Episodes 1-3 are kinda decent sci-fi action flicks, but horrible Star Wars movies
Well episodes 4-6 were awsome. They were all great actors… Harrison Ford still has it (indiana jones 4 may 22). Also god graphics for the time, but i still love the graphics. Now episodes 1-3 had better graphics, and better fights. Like the lightsaber fight between Obi-wan and Anikin. I’ll show you a difference on the fights. like return of the jedi,<object width=“425” height=“355”><param name=“movie” value=“http://www.youtube.com/v/phqzx7dVWwY&hl=en”></param><param name=“wmode” value=“transparent”></param><embed src=“http://www.youtube.com/v/phqzx7dVWwY&hl=en” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=“transparent” width=“425” height=“355”></embed></object>
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I think that episode 1-3 were pretty good. Obivously they are very flawed. Although very good special effects I wish they still built some models or have some more natural elements. Episode 1 did pretty well with this but Ep 2-3 there is almost too much special effects(computer graphics) to buy into it. Lord of the Rings is a great example of mixing live action, CG, and Models to create something you can buy into. Also I think all that green screen did not help the actors although the script didn’t help much either.
I’m glad they were made. As a kid I loved Episode 1. 2 was ok and 3 is very watchable as a genre film. The best part is that now we get The Clone Wars TV show that will probably be better than the Prequels
Excellent point. On Dinner of Five, Luke Hammill (sic) said that for Return of the Jedi, he wanted to have a ponytail on knot-top or some kind of strand of hair as a nod to samurai culture. And he wanted the fights to be more martial-arts-y. But Lucas gunned the ideas down, saying his vision was that lightsabers were big and unwieldy and heavy, like an Excalibur-type longsword or broadsword. And then the new trilogy comes out, and…
Awesome find, Pike. That guy has done his homework.
They were fine, but there was so much hype and build up there was no way for them to live up to expectations. I liked them for what they were.
Phantom menace
the good
Well Darth Maul was about as cool of Sith lord they made and still my favorite of all the light saber battles.
the bad
Jar jar binks, and the six hours of NASCAR i mean pod racing
Attack of clones (my favorite of the first three)
the good
my favorite part was when the Jango Fett obi-wan fight, that was pretty damn cool. and the first time we saw Yoda get to business.
the bad
We had to watch two talented actors pretend to fall in love so badly, well something went terribly wrong there.
revenge of the sith
the good
We got see the emperor kick some Jedi butt. and grievous was cool.
and we got to See Anican cut into little iddy biddy pieces
the bad
NOOOOOO!!!
but all in all, i put this question to the group, why didn’t we see any Ewoks, i know it doesn’t make perfect sense but just some slave ewoks walking in the background would have done my heart good.
Crap.
'nuff said.
I enjoy the movies a ton. Nothing could be less cool than liking the prequels, I know, but I think they’re great fun. Who cares if the love scenes in Ep II weren’t Shakespeare quality? Certainly not me. I also don’t really care if there are silly slapstick moments here and there for the kids. They’re popcorn films of a bygone era (free of AICN talkbackers who think they’re witty by telling us how much they hate CGI and George Lucas for the 1,000,000th time). They’re good fun, and that’s all I’m looking for in a movie.
No kidding. I had to make myself stop reading that site.
I can’t stand those whiny babies either and I hope I don’t sound like one. As I think I’ve mentioned, the fanboys just state it sux with nothing to back it with. Jar Jar sux. Lucas die. Etc. That’s not what I’m saying. I just trying to offer positive criticism. If any of those whiny fanboys could do better, they would have already and we’d know about it. I’m not saying the films suck, if I did I would accept a democracy voted lobotomy. I’m just saying with the resources Lucas had and has, they coulda been better.
Wow. This is awesome. Every single thing that drove me crazy about Phantom Menace is there…even stuff I forced myself to forget. I can’t wait to read the next installments!
