Originally posted by: ronlaw
IMHO ROTS has just the same problems as the other two prequels: crappy acting, stupid script, and ridiculous characters. It also adds a fresh problem, overkill on original trilogy cameos, and even has some problem finishing cleanly.
There ARE a few good scenes - like the scene with Anakin and Padme thinking about each other and starting across the city - but the first two also had a few good/fun scenes.
I think the deliberate, clumsy linkups to ANH make people nostalgic and thus they overlook the crap.
By the way - I was told that at last the Prequel Trilogy of STAR WARS would actually have some space battles in it... but there was only that brief and cheesy-animated-robot-riddled flying sequence with the two Jedi. Some proper space battles would have been nice!
IMHO ROTS has just the same problems as the other two prequels: crappy acting, stupid script, and ridiculous characters. It also adds a fresh problem, overkill on original trilogy cameos, and even has some problem finishing cleanly.
There ARE a few good scenes - like the scene with Anakin and Padme thinking about each other and starting across the city - but the first two also had a few good/fun scenes.
I think the deliberate, clumsy linkups to ANH make people nostalgic and thus they overlook the crap.
By the way - I was told that at last the Prequel Trilogy of STAR WARS would actually have some space battles in it... but there was only that brief and cheesy-animated-robot-riddled flying sequence with the two Jedi. Some proper space battles would have been nice!
Ya, the least you'd think GL could do in a Star Wars movie is give us some decent outer space battles, but he couldn't even do that! I was absolutely appalled by the space battle at the beggining of ROTS. In the OT Obi Wan kept mentioning how great of a pilot Anakin was and we never saw it. All we were showed was some lame slapstick. Unless you count Anakin’s ridiculous Pod race in TPM, which Obi Wan never saw and that was just pathetic. I love the irony how Lucas left out a lot of the best character development and action in the PT. Did he expect us to all watch the clone wars cartoons? I bet he thought he was genius to leave that to our imagination. Sorry Lucas, you're no Stanley Kubrick.