Originally posted by: CO
TPM just feels like an EU novel. You follow QuiGon, Jar Jar, and an undercover Padme for most of the movie, thus leaving ObiWan as a side character, and Anakin as a little boy with not much to do after the pod race. TPM's sole purpose should have been to establish the 4 relationships of the key players in the PT: Anakin, ObiWan, Padme, and Palpatine, within the two hour plot of establishing the whole republic beginning to crumble as the sith plot their revenge. Whenever I watch TPM, I get zero establishment of those four characters, and it does nothing to set up Episode II, as Lucas is not forced to resetup everything in AOTC.
Hmm, I basically agree with you about all of those flaws. TPM definitely fails to work as a Star Wars movie. Revenge of the Sith on the other hand is much closer to what you and I, and every other traditional Star Wars fan expected from a prequel Star Wars "saga." Unfortunately, it was an absolutely horrible film from just about every other point of view in my mind. The ways it drags with such torturous boredom . . . I'm mostly a fan of entertaining drama before I'm a fan of Star Wars I suppose I could say. The Phantom Menace was at least a fast movie that was fun to watch.
Originally posted by: CO
I answer every response of 'you guys are getting what you deserve' like this, "Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi are my three favorite movies of all-time. Most directors would kill for one of their movies to be in someones top 10 of favorites. Lucas has three of his movies in my top 3." If this is what I deserve for my three favorite movies being created by George Lucas, then you tell me who's being petty now?
TPM just feels like an EU novel. You follow QuiGon, Jar Jar, and an undercover Padme for most of the movie, thus leaving ObiWan as a side character, and Anakin as a little boy with not much to do after the pod race. TPM's sole purpose should have been to establish the 4 relationships of the key players in the PT: Anakin, ObiWan, Padme, and Palpatine, within the two hour plot of establishing the whole republic beginning to crumble as the sith plot their revenge. Whenever I watch TPM, I get zero establishment of those four characters, and it does nothing to set up Episode II, as Lucas is not forced to resetup everything in AOTC.
Hmm, I basically agree with you about all of those flaws. TPM definitely fails to work as a Star Wars movie. Revenge of the Sith on the other hand is much closer to what you and I, and every other traditional Star Wars fan expected from a prequel Star Wars "saga." Unfortunately, it was an absolutely horrible film from just about every other point of view in my mind. The ways it drags with such torturous boredom . . . I'm mostly a fan of entertaining drama before I'm a fan of Star Wars I suppose I could say. The Phantom Menace was at least a fast movie that was fun to watch.
Originally posted by: CO
I answer every response of 'you guys are getting what you deserve' like this, "Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi are my three favorite movies of all-time. Most directors would kill for one of their movies to be in someones top 10 of favorites. Lucas has three of his movies in my top 3." If this is what I deserve for my three favorite movies being created by George Lucas, then you tell me who's being petty now?
Amen.
I hate the assholes who twist everything to make it sound like we have the problem. So absurd. We're not doing any physical or mental harm to George Lucas' rights as the true owner of Star Wars. We're simply and correctly pointing out that he's lost his marbles.
Plus, any other, sane director would also kill to have a record breaking version of their film given a quality release on DVD. Whatever happened to releasing multiple versions? He could have stopped any complainers from the start if he had chosen to. Instead, he created this problem.