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brandonh83
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It's pretty annoying.
Heyy ooohhhhhh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwy412nttI
Great minds. I always thought that too.
Always-honest
Banned
Indeed.
brandonh83
Banned
The intercutting between the two fights was brilliant. The way I saw it was that the prequels were about these things: Palpatine's rise to power/fall of the Republic and Anakin's tragedy. The two intercutting fights represented the climax to both situations and just made sense from an economic and storytelling perspective. It was also edited and scored perfectly.
The thing with Plinkeet reviews, is that while he is right about film making techniques (let me drink ma coffee!) and the lack of just... passion in everyone (but the Emperor,... but who wouldn't like playing the evilest baddest dude in the galaxy?) you should take them with a grain of salt. The point of the review is also humor and going over the top nickpicky.
The moment in the TPM review when the ''guests'' cannot describe any Prequels characters should have rung a bell.
I do find them more entertaining than the prequels though...
The moment in the TPM review when the ''guests'' cannot describe any Prequels characters should have rung a bell.
I do find them more entertaining than the prequels though...
So EP1 > Guardians of the Galaxy or Lord of the Rings
GoG is not a good movie, IMO. Action scenes have no weight. Humor is cringe worthy. At least in Ironman, Downey is trying to be subtile and charming. GoG's humor is the equivalent of bed farting -> you can laugh about it but you shouldn't purposedly fart in bed to get a laugh...
Lord of the Rings is too dark, whereas Bilbo is to bright. Both trilogies are so-so interpretations of Tolkien's work. Enjoyable, tho but I'm not coming back for a second viewing.
I've already seen the prequel's movies a few times, far from greatness but easily rewatchable for different reasons. they have their cringe-worthy moments, whereas the OG (not that it's perfect) is high fantasy swashbuckling done fucking right.
thecouncil
Banned
Everything that happens in that scene after Anakin gets his limbs cut off is... pretty great, honestly.
Anakin's "I hate you!" is convincing, Obi Wan sells those lines as well as he possibly can... It's a great final moment for those characters.
Okay, here's something that I have no clue whether or not is controversial. I thought Hayden was completely right to play Darth Vader, especially in Episode 3 when his hair was longer. He at least looked the part, and his sinister glare was certainly chilling. It's just a shame that whenever he opens his mouth, he says something bloody stupid that weakens his character even more. But I can't blame him for shitty writing.
Chuckie
Member
GotG and LotR are like a million times better than Attack of the Clones.
sobaka770
Banned
Totally agree, he is almost a non-entity in the movies, it could be any other Bounty Hunter who catches Solo.
Lucas' enhancements are hit-and-miss:
GOOD: Ep.6 new ending music is great, very emotional, just what's needed. I don't mind Naboo/Coruscant added either. Anakin ghost needs to stay old.
BAD: The Darth Vader NOOOOO, though in Ep. 6 has to go, it takes away from the beautiful tension of the scene. CGI on Tatooine in Ep.6, especially in Mos Eisley is horrible and once again detracts from the experience. Han shot first QFT, it's the darker part of his character, he's a good criminal after all before the events of the movie.
vagabondarts
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I love The Phantom Menace as well. It's a great adventure set in the Star Wars universe with some amazing set pieces. I think QuiGon is awesome too.
Really the prequels are awesome if only for Ewan McGregor being the absolute best.
Really the prequels are awesome if only for Ewan McGregor being the absolute best.
Doctoglethorpe
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I've never understood why people think Ep1 is the worst, and especially that Ep3 is the best of the PT (or even overall). I think Ep3 is the worst by such a huge margin its not even funny and then its funny again. The movie is so terrible I consider it a superior comedy to Spaceballs. Its in my personal list of the worst movies ever made.
As far as I'm concerned, the only real glaring issue with Ep1 is Jar Jar. Granted thats a big, incessant problem, but its still just a fraction of the movie. I thought the kid did fine as Anakin. I think showing baby Anakin in the first place was a dumb idea, but its execution in the movie was fine. Everyone's acting in that movie was fine. The set pieces were mostly good. The action was good, didn't get boring. I can't say any of those things about Episode 3. That whole damn movie is an absolute abomination on every level. The acting especially was so goddam shit I can't go more then a couple minutes without busting out in laughter. But then its followed up by extremely boring action sequences where its just CGICGICGICGICGI with no substance at all. Now I just want it to end so I can get back to laughing at the shit acting.
