Re-watched the Star Wars prequels.

[EMCE Hammer]

Blart force trauma?

[Mego Milk]

my brain hurts.
too much force.

[Mikey]

Jedi is my second favorite SW movie after Star Wars.

Empire was "ok" but to be honest I thought it was kind of long and boring.

[Nostalgiabuff]

^^ that's true Mike, with the exception of Obi Wan and maybe Palpatine and Yoda as they were already established characters who had 5-6 mopvies of development. Padme and Anakin were undeveloped and the dialog they were given was stagnant and boring.
that being said, I still like the prequels, just not as much as I love the original trilogy.
what was said about the viewer having a jaded view is somewhat true. we grew up on the originals and have a love for them stemming from 30 + years of watchig and rewatching. the prequels could really never have met the hype and expectation. they would have likely been better under someone elses direction though. Lucas should have stayed as write and executive producer and let someone else do the script and directing.
p.s. I thought Jedi was a great movie, even with Ewoks

[Mikey]

Nobody in the new movies had unique personalities .....

Take the classic movies ....
Any person in the world can do an impression of Luke, Leia, Han, Obi and even Lando.

Now,
Try to do an impression of Anuskin, queen armadillo, etc ......
It's impossible

They're all just flat characters with no life

[CrimsonGhost]

I really think Lucas got lucky with the first Star Wars. He was struggling with the edit and brought on someone late in the game to slap it into shape. Empire was rewritten and handled by a very capable director who told Lucas he was going to make it work. Jedi has alot more of Lucas in it, as well as Kenner.

It appears to me in every documentary that shows what happens at the ranch now that Lucas is surrounded by yes men. He seems to need someone to tell him when his ideas suck.

The easiest way to understand why the prequels stink is to try to describe any of the characters without using their appearance. I can do it with all of the original trilogy main characters. I can't describe anyone from the prequels.

[Werewolf]

I think the prequel trilogy is just as good as the original trilogy. The problem lies not so much with the films, but the viewer.

This is the exact kind of Lucas apologist, the movies can't have flaws blame the viewer mindset, that made me wary of starting this thread in the first place.

The original trilogy wasn't perfect but were still legitimately better movies. First and foremost because the cast worked. It had a strong ensemble cast and you actually like the heroes and you believe their relationships. The only likable character in the prequel trilogy was Obi Wan. I gave Ewan Mcgregor props many times. He did a heck of a job. For whatever reason Portman and Christensen didn't.

Luke falling to the darkside would have been tragic because you actually like the character. Anakin is such an unheroic jerk that you never like him and there is no tragedy when he turns. It's not because I am jaded because I like him just fine in Clone Wars.

You believed Han and Leia could fall for each other because they had chemistry and their dialogue worked for the characters. You never get that with Anakin and Padme.

[david_b]

bad is bad I thought Jedi was pretty bad even as a twelve year old kid becuase of the ewoks. And for that reason I do put it as worse than Ep 3 but that still makes the OT a better trilogy. If it wasn't star wars then we wouldn't compare it to the original trilogy but it is and since the OT is in the same timeline the plot of the OT is corrupted by the Prequels which considering they were made when practically everyone had access to home video tech and would there fore have fresh memories of the originals was unforgivable. never mind that they Special editions had been in theaters 2 years before Phantom menace

Agreed. Totally Agreed. Too much CGI, weak performances, terrible acting. And way too much hype.

And yes, I thought 'Jedi' was bad as well.

david_b.

[wolfie]

Meesa tink u is all bombast.

Jar Jar.

[supes]

I think if they had cast someone that could actually act to play Anakin it would have made the movies better. Both Jake Llyod and Haden Christenson(spelling?) were horrible actors that took so much more away from the movie then they gave.

Put a good actor in those roles, and I think a lot of people would have enjoyed them more.

[ctc]

>they don't evne list him as part of The Island

Yeah.... the only real mentions of his involvement are from the "Clonus" bits.

Don C.

[jds1911a1]

>Speilberg knows garbage when he sees it

*cough*cough*theisland*cough*jurassicpark3*cough*

"Phantom Menace" was bad. REAL bad. Some neat ideas, but I hated having to sit through the film to get at them. I liked "Attack of the Clones" mostly 'cos of the army of armoured guys fighting robots. Everything else, and "Revenge of the Sith" wasn't a kick 'cos I knew what was going to happen.

Don C.

In speilbergs defense he didn't direct either. according to IMDB - JP3 was directed by Joe Johnson, Spielberg was an executive producer (uaually meaing he funded part of it).
The Island director was Michael Bay (no plot that's ok just blow it up) they don't evne list him as part of The Island

[jds1911a1]

I have to chime in here, because I really think the prequels get a bad rap.

I think the prequel trilogy is just as good as the original trilogy. The problem lies not so much with the films, but the viewer.

I truly believe that as adults we lose some of that sense of wonder and tend to pick things apart to death. Couple that with the fact that we tend to look at the original trilogy through rose-colored glasses, and there you have it.

The original trilogy also had gaping plot holes, bad acting, cringe-worthy dialog and *gasp* Ewoks, yet as children, we didn't care. We loved it.
People I know who saw the prequels as children love them just as much, and see little difference between the quality of all six films.

bad is bad I thought Jedi was pretty bad even as a twelve year old kid becuase of the ewoks. And for that reason I do put it as worse than Ep 3 but that still makes the OT a better trilogy. If it wasn't star wars then we wouldn't compare it to the original trilogy but it is and since the OT is in the same timeline the plot of the OT is corrupted by the Prequels which considering they were made when practically everyone had access to home video tech and would there fore have fresh memories of the originals was unforgivable. never mind that they Special editions had been in theaters 2 years before Phantom menace

[jds1911a1]

Speilberg would probably look at a prequel script and turn it down.

Speilberg knows garbage when he sees it and he wouldn't want his name connected with it.

I don't know Mike he did agree it IJ4 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

[enyawd72]

I have to chime in here, because I really think the prequels get a bad rap.

I think the prequel trilogy is just as good as the original trilogy. The problem lies not so much with the films, but the viewer.

I truly believe that as adults we lose some of that sense of wonder and tend to pick things apart to death. Couple that with the fact that we tend to look at the original trilogy through rose-colored glasses, and there you have it.

The original trilogy also had gaping plot holes, bad acting, cringe-worthy dialog and *gasp* Ewoks, yet as children, we didn't care. We loved it.
People I know who saw the prequels as children love them just as much, and see little difference between the quality of all six films.