parents met, the romantic interludes were the most poorly written love scenes in the history of film.
Hard to argue with this. Even the failed love of Kermit and Miss Piggy is superior to the prequels!!
Well... he did say he has a slow connection.
Is this thread going to be a stand up fight or just another bug hunt?
Say the words bug hunt, and a whiny Bill Paxton always springs to mind!
Awesome actor tho! (only actor to be killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator!)
And turned into a disgusting giant toad by Kelly LeBrock in Weird Science.
Oo-ooo Oo-ooo Oo-ooo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-upHSP9KU
Clarify.
Which, you are
Someone asked how my "search for people who agreed with me" was going and I answered it. Whether or not "long time fans" agree or not is different matter entirely.
Wh... and you guys DONT? The fuck is this selfrightous bullshit?
So your intent is just to argue then.
I don't beleive it is. It goes to further the point of which group is in the minority when it comes to the prequel trilogy.
Ok, so yes, your intent is just to argue then. This comment of yours in rebuttal of one voice, you slam everyone by insinutaing we all are selfrightous and that we all maintain we are pigheaded enough to beleive we are always right.You make that claim why? or should i just say..
A joke. I'd say you need to watch the Alien series if you can't grasp that one.
I loved Weird Science.....and what kid wouldn't want an ICBM in their bedrooms! I mean, i bet Steven Seagal had one when married to LeBrock!!!
Don't act so shocked. You deliberately titled this thread as "Movie snobbage: The Star Wars prequels were bad? THAT bad? What?"
which in itself is provocative and inviting conflicting opinions, as if anyone should have the effrontery to belittle the fruit of St. George's loins.
mmmm.... loins....
I say we grease this rat-fuck son of a bitch right now.
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