They’re good films IMO. More coherent plot than the sequels.
But everyone who hated on Jarjar conveniently forgot about Threepio and Ewoks.
Fuck yes - c3po was way more cringe!
George Lucas is shit for throwing in stupid drivel to keep kiddies happy (much like the guy that produces LOTR and the hobbit)
I wasn’t a big fan of The Hobbit films (big money grab), but The Hobbit was literally a children’s book for Tolkien’s kids. That being said, I can’t say there was anything added “for the kiddies”. In terms of the LOTR films, I’m not sure what was there to appease kids that could be compared to anything Star Wars ever did. They weren’t a perfect adaptation of the books, but those movies still hold up and I wouldn’t let my young kids watch if.
No, I didn’t conveniently forget about anything. Jarjar is a racist characiture, c3p0 and the ewoks are not. Funny how you “conveniently forgot” about that.
He is also 10x more annoying than a robot that has more personality than him and a bunch of teddy bears that have zero intelligible lines. It’s actually impressive how fucking bad of a character he is.
You need to go more unpopular. Most SW is only really good when you’re 8.
An edit for the aggrieved: If actual creative people are in control instead of GL or idiot corpos, SW can make for decent space opera. Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars will be good no matter how old I am lucky enough to get, as will some of the EU books that were de-canonized by Disney.
I totally agree!
But with I-III and VII-IX, there’s a common consensus that they weren’t exactly great.
The only exception to the rule is Rogue One. Generally speaking: Star Wars without Skywalkers is better.
I wholeheartedly disagree, but only because 4,5 and 6 are the only truly good ones, with good acting, great effects, and a fantastic story. The prequel trilogy were just bad cgi that looked passable at the time, and 7, 8 and 9 are movies trying to copy and paste what was good about the originals with a bit of moder comedy thrown in (“do you talk first or do i talk first?” 🤮). Rogue one is immensely overrated, namely because the story is only ok, and the Vader voice has a random aftican accent put on by JEJ, and that ruins all the rest for me. Except the hallway scene. That scene is so out of canon it makes me sick. The speed with which Vader moves goes against everything shown prior. He’s supposed to be a bruiser type, not a rogue.
When people are young they are not brainwashed yet and can see the world for what it is, when they grow up they get brainwashed and stressed to stupidity. Unless you provide a valid comparison to claim original star wars movies are bad i’m going to assume you are one of these people that burned out every inch of their brain
De gustibus nil disputandum, old chap. The fresh eyes of the young have their merits, but we’re at our best when we’re a little critical, don’t you find?
De gustibus nil disputandum
Send hollywood your cv with a video of your acting, when they tell you it’s too bad reply with de gustibus nil disputandum
Yeah but they had Carrie Fisher in a bikini sigh
Whilst that may have been relevant in the 70s since then many women have been in a bikini
I feel like you’d never get away with that these days, and that’s probably a good thing (not 'cos she’s dead)
I certainly grew up a little faster after those scenes though…
Yes. Hollywood is 100% restrained in its portrayal of the female form these days. No gratuitous T&A teasing in the slightest.
Wait, didn’t Asteroid City have some full frontal nudity? The Last Duel certainly did. I’m … pretty sure Hollywood still stuffs objectified female bodies (more so than male bodies) in every second film. Including in the sex scene that seems as de rigeur these days as does the car chase and the fisticuffs.
The prequel trilogy was much better than the orginals. The sequels were trash.
The prequels at least didn’t have actors that were so drunk on set that they constantly had to hold on to furniture so they didn’t topple over.
But go rewatch the original trillogy with an open mind. It’s not good.
The only advantage it has is that you were younger when you watched it.
The last time I watched the original trilogy it was horrible. That was also the first time I watched any of the special editions. I grew up on the original releases taped off the TV so all the extra cgi and changing of songs etc really ruined it for me. I know that the original theatrical versions I’ve got on dvd will hit that rose tinted goodness for me.
Clone wars show and the animated shows in general + andor are peak Star Wars imo
