Star Wars prequels-why all the hate?

[toothaction]

...I think Watchmen came out in 2009 too. It's pretty much science-fiction -alternate world/alt-history fiction. I find it to be one of the best movies of that decade.

Heh... the prequels I ignore, Watchmen I hate!

[Klosterheim]

Because I'm procrastinating rather than taking care of something much more important...

Here's 29 films by 26 filmmakers, released between '99 and '09, that I very much wish that people felt like talking about instead of the Trilogy of Terror:

1999:
eXistenZ - David Cronenberg
Galaxy Quest - Dean Parisot
The Iron Giant - Brad Bird
The Matrix - The Wachowskis

2001:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Steven Spielberg
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - Shusuke Kaneko

2002:
Minority Report - Steven Spielberg
Solaris - Steven Soderbergh

2003:
Code 46 - Michael Winterbottom

2004:
Dead Leaves - Hiroyuki Imaishi
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
Night Watch - Timur Bekmambetov

2005:
Steamboy - Katsuhiro Otomo
War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg
The Wild Blue Yonder - Werner Herzog

2006:
A Scanner Darkly - Richard Linklater
Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón
Day Watch - Timur Bekmambetov
The Host - Bong Joon-ho
Idiocracy - Mike Judge
Paprika - Satoshi Kon
V for Vendetta - James McTeigue

2007:
Big Man Japan - Hitoshi Matsumoto
The Mist - Frank Darabont
Sunshine - Danny Boyle
Timecrimes - Nacho Vigalondo

2008:
Cloverfield - Matt Reeves

2009:
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp
Moon - Duncan Jones

Wiki designated the lot of them SF. If'n you're bored, give 'em a watch!


Okay. Carry on.

I have watched many of those movies.

The ones that I like best in that batch are:

V for Vendetta
The Matrix
The Mist
Galaxy Quest
A Scanner Darkly

And, I think Watchmen came out in 2009 too. It's pretty much science-fiction -alternate world/alt-history fiction. I find it to be one of the best movies of that decade.

[toothaction]

Because I'm procrastinating rather than taking care of something much more important...

Here's 29 films by 26 filmmakers, released between '99 and '09, that I very much wish that people felt like talking about instead of the Trilogy of Terror:

1999:
eXistenZ - David Cronenberg
Galaxy Quest - Dean Parisot
The Iron Giant - Brad Bird
The Matrix - The Wachowskis

2001:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Steven Spielberg
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - Shusuke Kaneko

2002:
Minority Report - Steven Spielberg
Solaris - Steven Soderbergh

2003:
Code 46 - Michael Winterbottom

2004:
Dead Leaves - Hiroyuki Imaishi
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
Night Watch - Timur Bekmambetov

2005:
Steamboy - Katsuhiro Otomo
War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg
The Wild Blue Yonder - Werner Herzog

2006:
A Scanner Darkly - Richard Linklater
Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón
Day Watch - Timur Bekmambetov
The Host - Bong Joon-ho
Idiocracy - Mike Judge
Paprika - Satoshi Kon
V for Vendetta - James McTeigue

2007:
Big Man Japan - Hitoshi Matsumoto
The Mist - Frank Darabont
Sunshine - Danny Boyle
Timecrimes - Nacho Vigalondo

2008:
Cloverfield - Matt Reeves

2009:
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp
Moon - Duncan Jones

Wiki designated the lot of them SF. If'n you're bored, give 'em a watch!


Okay. Carry on.

[EMCE Hammer]

I don't hate them, but Anakin should have been Lancelot and instead he was Mordred. I was rooting for Obi-Wan the whole time.

[huedell]

The prequels may not be the best Star Wars movies,

But they ARE "Star Wars" movies, which brings us to:

I think it comes down to the Prequels being made to satisfy a particular classic movie audience and perhaps rake in their children as well.

Star Wars fans who will gobble up anything with lightsabers, John Williams score and an opening crawl (throw in a Yoda here or there as icing on the cake).

[huedell]

The reason they stink is also partly due to the fact that there were way better sci fI films out the same year....lol

Let's see reasons why a film of the quality of Independence Day struck so hard, and so deep as if it was New Hope itself for five hundred, Alex!

[Brue]

Hmm. I would have thought other sci for films concurrent with the prequels would have been better. Now reading the list you gave - I see only one I liked (Matrix), Serenity was decent, but really just a made TV movie.

Not sure how you can even say that....lol
Star Wars episode I -1999
The matrix

Star Wars episode II - 2002
28 days later
Star Trek nemesis
Men in black II
Minority report
Eight legged freaks
Signs

Star Wars episode III - 2005
Serenity

The reason they stink is also partly due to the fact that there were way better sci fI films out the same year....lol

[Nostalgiabuff]

the biggest problem was Lucas let his ego take over and he had to control all aspects of production. he should have just written the story and then produced but let others write the screen play and direct

[Mikey]

I think it comes down to the Prequels being made to satisfy a particular classic movie audience and perhaps rake in their children as well.

The originals (specifically the first movie) was made to be just a generic fun "space movie" for everyone that walked in the theatre.

[fallensaviour]

The prequels may not be the best Star Wars movies, but I think they are better than most other Sci-Fi movies that came out around the same time.

Not sure how you can even say that....lol
Star Wars episode I -1999
The matrix

Star Wars episode II - 2002
28 days later
Star Trek nemesis
Men in black II
Minority report
Eight legged freaks
Signs

Star Wars episode III - 2005
Serenity

The reason they stink is also partly due to the fact that there were way better sci fI films out the same year....lol

[Spyweb007]

The prequels may not be the best Star Wars movies, but I think they are better than most other Sci-Fi movies that came out around the same time. Star Wars expectations are hard to live up to. I like them well enough, but they do have flaws that are not easy to overlook.

[Brue]

Personally, I think all the hate come from the fact that the movies really suck.

Well there's that.

[LonnieFisher]

Personally, I think all the hate come from the fact that the movies really suck.

[Klosterheim]

I watched a video interview on youtube, and George Lucas said Star Wars is about father & son and dysfunctional family. He said that it's a space opera, but it really is a soap opera.

So I guess, Intergalactic Civil War and Trade Agreements are just built around that focus, as the background and setting. The heart of the story is family.

I guess the spaceships, planets and creatures work well because the audience becomes emotionally involved with the main characters.

[palitoy]

He was rude to me and my girlfriend once but even i couldn't help but feel bad for him after watching the documentary about him. It's super crappy he's banned from celebration.