shanerjedi said:

Chronus, you are perfectly entitled to enjoy the prequels as is anyone else. I might actually enjoy them too. But the idea is that you don't change things up story-wise or character-wise just so you can have another fx shot.

I mean, these films need all the character they can get. They're not character pieces and as such need the subtle moments, the visual moments(like Luke walking into the palace) that help define character, to get those ideas across.

You lose those subconscious triggers if you just examine the film at face value.

That's why some of today's films with fantastic fx don't work and some with good, but not great, fx do. It's all in how it's put together, under the surface and with story, pace, and dialogue, not just the cool stuff that's cool because it's cool.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I just meant that it was a missed opportunity for the prequels to have certain elements lost or taken away (that were actually written in their respective novels). It's a rather funny thing, but I felt bags of emotion and coherence in the actual novels - Attack of the Clones was actually the most joyous one to read and Revenge of the Sith was the best written. The Phantom Menace had some great stuff in it in terms of pacing and dialogue (some that was ommitted from the film), but it is actually the weakest of the film novelisations (although still a good read). And I'm actually talking about the Del Rey teen/adult novels as opposed to the childeren's versions :)

I really don't believe so much in 'the cool stuff that's cool, just because it's cool', because it does seem shallow if that's all one would think about.

Now let's talk about mock-ups! :D