Re-watched the Star Wars prequels.

[wolfie]

I liked em.

[babycyclops]

When Anakin/Vader dropped to his knees and bellowed NOOOooooOOOOOO!! at the end of Revenge of the Sith, it was so much like Calculon's over-acting in Futurama that me and my friend both burst out laughing in the cinema
NOOOOOoooooOOOOOOO!!

[huedell]

Attack of the Clones - Should have been renamed "Attack of the Pedophiles". Honestly folks. Padme looked like she could have babysat Anakin in the Phantom Menace and now she's slobbering over him like she can't wait to be hammered? It's both creepy and odd. Imagine the look on Padme's face if Yoda could have looked into his crystal ball during the Phantom Menace? "Oh yes Padme. That little boy will have your beaver oh so soon. Eh hee hee hee..."

Hopefully like any full blooded male Yoda would've said "Jealous am I that
you, 18 year old that you are, are going to bang a very hot 26 year old
queen...."....um... "...are you."

In other words: She's hot. He's an adult in his sexual prime.
You've constructed creepiness from this...I don't get it.

[huedell]

I said this many times .... The guy who played Anakin is the worst actor in the world.
He acts like a kid in a Hign School play.

To this day I can't fathom how he became an actor.
Why would anybody hire him ?

Because he's a cute guy who is not a bad actor.

I've said this before...Lucas molded the actors' performances in the prequels
and some overcame this handicap and some didn't (This resulted in some of
Portman's worst onscreen performances in her whole history).

It didn't help that Lucas and Hayden both agreed to play up the stilted dark
delivery of JONES' performance in the original trilogy imbued in
Hayden's speech patterns in the role.

As far as the love scenes in EP 2... they couldn't be cut...they were vital
to the story... they just failed to meet their potential dialoguewise
to SUPPORT that story....as much of the prequel's dialogue did overall. Shame.

[Brue]

I do not believe Lucas made prequels to Star Wars.

[palitoy]

I'm forced to rewatch these all the time (kids), can't say my childhood is in danger of being violated but i really don't care for any of them.

The biggest miss in the whole thing is you don't care for Anakin, he's not likable, he should be a joy and it should be heartbreaking when he turns, instead its:

Whiny kid, creepy jerk, kid killer ta-dah!

Don't get me started on the "the merchandise became the movies" rant I have.

[Mikey]

Attack of the Clones - Should have been renamed "Attack of the Pedophiles". Honestly folks. Padme looked like she could have babysat Anakin in the Phantom Menace and now she's slobbering over him like she can't wait to be hammered? It's both creepy and odd. Imagine the look on Padme's face if Yoda could have looked into his crystal ball during the Phantom Menace? "Oh yes Padme. That little boy will have your beaver oh so soon. Eh hee hee hee..."

True, and imagine the outcry from fans and the public if their genders were reversed.

[MIB41]

I'll keep my thoughts short...

The Phantom Menace - I still wonder what happened to all those people who quit their jobs to get in line and watch this film. I paid standard admission price and felt ripped off. Can you imagine their reaction?

Attack of the Clones - Should have been renamed "Attack of the Pedophiles". Honestly folks. Padme looked like she could have babysat Anakin in the Phantom Menace and now she's slobbering over him like she can't wait to be hammered? It's both creepy and odd. Imagine the look on Padme's face if Yoda could have looked into his crystal ball during the Phantom Menace? "Oh yes Padme. That little boy will have your beaver oh so soon. Eh hee hee hee..."

Revenge of the Sith - Lucas rewards us by allowing Anakin to be slowly maimed after putting viewers through two films of chronic whining. One question - Why did Lucas feel inclined to have Vader rise off the table like the Frankenstein monster? I believe James Earl Jone's reaction was heartfelt - "NOOOooooOOOOOoooo!"

[Mikey]

I said this many times .... The guy who played Anakin is the worst actor in the world.
He acts like a kid in a Hign School play.

To this day I can't fathom how he became an actor.
Why would anybody hire him ?

He literally is a worse actor than OJ Simpson.

[Doc]

Yes I agree Anakins character is alot better developed in Clone Wars the animated series.

[Werewolf]

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.