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Originally posted by: Jumpman
It's interesting that every critic's opinion of this films seems to count except for Lucas'...even though he's dead on about his assessment of the film. The film, to put it bluntly, is a complete mess at the script level. And it becomes unintentionally silly because of it.
Say what you want about the Prequels but they are no where near the mess that Spider-Man 3 is, at the script level. I mean, it's just plain bad on a lot of serious levels...things that should've been caught before this film even started shooting.
It's interesting that every critic's opinion of this films seems to count except for Lucas'...even though he's dead on about his assessment of the film. The film, to put it bluntly, is a complete mess at the script level. And it becomes unintentionally silly because of it.
Say what you want about the Prequels but they are no where near the mess that Spider-Man 3 is, at the script level. I mean, it's just plain bad on a lot of serious levels...things that should've been caught before this film even started shooting.
To get to your first point about the 'critics', Lucas is not a critic meaning part of the media, he is a fellow director, producer, etc, or part of that fraternity where none of these guys speak ill of other movies. I never see Spielberg going around saying, "The Mummy is just a total mess of a movie, and is a total remake of Indiana Jones." These guys always take the high road cause they don't want to put their fellow director down in case they do some crappy movie and the critics lambast that. So they are the last line of defense from the critics, and that is why none of them ever criticize other movies.
As for the scripts on the PT movies, sorry Jumpman but they are a mess too, and just the fact that Lucas was turning them in the DAY BEFORE PRINCIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY WAS SHOOTING on Episode III is ridiculous! Just watch the ROTS documentary Lucas shows up on the set on the first day with his final script! And then he totally changes the turn scene after he shoots it cause it comes off too quick!
The PT movies, though entertaining and fun to watch in a popcorn movie type of way are a total mess when it comes to the written story. You have Lucas have Padme losing the will to live yet her last words are, "Obiwan, there is still good in Anakin......" Is that the biggest contradiction, and it doesn't make any sense! If she thought there was still good in him, and she has 2 of her newborns sitting there right next to her, why would she lose the will to live? I mean that plot point may work for a 5 year old who loves lightsabers and space battles, but once a kid develops any rational sense of logic, that could go down as the stupidest plot point in the history of the saga.
I could go on and on about the scripts and how the PT was an utter mess, but it has been said before a million times.
The bottom line is I agree with Lucas that Spiderman is silly, and most summer blockbusters now compared to great ones when I grew up such as SW, Back to the Future, E.T., movies that actually had a story. But Lucas needs to look in the mirror cause the PT is part of that new vocabulary in Hollywood for fans who just get wowed by Special Effects, 'Silly.'