Awww - why do you have to bring up old painful stories like that. I had such hopes for that movie....:'(
Wing Commander.
You want to talk about story rape...
I thought the same thing. The first one I saw was Empire and I liked it. I was a little kid so it was not hard to impress me. Then I saw Jedi and I liked that one too. When I saw the first one, Star Wars, I was disappointed. It seemed painfully slow and it didn't feel like it was going anywhere. My best friend's dad said Star Wars was the first movie he walked out of.
Yeah...stupid Time Magazine and millions of people around the world didn't know what they were talking about.
Gross: $72,952,653 (USA) (22 January 2012)
It seems you are right! Popularity is the ultimate indicator of quality.
Yeah...stupid Time Magazine and millions of people around the world didn't know what they were talking about.
It's just like Avatar. It's a steaming pile of shit in terms of story but it's really something to watch.I don't think anyone on here will argue that, when it was released, that it was truly a sight to behold. But it doesn't hold up well. In addition to that, we got two other movies in the same universe made by people who were way better at making movies than Lucas.
I don't think anyone on here will argue that, when it was released, that it was truly a sight to behold. But it doesn't hold up well. In addition to that, we got two other movies in the same universe made by people who were way better at making movies than Lucas.
and that's the thing. If there were no Empire or Jedi, Star Wars would, today, be remembered as a quaint and interesting film that brought in some amazing special effects. The film itself, though, would be largely unwatchable by most audiences--because on its own it's just a campy, sloppy drive-in flick.
There is no real need to care about Star Wars without Empire and Jedi, and it would have fallen into the dustbin of mere fondness and nostalgia with other fantasy flicks of the time, like Flash Gorgon and Dune, etc.
This. GTFO Lukas. And take your cream latte with you.No were not.
He said Flash Gordon, not Flesh Gordon.Loved that movie, but it's absolutely horrible.
Maybe I'm the only one but I thought Jar Jar was fine. Yes he was stupid and goofy but he added comic relief to what would otherwise be a more serious film. All the grown up fan boi's would have liked him when they were kids but now it offends their adult sensibilities. Maybe I'd feel differently if I'd been born in 1970 instead of 1980 but I wasn't.
The new movies were all pretty good I thought as well. I liked that they told the story of Anakin and we found out how vader came to be. I agree that he shouldn't have messed with his original works though. They were fine on their own and he could have done everything he needed to do in Episode 3 to tie it to the original Trilogy without monkeying around with the earlier films.
But Jar Jar wasn't funny. He wasn't comic relief, he was just a clown thrown in to make small children laugh at his antics.
The actual story was weak as hell too. Pretty much just a vehicle for his special effects and the all-powerful Star Wars license.
Then there's the actors who were wooden and flat.
God, that scene where Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan land on the planet and then meet up and first start talking to Jar-Jar... Makes me cringe every time...
Which is a shame, because the movie opened so bad-assly (?).
Yeah...stupid Time Magazine and millions of people around the world didn't know what they were talking about.
Gross: $72,952,653 (USA) (22 January 2012)
It seems you are right! Popularity is the ultimate indicator of quality.
Just because you have background and development does not mean you have any depth
His character was whiney, annoying and very superficial. He was a CGI fart joke.
I think American Graffiti was not that bad either.
"Artists" are usually better when they are hungry.
and that's the thing. If there were no Empire or Jedi, Star Wars would, today, be remembered as a quaint and interesting film that brought in some amazing special effects. The film itself, though, would be largely unwatchable by most audiences--because on its own it's just a campy, sloppy drive-in flick.
There is no real need to care about Star Wars without Empire and Jedi, and it would have fallen into the dustbin of mere fondness and nostalgia with other fantasy flicks of the time, like Flash Gorgon and Dune, etc.
Will somebody please kill Adam Sandler?