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I've been slowly switching over my VHS sets to DVD and Blu-Ray and recently got the original trilogy and prequel trilogy box sets.
Some brief thoughts. I'm not going to get into some of the Death Star sized plot holes caused by story line retconning. Just some brief over all impressions of the movies.
Phantom Menace is still pretty bad and definitely the weakest of the three prequel movies. Jar Jar is just as annoying as I remember. I don't hate him. But I don't like him either. Obi Wan and Qui Gon are the most likable and fleshed out characters in the movie.
Attack of the Clones is much better than Phantom Menace but still has a lot of flaws. Anakin is not likable and has no chemistry with Padme The romance scenes with them are awkward and their dialogue is cringe worthy. Where the movie really shines is with Obi Wan. The scenes with him make the movie. The movie was a little long and I think could have benefited from cutting down on the scenes with Anakin and Padma. The movie really dragged in the middle.
Revenge of the Sith was darker in tone than it needed to be and ends up ruining what was once one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) villian in movie history. Anakin never comes off as heroic. Just spoiled, whiny and self absorbed. You never feel for the character or understand what people like Padme or Obi Wan see in him. He is so unlikable it makes his fall to the dark side not as tragic as it should be.
Oddly enough Anakin is actually a much more heroic and likable character in the Clone Wars animated series.
Obi Wan is, again, the best character in the movie. The most heroic, likable and fleshed out as a character. The other Jedis are pretty much there as set dressing, get action figures and then die.
Revenge of the Sith did have by far the best action scenes of the prequels.
You know, I was actually kinda of wary about posting this because the prequels can bring out such strong reactions to people. There's the "raped my childhood" nonsense on one side and the Lucas is god can do no wrong mind set on the other. There's plenty of craziness to go around on both extreme sides.
I'm much more in the middle on them. I think they are okay but not great. Not nearly as good or as bad as the two extreme sides say they are. They didn't ruin my childhood but still honestly could have been a lot better. They did bring kids back to Star Wars and SW collecting which I think is a good thing.
Some brief thoughts. I'm not going to get into some of the Death Star sized plot holes caused by story line retconning. Just some brief over all impressions of the movies.
Phantom Menace is still pretty bad and definitely the weakest of the three prequel movies. Jar Jar is just as annoying as I remember. I don't hate him. But I don't like him either. Obi Wan and Qui Gon are the most likable and fleshed out characters in the movie.
Attack of the Clones is much better than Phantom Menace but still has a lot of flaws. Anakin is not likable and has no chemistry with Padme The romance scenes with them are awkward and their dialogue is cringe worthy. Where the movie really shines is with Obi Wan. The scenes with him make the movie. The movie was a little long and I think could have benefited from cutting down on the scenes with Anakin and Padma. The movie really dragged in the middle.
Revenge of the Sith was darker in tone than it needed to be and ends up ruining what was once one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) villian in movie history. Anakin never comes off as heroic. Just spoiled, whiny and self absorbed. You never feel for the character or understand what people like Padme or Obi Wan see in him. He is so unlikable it makes his fall to the dark side not as tragic as it should be.
Oddly enough Anakin is actually a much more heroic and likable character in the Clone Wars animated series.
Obi Wan is, again, the best character in the movie. The most heroic, likable and fleshed out as a character. The other Jedis are pretty much there as set dressing, get action figures and then die.
Revenge of the Sith did have by far the best action scenes of the prequels.
You know, I was actually kinda of wary about posting this because the prequels can bring out such strong reactions to people. There's the "raped my childhood" nonsense on one side and the Lucas is god can do no wrong mind set on the other. There's plenty of craziness to go around on both extreme sides.
I'm much more in the middle on them. I think they are okay but not great. Not nearly as good or as bad as the two extreme sides say they are. They didn't ruin my childhood but still honestly could have been a lot better. They did bring kids back to Star Wars and SW collecting which I think is a good thing.
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