Originally posted by: COFrancis Ford Coppola even said, "Star Wars robbed us of one of the greatest directors of this generation."
Too true and it wasn't worth it. As much as I love Empire Strikes Back, I could have lived without it. It would have been nice to be able to say "Star Wars is a great movie" and have (a.) not every one know what movie you are talking about and (b.) not have to worry about those who do know what you are talking about think of SW as a disjoined series of six films of inconsistent qualities and styles, but rather a single cult sci-fi film from the late seventies.
Originally posted by: COinstead of the George Lucas pre-1983, who made movies for adults that kids could enjoy too.
Too true and it wasn't worth it. As much as I love Empire Strikes Back, I could have lived without it. It would have been nice to be able to say "Star Wars is a great movie" and have (a.) not every one know what movie you are talking about and (b.) not have to worry about those who do know what you are talking about think of SW as a disjoined series of six films of inconsistent qualities and styles, but rather a single cult sci-fi film from the late seventies.
Originally posted by: COinstead of the George Lucas pre-1983, who made movies for adults that kids could enjoy too.
Yeah, I for one loved watching the sex scenes in THX 1138 when I was a kid, rest of the movie seemed pretty boring to me though. My favorite part was trying to figure out which one was the guy and which one was the girl, it was pretty hard to tell with both of them being as hairless as naked mole rats.
Okay, Star Wars was fun for kids and adults, and so was Raiders (though perhaps for slightly older kids), but I would categorize Graffiti and THX as more mid/late teen to adult. I don't know of too many kids with American Graffiti on their Christmas list.