Ranking the Star Wars films — Page 27

MalàStrana said:

. . . less ridiculous scenes . . .

Well that’s a relief. For a while I was worried that Obi-Wan Kenobi riding an annoying squawking lizard, Ian McDiarmid’s swordsmanship, everything out of Yoda’s mouth, Padmé dying of a broken heart, every single scene with Grievous, mentioning that Qui-Gon is a Force ghost rather than omitting that information or showing him as a Force ghost, “UNLIMITED POWAH!”, and Chewbacca’s friendship with Yoda might be ridiculous.

Also, I listened to the score again and I still don’t get what the big deal is. It’s all bombast for the sake of bombast.

MalàStrana said:

Lord Haseo said:

You’re acting like I started blurting obscenities at you when I just merely disagreed. Can you relax buddy?

Every time someone writes something about TFA that’s not to your taste, you suddendly appear.

Maybe when it comes to you because you’re the new Smoking Lizard/Bosk…though he/she never made signatures expressing his/her butthurt.

Also I’ve openly criticized the film many times so…

that’s new.

Your behavior is nothing new under the Sun.

MalàStrana said:

What’s the point in replying in this thread if you think this movie is perfect ? I really wonder… SW fans are really the worst (along with Zack Snyder fans 😃). Praising so much a 2 hours SW-Disney commercial, well… you’ve got what you were asking for (2015 was such a shitty cinematographic year: Jurassic World, Terminator 5, Star Wars 7… only Miller did it well with Mad Max 4. But the man has talent and knows how to write and direct a mythological movie…). So let’s change the thread title : “TFA is fucking awesome. No edit ideas because it’s so fucking perfect I would even have sex with the blu ray set”.

I just don’t think you’ve got any lessons to provide in that matter.

Other than disagreeing there’s nothing much I can say other than that a vast majority of people thought she gave a good performance.

joefavs said:

MalàStrana said:

. . . less ridiculous scenes . . .

Well that’s a relief. For a while I was worried that Obi-Wan Kenobi riding an annoying squawking lizard, Ian McDiarmid’s swordsmanship, everything out of Yoda’s mouth, Padmé dying of a broken heart, every single scene with Grievous, mentioning that Qui-Gon is a Force ghost rather than omitting that information or showing him as a Force ghost, “UNLIMITED POWAH!”, and Chewbacca’s friendship with Yoda might be ridiculous.

Well, I wrote “less” for a reason 😄 We don’t get Jar Jar awkwardly starting the Clone Wars or Anakin destroying his saber on every action sequence, that’s an improvement.

Qui-Gon’s absent ghost (does he succeed to be one anyway ?) or Sidious fighting are no issues to me (only the close-ups on Ian are). Even the lizard thing is only a residual issue.

Also, I listened to the score again and I still don’t get what the big deal is. It’s all bombast for the sake of bombast.

I’m a huge Basil Poledouris fan, and this score is like “Space Conan” to me. I love bombastic scores. However it’s not only bombast (“battle of the heroes” being the climax; the martial “Force theme” and “General Grievous theme” also are impressive), half the score is also very eery and beautiful (“anakin’s betrayal”, “Padmé’s ruminations”). Listen to AOTC and ROTS in a row, the difference is noticeable (I like AOTC score, it’s the weakest of the saga but it’s still good Williams stuff).

edit:
@ Haseo

Let it go dude, let it go.

It’s pointless to argue with someone who thinks Daisy Ridley did a poor job, and thinks that anyone who disagrees is “thinking with their dick.”

Dek Rollins said:

MalàStrana said:

…the sfx are far superior, the aesthetic is quite impressive…

TPM beats it in these respects.

TPM has shooting on location (forest, italian city, north african desert) that are more pleasant to the eyes than cgi scenery. Both are good looking anyway in my opinion. As for the sfx Jar Jar and Watto are still very well done, but on the other hand Grievous is as good. The rest is according to each one’s taste.

MalàStrana said:
@ Haseo
Let it go dude, let it go.

TV’s Frink said:

Stop being a terrible poster.

TV’s Frink said:

It’s pointless to argue with someone who thinks Daisy Ridley did a poor job, and thinks that anyone who disagrees is “thinking with their dick.”

There’s hardly any use arguing about his outlandish opinions but his behavior is akin to how I used to act around here. I can’t help but to want to help the kid though I’m sure as he ages his maturity will steadily increase. Hopefully.

Wow! 27 pages and 657 posts about ranking the films. How many permutations can there be? 😉

1. Star Wars
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Force Awakens
   (1 and 2 are nearly tied, and 3 and 4 are nearly tied).
   — and the rest
5. The Holiday Special
6. The Ewok Adventures movies
7. Revenge of the Sith
8. Attack of the Clones
9. The Phantom Menace

LuckyGungan2001 said:

In no universe is The Holiday Special better than the prequels.

It is in all of mine.

^YES.

THe Holiday Special never had any impact on the OOT-- you never saw Mala or Itchy inserted into the movies proper – so it’s impossibel to hate it. THe prequels on the other hand – what hasn’t be violaeted to l conforme to it? The OT was ruined by the PT, the EU was ruined by the PT. Tje Holoday s[ecoa; never fucked things up this much.

Stop posting drunk!

DuracellEnergizer said:
The OT was ruined by the PT

Ruin these nuts; the OT will always be the OT in my eyes. Even if they were somehow retconned it still wouldn’t affect society’s perception on them.

In my own defense, I would have posted the exact same message, only without the horrible misspelling.

And i’m called a troll 😄

MalàStrana said:

And i’m called a troll 😄

Yes.