ZkinandBonez said:
I’m still skeptical about buying Outbound Flight though, as I’ve heard it has a lot of PT Anakin in it.This is my review of it from a few years ago. There are some mild spoilers.
Why would the mere inclusion of prequel stuff in the prequel era make you react so strongly?
One last thought on that line before the thread returns to its intended subject: He also changed up American Grafitti with new skylines and stuff like that. It’s just something he does with his movies. Back to the topic, I think Coppola is a great parallel. Watching Lucas’ student films, as well as his features, you can see he really did have a vision and a wealth of good ideas. But just like Coppola went from Apocalypse Now to Twixt in only a few decades, or how Terrence Malick went from Badlands to Song to Song, once a director starts believing his own hype it’s all downhill. George is, to me, a very tragic figure, someone that used to be great but eventually began phoning it in because, hell, he’s George Lucas and he’s a genius so it’s gonna be great no matter what.
I haven’t seen Song to Song, but Knight of Cups was excellent. (I was reading the posts of that guy who got banned, but i’m not that guy. I only say this because he talked about Knight of Cups in that thread for recent movies AND he apparently had multiple accounts).
EDIT: I gotta stop derailing my own thread.
One last thought on that line before the thread returns to its intended subject: He also changed up American Grafitti with new skylines and stuff like that. It’s just something he does with his movies. Back to the topic, I think Coppola is a great parallel. Watching Lucas’ student films, as well as his features, you can see he really did have a vision and a wealth of good ideas. But just like Coppola went from Apocalypse Now to Twixt in only a few decades, or how Terrence Malick went from Badlands to Song to Song, once a director starts believing his own hype it’s all downhill. George is, to me, a very tragic figure, someone that used to be great but eventually began phoning it in because, hell, he’s George Lucas and he’s a genius so it’s gonna be great no matter what.
I haven’t seen Song to Song, but Knight of Cups was excellent. (I was reading the posts of that guy who got banned, but i’m not that guy. I only say this because he talked about Knight of Cups in that thread for recent movies AND he apparently had multiple accounts).
That is a stupid statement considering he made THX.
It’s just a weird, dumb movie.
When was the last time you even watched the theatrical version, if ever? A lot of people here (myself included) have put in lot of effort and money to restore it.
What - did Lucas change that one too?
Yes, and it makes even the SE changes seem mild by comparison.
https://youtu.be/kIfTT8EGj3A
I’ve always thought the enhanced lizard from the DC looks better, and the masturbation piston is great.
That is a stupid statement considering he made THX.
It’s just a weird, dumb movie.
When was the last time you even watched the theatrical version, if ever? A lot of people here (myself included) have put in lot of effort and money to restore it.
What - did Lucas change that one too?
Andddd thread derailed.
Yeah, he added CGI rats and cars and other stuff.
That is a stupid statement considering he made THX.
It’s just a weird, dumb movie.
But is it juvenile?
Alderaan said:
I do think the silliness in Return of the Jedi and the absolute juvenile presentation of the prequels are much more his M.O.
So how do you account for THX 1138 or his many student films that were addressing contemporary issues in a tactful (i.e. Ewok free) way?
DominicCobb said:
When it came to ESB and ROTJ, obviously he had others write those scripts entirely.
I was under the impression that he wrote full scripts for both films, but had other writers do subsequent drafts.
Are the people here of the opinion that George was never talented, or do you guys think it’s more of a Francis Ford Coppola situation where he just lost his touch?