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Star Wars: Why does everyone hate the prequels?
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DarkJediKnight
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soundscream
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I will give them credit for one thing.
I never would have thought it possible to have all of those great actors deliver such horrible performances. It's an achievement of sorts.
I never would have thought it possible to have all of those great actors deliver such horrible performances. It's an achievement of sorts.
I love it all but his delivery of "I love Empire so much I fuck it" gets me everytime
They have the worst writing of almost any movies I've ever seen.
"From my point of view the Jedi are evil."
"I don't like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
"I have seen... a security hologram... of him... killing younglings."
Anakin: You are so…beautiful.
Padme: It’s only because I’m so in love.
Anakin: No. No, it’s because I’m so in love with you.
Padme: Then love has blinded you?
Anakin: Well…that’s not exactly what I meant.
Padme: But it’s probably true.
"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!"
"Love won't save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that."
"Around the survivors, a perimeter create."
"Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo."
"I don't like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
"I have seen... a security hologram... of him... killing younglings."
Anakin: You are so…beautiful.
Padme: It’s only because I’m so in love.
Anakin: No. No, it’s because I’m so in love with you.
Padme: Then love has blinded you?
Anakin: Well…that’s not exactly what I meant.
Padme: But it’s probably true.
"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!"
"Love won't save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that."
"Around the survivors, a perimeter create."
"Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo."
The Prequels are like genius at taking a bunch of popular actors and giving them scripts and direction that nullify their talents.
Sedate Samuel Jacksons and Liam Neesons, charmless Ewen McGregor, flat Natalie Portman.
TheDinoman
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Number 1: Everything
Because they're simply not good films?
The only amount of worth they have is for Star Wars fans to see some origin. But it's shown in such an un-exciting way that even that doesn't amount to much.
I've seen episode 2 around 3 times in my life, and I still can't recall hardly anything from it. Episode 1 was slightly more memorable, but only because it was episode 1 and pod racer shit. Episode 3 had it's moments and is easily my favorite of the 3, but is still largley just a blur of shit.
The only amount of worth they have is for Star Wars fans to see some origin. But it's shown in such an un-exciting way that even that doesn't amount to much.
I've seen episode 2 around 3 times in my life, and I still can't recall hardly anything from it. Episode 1 was slightly more memorable, but only because it was episode 1 and pod racer shit. Episode 3 had it's moments and is easily my favorite of the 3, but is still largley just a blur of shit.
Strangelove77
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They're bad in almost every facet of good filmmaking. Writing, dialogue, acting, special effects, pacing, cinematography, etc.
The music good. Grievous looks cool. That's about it as far as good stuff goes.
The biggest sin of all is that they're boring to watch. Lots of stuff happens and there are tons of hyperactive colorful moments and somehow it's all very bland and dull. They're all completely drained of excitement and fun or meaning. There's no feelings there.
It all blends into one singular gray...goop.
The music good. Grievous looks cool. That's about it as far as good stuff goes.
The biggest sin of all is that they're boring to watch. Lots of stuff happens and there are tons of hyperactive colorful moments and somehow it's all very bland and dull. They're all completely drained of excitement and fun or meaning. There's no feelings there.
It all blends into one singular gray...goop.
YUP.
I equally find it stupid to be mad about CG for the sake of CG. The argument "They had cool models" alone does not mean the movie suffers from it.
That being said, the prequels did overuse CG.
I like the end quote: "When you suck out the humanity from the films and replace it with the ease of digital film making, well...... it just sucks."
The only thing I liked about the prequels was pod racing and the musical scores. The rest I try to forget.
I think the practical effects of the original trilogy went a long way in helping with viewer immersion and it also aged well.
The CG of the prequels looked like shitty CG then and it looks plain awful and out of place now... especially on Blu-ray.
I think the practical effects of the original trilogy went a long way in helping with viewer immersion and it also aged well.
The CG of the prequels looked like shitty CG then and it looks plain awful and out of place now... especially on Blu-ray.
Vault Dweller 111
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Watch Plinkett for your answers.
That is all that needs to be said when discussing what is wrong with the prequels.
lastplayed
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I don't hate them.
So basically because they are :
-Poorly written
-Poorly acted
-Poorly filmed
-Boring
-Ruined Characters
-Too much CGI
- Anakin is a whinny loser...
Yup totally, I think the movies are great for what they bring to to the universe, I know some people hate Ani for being too powerful or romantic or whatever but I like the fact that what bring him to the Dark side is what make it turn back to the light side: Love.
