Is this why people hate the Star Wars prequels?!
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I've got to be the only person that thought episode 2 was the worst piece of schlock lucas came up with. the acting was just pure crap. i get it, its sci-fi but that doesn't mean the acting has to suck
the midichloriens (sp) thing was pretty stupid and i will admit it truly was an answer to a question no one asked. but i think the above posters had it right. 1,2 and 3 were really not part of the same universe as the original trilogy. they were just to bright and flashy. i like my original copy of the original trilogy, no edits, no cgi, just good sc-fi.
the midichloriens (sp) thing was pretty stupid and i will admit it truly was an answer to a question no one asked. but i think the above posters had it right. 1,2 and 3 were really not part of the same universe as the original trilogy. they were just to bright and flashy. i like my original copy of the original trilogy, no edits, no cgi, just good sc-fi.
The prequels had good CGI, but acting horrible in most cases. Hayden Christainsin was awful, Natalie Portman was bad aswell. The love plot was really bad too. I mean it had things goin for it, like Liam Neeson playing Qui-gon Jin, Ewan Mcgregor playin Obi-wan. But bad acting and bad diolage ruined for me.
That seven part review sums everything up about the movie. That guy is easily more of an expert than most people who do it as a living. Nothing in the movies make any sense, the acting is horrible from start to finish, dialogue is written by a three-year-old, action scenes are boring, the whole idea of "the force" is ruined, I could go on..
Jar Jar was there to appeal to the kiddies. I was one of those when it came out, and it worked. For everyone else, it was just a turn-off.
And the guy who acted Anakin in the 2nd movie was just far too whiny for my liking. Asides from that, Attack of the Clones was great.
The 3rd movie was kick-ass. No complaints here.
And the guy who acted Anakin in the 2nd movie was just far too whiny for my liking. Asides from that, Attack of the Clones was great.
The 3rd movie was kick-ass. No complaints here.
it was the start. I had the same reaction to the midi. I defiantly had a WFTTWJU (What the F, That Was Just Unnecessary) moment. It was also bad story telling and an even worse script.
I was going to post that if nobody else had. The prequels were awful, but Episode 3 just butchered everything that was good about the original 3's story (which wasn't much).Babitz said:
Newsflash: Star Wars is, and always has been poorly written tripe. The effects of the original trilogy were astounding for their time, no doubt, but the acting was piss poor. Mark Hammil's an awful actor in any role, Harrison Ford was good, but not good enough to redeem the films. All the Star Wars films have ever been is a showcase for fancy special effects strung together by a grade 7's creative writing assignment.
Chances are that some one in the five pages in this thread already linked you this, but I have to go to work so I can't read them all.Blindswordmaster said:
I think people felt a lot of the arguments in these videos more than they were able to put words to them. They fall back on the obvious things like the Medichlorians, but the problems with all three of the prequel movies are pretty much outlined in these 7 youtube videos.
I liked the prequels. Honestly I liked them better than the originals, and I saw the originals first. Having said that, I will admit Phantom Menace had some serious issues. But if your getting bent out of shape over the whole midichlorian thing, remember it was mentioned in like 3 short scenes about half way through the film and then NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN for the rest of the prequels. Besides the fight with Darth Maul was awesome despite being way too short.
Yes Hayden Christenson has some serious acting issues in Attack of the Clones though I think he stepped it up in Revenge of the Sith. Now before you all cut me to pieces, look at his character in context with Episode 3. Anakin's got a massive ego, he's emotionally immature, wholly dependent on the love of his life (can't live without her, I've been there, didn't end well) and he can't handle the fact that some people won't acknowledge his obvious greatness. Then his emotions spiral out of control, when he gets the whole "your wife's gonna die in childbirth" vision. Palpatine sees this and being the clever bastard he is, tells Anakin what he wants to hear, and his desperation Anakin joins up with him, we all know the rest. Christenson's emo acting fit the character for the situation. Though I will admit Big George can't write romantic dialog for shit.
