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Originally posted by: DarthAstuart
stampid, i know how you feel...i too abandoned the first two prequels and was surprised at how emotionally involved I became with ROTS. it also helped me hate Lucas less...he stopped being this huge pariah in my mind and became more of a filmmaker who's had a really rough time making a good movie in, oh, fifteen years or so.
it's hard to reconcile the first two prequels with ROTS, because I do dislike them so much, and like the latest one. it feels...weird. i never expected to have any new star wars I could stomach watching.
thanks, i knew i wasnt the only one
Last night I rented TPM and I noticed just how visually beautiful all of it was. Though I still havent found a copy of AOTC, I have a feeling that the main problem with the first 2 sequels was that George was trying to tell too many stories, and became much too involved in subplots and new characters. Jar-Jar himself as a stand-alone character is really interesting (possibly not the right word), but overall not important to the story. He's not as fake-looking as I remember him to be.
I never watched the prequels as much as the OT, and having payed careful attention and repeated viewings of TPM, I've come to peace with it much moreso than ROTJ. The pod race scene is pretty perfect, and I'm sure most of us agree that the darth Maul fight is one of the best in the entire series, and the other scenes are either stunning visuals are an attempt to introduce the characters and circumstances of the prequels. Just my careful new impressions of the story. Lucas definately tried to tell a different kind of story than the OT, and maybe the difference between the first two prequels and the third is supposed to be as noticable as it is. There's an innocent fairy tale, where the some of heroes don't even have to intentionally defeat their enemies. A story about heroes who start to realize that they're being manipulated, but their suspicions are ingored once war begins, and right when they're beginning to realize that they've been fooled, they're wiped out. Doesn't make for the best movies, but it definately has a dramatic payoff.
I've yet to re-evaluate AOTC. I really can't wait to just sit and watch it. Blockbuster's new "No Late Fee" policy is convenient, but it also means that folks never return the damn DVDs!