I honestly can’t believe that anybody claiming to be a Star Wars fan could genuinely think that AOTC or any of the prequels is better than TFA.
I am not doing so out of a sheer sense of misplaced humor if that is what you might be suspecting…my frustration is genuine…and the realization that it has brought to mind is equally so.
You are actually serious. You actually prefer the prequels to TFA. Lunacy.
I would rather watch the Rathtar scene from TFA on repeat for two hours than have to sit through one viewing of the droid factory scene where CGI threepio get his head stuck on a battle droid.
I would rather watch a film with more space/droid battles than one in which yet another Death Star is blown up with even less rationale than the prior two efforts…
You’re nuts mate. It doesn’t matter how ‘original’ the prequels are. They were long-winded, boring cartoons filled with bad dialogue, convoluted plots, and terrible, all-style-no-substance set pieces. In addition to being bad in their own right, they also damaged the original trilogy by ret-conning key characters and moments.
A semen and dog shit sandwich for lunch is ‘original’, but I’ll take good ol’ ham and cheese any day of the week.
Judging from some of the posts I’ve seen, there are a lot of guys here who either study film, work in film, or teach film - genuine, educated fans of the medium we call cinema. No true lover of cinema can honestly believe (or successfully argue) that the prequels are good movies. They just can’t. they can try, but they’re wrong. This is not a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of fact.
All I can assume is there are some people here who either a) like to show off their ‘superior’ knowledge of film theory by championing a contrary view or b) just like to argue.