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Originally posted by: Regicidal_Maniac
So was that $20 each or do we all have to share?
I think the question of "which film is better TPM or AOTC?' is akin to 'which tastes better horseshit or dogshit?'
Either way it's still a pile of shit in your mouth.
For me I'd say that from a film making and narrative standpoint TPM emerges as the slightly better product. It's a more cohesive whole where AOTC feels like it was slammed together out of the poorly shot leftover parts of something better and edited by a Rhesus monkey with ADHD.
Not that TPM is in any way an enjoyable experience but it's a slightly preferable one, like having to choose the method of one's own execution.
I realise that in some ways AOTC is trying to pander to what it expects a Star Wars fanbase would like to see but I feel it does this at the expense of the narrative and characters. It's a bit like Star Wars porn; poorly written badly acted scene, ACTION, ACTION, MONEY-SHOT, *wipe*, atrociously written disinterestedly acted scene, MORE ACTION, MORE MONEY-SHOTS!! *wipe*.
Maybe I'm just a jaded OT fan who invested too much significance in the minutiae of films I saw in my youth in the late seventies and early eighties or maybe I know what I'm on about and George Lucas should never be allowed near the business end of a pencil, let alone standing behind a camera attempting to direct actors.
LMAO!!
too many funny things in this post to quote...
MORE MONEY-SHOTS!!
and did i say $20??
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as to DJR...
1. I dont find that negative opinions from others influence my opinion on the prequels. I know what i like and what i dont regardless of what people think or say. I was the one out of almost everyone i know to say that i disliked Kill Bill. Maybe others are influenced by it i dont know.
2. Again i feel that it is basically a matter of opinion. Nothing can change my belief that these movies were poorly executed. I had high expectations going into the theater for these movies, and how could you not? It's going to be hard to live up to a trilogy such as Star Wars. I do have respect for the man's accomplishments (ie. ILM, Skywalker Sound, Lucasarts) but none of this influences my opinion on his PT.
3. I also think the same as bad_karma24. If they do buy these DVDs in September and find out they're not the same they're not going to demand they're money back or make some big deal out of it. They'll prolly say "they look no different to me"
4. I have bought the DVDs. I do watch certain snippets of the movie either to show off my Home Theatre (sizemic charges) but have never watched through the whole DVD. I also believe in completing the set no matter how bad they are.
5. Box office numbers are just as accurate as the Oscars. People i know and many on this board have said they will only see Episode III to complete the experience. After all it is Star Wars... and going to the theater to see this movie is just an experience in itself. Hell i stood in the pouring rain for AOTC and to be honest with you, had a better time chatting with other fans than i did watching the movie. It's just plain fun!