I thought people dislike the prequels for what they bring to the universe when it's in fact more how they were filmed with average actors and with a poor script, i'm ok with this even if those flaws don't bother me personally.
-Poorly written
-Poorly acted
-Poorly filmed
-Boring
-Ruined Characters
-Too much CGI
- Anakin is a whinny loser...
Yup totally, I think the movies are great for what they bring to to the universe, I know some people hate Ani for being too powerful or romantic or whatever but I like the fact that what bring him to the Dark side is what make it turn back to the light side: Love.
I thought people dislike the prequels for what they bring to the universe when it's in fact more how they were filmed with average actors and with a poor script, i'm ok with this even if those flaws don't bother me personally.
Hero_of_the_Day
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They were so badly done that they managed to get career-worst performances out of people like Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson.
The audio aspect of the films are on point. Everything else, well...
And after that, watch these (Auralnauts parody).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCm8yAxBr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8aSJBC9u0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itkl7cHcX_E
Charles Foster Kane
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Honestly, the plinkett reviews get thrown around to the point of annoyance. Quick cheap shots that have been used a billion times. I think the prequels are weak, disappointing messes, but the plinkett reviews are not law. While they do have many valid points, a lot of the complaints are about stuff that isn't inherently wrong, or is just overblown. Sure the prequels fail miserably at execution, but the overreliance by some people on the reviews gets annoying.
One thing I find funny is when people complain about the writing and acting of the prequels, but completely give the writing and acting of the OT a pass. I mean, okay, the writing and acting in the OT isn't quite as bad as the prequels, but it's still pretty damn bad. Especially in Episode IV.
It's just bizarre to me how people ridicule the poorly written and delivered lines of the PT, but they happily quote the poorly written and delivered lines of the OT.
It's just bizarre to me how people ridicule the poorly written and delivered lines of the PT, but they happily quote the poorly written and delivered lines of the OT.
Sapiens
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YUP.
Ugh - http://makezine.com/2015/10/07/the-...of-the-star-wars-prequels/#jp-carousel-495526
There's probably more model, miniature, and practical work in Episode 1 than there were in all of the original movies combined.
Also plinked is hilarious, but I'm so sick of these film school doofuses having so much authority over these films.
Yes, they're not very great, but they're also kind of unique and interesting in their own way.
LookAtMeGo
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The reviews are objectively superior to the movies themselves.
Barajas_201
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Because they didn't make an emotional connection with the audience.
Don't bother.
Prequel haters are enemies of reasoning like that.
"Only a Master of Evil, Darth!"
Oscar-winning dialogue right there!
The Sum of Zero
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Opinions, what are they.
I is meh, II is slightly better, III is one of my favorite SW movies.
I is meh, II is slightly better, III is one of my favorite SW movies.
Astral Dog
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Yeah but those where classics, standards have changed since the 70s, and SW was the first blockbuster Sci Fi series ever.
Just comparing the OT and the PT and saying both are bad is not enough. we should see with the new movie where the franchise goes.
PROh1bited
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How many Star Wars threads do we need everyday?
More Fun To Compute
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The main problem with the films is that they are boring. You try to watch them but they have no charm or anything that makes you want to keep watching. It's like they were made as a CGI showreel or something and now they are just a very dated CGI showreel.
We don't have enough to satisfy the anti-prequel circlejerking! Keep 'em coming, I say!
gutter_trash
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Padme: We used to come here for school retreat. We would swim to that island every day. I love the water. We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing.
Anakin: I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.
NinjaCoachZ
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Rocco from Mega64 actually raised a pretty interesting point that I'd never really been able to put into words on part of why the prequels' events seemed so uninteresting.
http://roccobotte.com/post/132592465957/im-aging-some-trouble-understanding-your-opinion
http://roccobotte.com/post/132592465957/im-aging-some-trouble-understanding-your-opinion
The general plot for the movies was alright, it was just how they were presented is what gets fans.
This coming from a 19 year old who grew up on the VHS special edition of the OT since the age of 2 and instantly loved the prequels as they came out. The older I got the more flaws I saw in them from story to CG, which in some cases just does not hold up compared to other movies of their time.
This coming from a 19 year old who grew up on the VHS special edition of the OT since the age of 2 and instantly loved the prequels as they came out. The older I got the more flaws I saw in them from story to CG, which in some cases just does not hold up compared to other movies of their time.
Adding onto that, they also never gave us a reason to give a shit about any of the characters or the locales before the empire took over. So worldbuilding and making me care about any of these people or places in the prequels was atrocious.
It's heroin.
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