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Hardcore Legend
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Lucas to rerelease Star Wars films in 3D
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19-Mar-2005, 1:35 PM
Kiss Me Kate was also availble in 3D and it was also a great film. 3D films struggled because big name directors did not initially gravitate towards it. This is a different scenerio. Studios like Disney and Fox, directors like Lucas, Speilberg, Cameron, Rodriguez and Zemeckis are already lining up to be a part of it. Would you say that Cinemascope is a gimmick? Because it was spawned from the same idea 3D was.

Just because I'm excited about this film doesn't mean that I'm in the wrong forum. People can support the original versions of the film and appreciate changes Lucas makes to the films. I'm a fan of cinema first, Star Wars second. It's not my battle cry I carry to the grave "OOT or Death!!". I think both versions are important, just as both versions of Touch of Evil are important. The original was a B-Movie that was very hammy. The re-cut version years later made it the original version that Orson Welles intended based on his production notes he had written. Both have a place in the history of film.

It's a fun way for George Lucas to do something with the trilogy. I am sure he isn't looking at this as the 'definitive edition' of his films, so the normal re-visioned version that was just released will still be the ones that people can marvel at and we can still pine for the original.

This is an experience film. Tell me that you are not thoroughly excited to have the cave monster come flying out at you as the Falcon zips away or have Obi Wan swinging his saber up in your grill? How about the X-Wing barrelling down the trench right at you. Obviously he is going to manipulate the shots for the 3D effect, but I can only see positive things from this. Fun for the audience to feel like kids again.

If you aren't excited, you've become too wrapped up in the whole OOT thing and can't just enjoy the films for just that: movies.