Sluggo said:I think I would actually focus on plot elements that actually seemed interesting.
I soooo agree with that.
Episode 1: Jedi actually doing something about the slavery problem on Tatooine. Making the Jedi mere patrol officers of the Republic doesn't give me any emotional investment when they are betrayed later in the series. It would have been awesome to see Jedi acting more like heroes instead of mall cops.
hahaha, 'mall cops' is such a great similie :)
Episode 2: I think Episode 2 was the biggest waste as it had the most potential for an interesting story, and it was ignored.
Personally, I find it hard to decide just which of those 3 movies was the biggest waste.
Episode 3 was Anakin's sociopathy on display and one mess of a movie.
yep, again I totally agree with the 'one mess of a movie', but I think it equally applies to all 3 of them. They are all utterly flawed in some way.
The plot of Episode 1 was a set-up for the podrace and then the lightsaber fight at the end. But Episode 2 had potential. The Sith, working behind the scenes, had orchestrated total control over two major governments in the galaxy and were pitting them against each other with the Jedi caught in the middle. The Jedi were put into a position where they were doomed to be ground-up in the gears of war. And that happened to the mysterious Sifo-Dyas? Even Jango Fett had connections to the cloners of the Republic and the Seperatist droid factories?
I'd forgotten about Temuerra Morrison as JangoFett. That guy is such a crap actor, he could give Hayden 'wots' his name' a run for his money.
That sounds suspicious to me, but the movie didn't do anything with that either.
So many loose ends and interesting edges that could have been, but weren't.
Episode 3: Anakin and Obi-wan should have been the best of friends and Anakin's seduction of the dark sides power should have been heartbreaking. Instead, Anakin kills children and ultimately his wife who he was trying to save. Maybe even a small hint of the birth of the rebellion might have been nice here as well.
You've got so many valid points Sluggo. Maybe GL should have invested in some of that famous 'turd polish' for his script before he started filming... or maybe he should just have bought a case of 'common sense' and 'good judgement' instead.
It's impossible to put into words just how much of a let down these movies were for me personally, especially as they could have been so very much more than the utter crap that they are.