Originally posted by: corellian77
From a more technical standpoint, does anyone think that the PT was less effective due to such things as cinematography, editing, etc? For example, I find that I'm not emotionally involved in many of the battle sequences in the PT, and I sometimes think it's partly due to the fact that the camera is more concerned with capturing all the chaos going on instead of focusing on particular individuals in the action (such as in the Death Star battle in the OT).
From a more technical standpoint, does anyone think that the PT was less effective due to such things as cinematography, editing, etc? For example, I find that I'm not emotionally involved in many of the battle sequences in the PT, and I sometimes think it's partly due to the fact that the camera is more concerned with capturing all the chaos going on instead of focusing on particular individuals in the action (such as in the Death Star battle in the OT).
I feel the same way. None of the space battles/races in the PT drew me in the way the OT battles/chases did. I knew it was over when I saw the race scene in TPM- it was totally flat to me. I had no idea about where they were going, who was winning, etc. It was just a confusing blur of CGI and sound effects and there was absolutely no suspense in the editing. The same goes for the end battle in TPM, and the opening scene in AOTC (or was that ROTS?
).But the battle scenes in the OT totally sucked me in. I felt like I was IN the movies. I'll never forget when I saw ROTJ for the first time on opening day, how everyone in the audience ducked when the speederbikes had that near-miss with the fallen tree trunk.