I have to say as a kind of young timer (I was 7, 10 & 13 respectively) when the original trilogy was released, I was greatly disappointed in the new series. Partly because of the massive build up I had in my head, I will freely own up to the fact nothing could have been as good as I wanted it to be. They got better as it progressed. However, I have to echo everything that Talos said & it bears repeating, with all of the resources & excitement he had for these films, they could have been SOOO much better.
Again, ESB is arguably the best movie overall of the orignal trilogy. Yet, Lucas was exec producer, he got out of his own way & the movie was much better for it.
As for Lucas not getting “I know” I think it’s pretty obvious, Lucas does not understand dialogue in the slightest.
As for being a children’s fable, yes, the original is & it’s that much more fun for it. However, the backstory of Vader is going to be much darker. It has to be to create that kind of evil. He not only turns to the darkside, he is instrumental in perpetrating what amounts to genocide. That’s pretty dark! I’m not saying it needed to be R either, PG13 would have been an appropriate target range.
I particularly like this one from his list:
Reason #51
Anakin Succumbs to the Dark Side
Anakin, being a Grade A doofus, decides that he must save Palpatine from the clutches of the vile Jedi MACE WINDU! So, he chops off Windu’s hand and has Palpatine blast him to death with some more of that sweet, sweet Force lightning. He does this for two reasons: 1) He wishes to have Palpatine stand trial and 2) He wants to learn the secrets of keeping people alive so that Padme won’t die. However, reason number one goes out the window (along with Mace Windu) as soon as he chops of Mace’s hand. In the course of two minutes, Anakin has gone from the Jedi who wants to turn in Palpatine and bring him to trial, to the Jedi who is surrendering to Palpatine, becoming his apprentice and slaughtering a room full of children. I feel sorry for anyone who chose that two-minute stretch to use the rest room.
Slavery’s too good for Ewoks. They should be used for target practice and deep space sewage maintenance on Imperial battle stations.
nothing against your argument, but EP. 3 was rated PG-13.
Yeah, that’s one of the things about the internets that drive me batty. Say what you will about the movies, but they must not hate them too much if they constantly talk about them.
And for the record, I view Anakin as some idiotic jock. He’s pretty dumb a lot of the time. Really, anyone who doesn’t have a clue how democracy works at the age of 20 something (especially when he hangs out with the chancellor all the time) isn’t all that smart. And of course, he’s no Lando when it comes to the ladies.
And like that nitpicking link said, fans will be complaining about every aspect of Star Wars another 30 years from now. So not only is it the most popular franchise in movie history, but also the most hated.
Ohhhhh BUUURRRRRNNN!
j/k
But really, I agree with Locke, they are decent SciFi/Fantasy movies. I would rather sit down and watch ep I-III before many other movies of that genre. But as Star Wars movies, and part of the whole “experience” that was set up by ep IV-VI, they are no where even close to acceptable.
See, I’m all for good, fun, popcorn movies. The script for Transformers was horrible, full of holes, horrible dialogue, etc… but I enjoyed it because it was like visual crack.
I think my personal problem with Ep I-III was that (like many of you I’m sure) grew up watching IV-VI. I was very young but I remember being in the theater and completely amazed by ESB, I wanted to live it, breath it, and beg my parents to buy me every damn thing that said Star Wars. I have had these movies in my blood for my entire life now, my younger brother (Locke) can attest to how many times I have watched these movies.
I realize that with the amount of time I spent watching those earlier 3 movies, and the amount of build up and anticipation from the moment that ep I was announced, I hyped it beyond what it could probably ever be.
I am not naive, I know IV-VI weren’t perfectly written, or acted (Hamil anyone?) but they just had this feeling to them. In my opinion, the new episodes failed because Lucas already peaked in his career. I think he knows this as well, I mean how many times have those movies been released on VHS and DVD? He knows that is his meal ticket and he is holding on to them for dear life.
Lucas lucked out with the right combination of writers, actors, and timing with the originals that just made magic happen. He knew that couldn’t possibly happen again. I think he made the best movies that he could with ep I-III and I don’t fault him for their failure to live up to the originals.