Of course I take it personally to a degree as making false claims about anything is never a good way to get people to actually understand something or your point of view. It creates tension and fighting in the long run. Like us right now to a degree. This is never healthy and shouldn’t be encouraged as the Red Light Media reviews penetrate. They’re not film critics but people with opinions on what they think George should have done with his films mind you. Instead it’s like many seem to agree with them without actually forming their own opinions or knowing anything about visual literacy. See how Chris Stuckmann copies and pastes their reviews. Does he not have his own takes first? Just because something is a consensus doesn’t make it right. It’s like me I have an opinion of what certain things mean to me personally but I use factual evidence on the contrary when presented with them. I don’t stay restricted to my thinking of what Star Wars has to be but am encouraged to see it grow and not be nostalgic forever. It is truly personal in some ways but everything you love is and I really love George’s six films. I equally love nearly everything else he ever made that I’ve seen. I’m not so keen on Temple of the Doom for example. I like parts of it but overall it’s in my opinion not as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark or Young Indy for that matter. I’ve not seen the other films yet. I equally love the person he is and find him someone you should aspire to be more like.
I mean he’s not but it’s whatever.
Of course I know the Prequels aren’t perfect but neither are the Originals. No film has ever truly reached perfection or not been without criticism from somebody. However criticism and being objective is different from understanding visual literacy and in general terms why something is the way it is. It’s the difference between spilling your opinion on something versus factual evidence that shows what the filmmaker or whomever intended for us to see. More often than not it’s all opinion when it comes to dissing the Prequels and not actually trying to understand them or George. The same points get made time and time again. Are they valid? Sometimes and I’ll leave it at that.