(removed post from the ranking thread)
I’ll never understand the Marvel joke criticism thing. First of all, what’s wrong with having jokes in your movies? I’d be quickly bored with Marvel movies if they didn’t. Second, just because there’s a lot of humor doesn’t automatically mean it’s the same kind of humor as Marvel tends to do.
Well I feel it is and I never felt this humor was necessary. It’s cool you enjoyed it, wish I did. Some part and ideas are truly beautiful (Johnson can give in ONE SHOT any character their characterization: the man is good !) but the lack of serious - and of consistency as well - of many elements (even within good parts) was playing against the movie (IMHO for sure). I respect TLJ for being radical, daring, and in a way “new” (even if it’s more The Two Towers with a BSG subplot). I just… don’t like it that much. And I really believed I would love it 'cause it’s a very interesting movie nonetheless.
(to all: just stop attacking people because they don’t share your hate of the PT and your love for the Disney movies. Seriously I mean it. Stay cool)
edit: as for the ranking, both AOTC and TLJ are author movies. One might be better than the other one but in the end I don’t like both. I just feel that between a mad artist and an artist getting mad with material which is not his, I would always prefer the work of the mad artist. Bad SW by Lucas is for me more interesting than bad SW by anybody else. But I could switch in my ranking AOTC with TLJ anytime, wouldn’t change anything to me.