But what does any of that matter? Who cares if Anakin struggled with his mentor, was that really ever suppose to be the point? Instead of the hero Anakin Skywalker was suppose to be, we only see him as a rebellious teenager. He isn't doing anything but clashing with his mentor. I don't see any of those things you listed as a defense for AOTC against all the flak it gets. It deserves that flak because it is a bad, bad, terrible movie. I wouldn't call TPM a failure in most respects though. None of the PT were failures, they all did great in Box Office and DVD sales, thanks to their name. TPM is the only one of the trilogy that strikes me as real. It is the only one with an organic feel to it. It still used pupets and it still used locations. All the others just feel like extended toy commercials. Phantom had some very childish elements, but if you go beyond that then it by far has the greatest OTish moments of the whole PT in it. That saber battle at the end set the standard for saber battles so high, and unfortunately neither of the other two even tried. The first time I saw Ep. II I was expecting a nifty little saber battle at the end, instead I get a CG Yoda going beserk. Episode III, again doesn't even try to out due any of the sagas saber fights. Even the Anakin Obi-Wan fight is pretty boring and disjointed thanks to the lame Yoda Palps battle.
But what does any of that matter? Who cares if Anakin struggled with his mentor, was that really ever suppose to be the point? Instead of the hero Anakin Skywalker was suppose to be, we only see him as a rebellious teenager. He isn't doing anything but clashing with his mentor. I don't see any of those things you listed as a defense for AOTC against all the flak it gets. It deserves that flak because it is a bad, bad, terrible movie. I wouldn't call TPM a failure in most respects though. None of the PT were failures, they all did great in Box Office and DVD sales, thanks to their name. TPM is the only one of the trilogy that strikes me as real. It is the only one with an organic feel to it. It still used pupets and it still used locations. All the others just feel like extended toy commercials. Phantom had some very childish elements, but if you go beyond that then it by far has the greatest OTish moments of the whole PT in it. That saber battle at the end set the standard for saber battles so high, and unfortunately neither of the other two even tried. The first time I saw Ep. II I was expecting a nifty little saber battle at the end, instead I get a CG Yoda going beserk. Episode III, again doesn't even try to out due any of the sagas saber fights. Even the Anakin Obi-Wan fight is pretty boring and disjointed thanks to the lame Yoda Palps battle.