Originally posted by: Anchorhead
I've only seen Phantom, so all my thoughts are based on that one film. My initial thought was how it felt completely unlike the Star Wars universe. It was no different than any other remake of a famous movie from decades earlier. It felt like someone else's vision of Star Wars. There was absolutely no connection back to Star Wars (for me, anyway). It didn't look it, it didn't feel it, nor did it transport me to far away worlds.
The acting was terrible - in particular Portman and Lloyd. The characters were one-dimensional. I didn't care what happened to them. I felt no connection. Half of them served no purpose at all, other than to advertise the software that created them or to sell toys or Halloween costume tie-ins. The story is that poorly written - what little story there is.
I agree, it did feel like someone else made the prequels. Maybe the real George Lucas was abducted and replaced by a pod-person?
I agree about the acting, too. Portman's accent when she was wearing the Amidala costume was hysterically bad.
Originally posted by: canofhumdingers
After AOTC: "I hated it." (that actually an exact quote. the very first words out of my mouth to my friend in the theater beside me)
I've only seen Phantom, so all my thoughts are based on that one film. My initial thought was how it felt completely unlike the Star Wars universe. It was no different than any other remake of a famous movie from decades earlier. It felt like someone else's vision of Star Wars. There was absolutely no connection back to Star Wars (for me, anyway). It didn't look it, it didn't feel it, nor did it transport me to far away worlds.
The acting was terrible - in particular Portman and Lloyd. The characters were one-dimensional. I didn't care what happened to them. I felt no connection. Half of them served no purpose at all, other than to advertise the software that created them or to sell toys or Halloween costume tie-ins. The story is that poorly written - what little story there is.
I agree, it did feel like someone else made the prequels. Maybe the real George Lucas was abducted and replaced by a pod-person?
I agree about the acting, too. Portman's accent when she was wearing the Amidala costume was hysterically bad.
Originally posted by: canofhumdingers
After AOTC: "I hated it." (that actually an exact quote. the very first words out of my mouth to my friend in the theater beside me)
Yeah, no doubt that AOTC was the worst. I've only seen it once, but I'll never get the images out of my head of that whole slapstick scene with Threepio getting his head torn off, and the scene with Yoda swordfighting with Christopher Lee. I would have walked out of the theater at that point if not for the fact that I paid $8 for my ticket and (out of morbid curiosity) I wanted to see if the film could get any worse as it neared the finale.