My biggest issue with the prequels is that they killed off Jango Fett in such a stupid way. The guy was killing Jedi left and right with just pistols and then Samuel L. Jackson comes along and just casually decapitates him? what the fuck george?!
Yes Hayden Christenson has some serious acting issues in Attack of the Clones though I think he stepped it up in Revenge of the Sith. Now before you all cut me to pieces, look at his character in context with Episode 3. Anakin's got a massive ego, he's emotionally immature, wholly dependent on the love of his life (can't live without her, I've been there, didn't end well) and he can't handle the fact that some people won't acknowledge his obvious greatness. Then his emotions spiral out of control, when he gets the whole "your wife's gonna die in childbirth" vision. Palpatine sees this and being the clever bastard he is, tells Anakin what he wants to hear, and his desperation Anakin joins up with him, we all know the rest. Christenson's emo acting fit the character for the situation. Though I will admit Big George can't write romantic dialog for shit.
My biggest issue with the prequels is that they killed off Jango Fett in such a stupid way. The guy was killing Jedi left and right with just pistols and then Samuel L. Jackson comes along and just casually decapitates him? what the fuck george?!
I don't hate the prequels. I don't like them per say and can understand to a degree why Star Wars fans might dislike them, but I did not think they were much worse then the original trilogy. At least I liked Qui-Gon Jin.
Then again, I did not think that highly of the original movies either, since they can mostly be described as a "fairy tale in space". They were preety good for their time, but quite one-dimensional and amateurish by today's standards. At least the "I am your father" scene was nice.
Then again, I did not think that highly of the original movies either, since they can mostly be described as a "fairy tale in space". They were preety good for their time, but quite one-dimensional and amateurish by today's standards. At least the "I am your father" scene was nice.
There was good story to be had in the prequels, it was just sacrificed for a variety of reasons, most of them unnecessary at best. You can still see pieces of the story underneath it all, and that lost potential is what bugs me the most. Sadly, I do not have the time to go into detail about every character and subplot, but as an example of 'what could have been', I'll relay what I've said earlier about Jar-Jar:
Because Natalie Portman didn't get her tits out. And everyone spoke like they had been lobotomized.
I agree with this completely.SonicKoala said:
I also have to expand a bit and add in the generation factor. Most of the Star Wars fans were, like myself, of older generations--these are movies that we not only grew up with, but movies we held dear to our hearts for 20+ years. We were absolutely able to suspend logic and fact within this realm, take most things at face-value and believe that -THIS- was the way things were.
And then Lucas borked it up. He over-explained things, added useless/over-dramatised relationships and situations that didn't need to be there. Jeezus, and then came the Clone Wars. THE CLONE WARS! For me, personally, THIS was the story I wanted to see for decades and he made it a fsking Greenpeace-meets-Linken-Park-emo-trip of a debacle. We have a /sadface Boba Fett who, in no WAY could EVER be believable as a bad-ass bounty hunter in the future, when he looks like Wolfgang-fsking-Van Halen and is inexplicably obsessed with his father. The "War" itself was so fsking anti-climatic I wanted to not only leave the theatre, but go home and destroy ever piece of Star Wars memorabilia I had collected for my entire life. Bah.
The whole series seemed rushed despite the fact that Lucas had written 3 prequels (and parts 7-9 IIRC) YEARS before, he, instead chose to alter the prequels and turned them into even more of a tragic story that eps 4-6 ever were.
My reaction when finding out about midichlorians for the first time was "Oh, so that's how it works". I'm sorry but I just can't muster any nerd rage over it. And on a side note - I like the prequels. More or less the the original trilogy? I don't remember, last time I've seen it was something like 15 years ago.
Because they're poorly made movies. Strip out whatever you want, but they are poorly written, directed and (mostly) acted. Ignoring every other problem they have (most of which revolve around betraying everything that made Star Wars great), they are just poorly made.