And for the record, I think Ep2 is a mixed bag. Its got terrible parts and good parts.
As far as I'm concerned, the only real glaring issue with Ep1 is Jar Jar. Granted thats a big, incessant problem, but its still just a fraction of the movie. I thought the kid did fine as Anakin. I think showing baby Anakin in the first place was a dumb idea, but its execution in the movie was fine. Everyone's acting in that movie was fine. The set pieces were mostly good. The action was good, didn't get boring. I can't say any of those things about Episode 3. That whole damn movie is an absolute abomination on every level. The acting especially was so goddam shit I can't go more then a couple minutes without busting out in laughter. But then its followed up by extremely boring action sequences where its just CGICGICGICGICGI with no substance at all. Now I just want it to end so I can get back to laughing at the shit acting.
And for the record, I think Ep2 is a mixed bag. Its got terrible parts and good parts.
It's not what you do, it's how awesome you look not doing it
His role in the prequels really felt like fan fiction. Just because he has a cool design and is popular with fans, they went ahead and made his dad the original stormtrooper and gave him an edgy backstory about hating jedi. Which then sent him on a path of vengeance that consisted of being hired to capture a guy who isn't a jedi, then dying like a bitch.
no. but I know it's not a popular view these days.
Would you say Attack of the Clones is better than Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Chuckie
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It's not a popular view because it is wrong.
I'ts also not a popular view to say Stalin was a nicer person than MLK. And it is not popular because it is wrong
I have no earthly idea how you could form that opinion about The Empire Strikes Back.
The events in that movie set up the whole trilogy and gave the saga its entire purpose. THIS is why Luke Skywalker is on the path he is on. THIS is why what he is doing is so important. THIS is why he must become a Jedi. THIS is why he will have difficulty in doing it.
I'm guessing there are quite a few gaffers who were not alive yet, or cared to see TESB in theaters, but that reveal at the end was one of the biggest cliffhanging OH SHIT moments in cinematic history. There was no internet in those days, no spoilers to ruin it, no story leaks. It caught everyone by surprise and people had to wait three years to find out if it was true. Think about that. Three years people had to wait to get their answer to that HOLY SHIT moment. Three years of people talking, speculating, wondering. Something like that will never be repeated in this day and age.
Can Crusher
Banned
All this means is that you are a Star Wars fanatic. Nothing else.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
My star wars opinions tend to run fairly run of the mill (Empire is the best, the prequels are largely dogshit, jar jar is an abomination, etc), but I will say that I never really had a problem with the ewoks, and kid anakin's acting in episode 1 is nowhere near the top of the list of things that bother me about the movie.
Chuckie
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I like your opinion.
DeSo
Banned
He was so much cooler and more formidable in the Clone Wars TV series. I loved watching him in that.
That wasnt the real Grievous. The real Grievous only showed up in the Clone Wars animated miniseries.
Cow Mengde
Banned
The special effects of Phantom Menace was pretty damn good.
150 pictures behind the scenes.
http://imgur.com/a/QYfpA
150 pictures behind the scenes.
http://imgur.com/a/QYfpA
Are there fart jokes in 2 and 3?
hobblygobbly
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I like Darth Maul's saber, I think it makes sense at least in SW but that one in the new trailer doesn't seem to fit and it seems to have reignited some discussion on Darth Maul's saber being shitty and possibly starting a trend in SW for new sabers. Sure, I dislike the hilt on the saber in the new trailer but I genuinely like Darth Maul's.
brandonh83
Banned
ILM did amazing with the prequels considering the sheer amount of work Lucas gave them, but the CGI doesn't hold up too well in Phantom Menace and Clones. Fortunately for whatever reason, be it the lighting or just that it was way better, Sith has much better CGI, in my opinion anyway. I think it looks too clean and lacking in texture in the first two. Still, again really great work.
con-ca-te-nate
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I like the fact that they used Hayden Christensen's head as Anakin's ghost for the re-release of Episode 6.
Veritigo_X
Member
I was honestly expecting 150 pictures of green screens.
I like the 1997 Special Edition ending of ROTJ (that music!) much more than the original one.
I'm not bothered by the midiclorians.
Clone troopers are much cooler than the Stormtroopers (sucks that they were all CGI for no reason tho).
Boba Fett is not that big of a deal and I've never understood why he is so popular.
I'm not bothered by the midiclorians.
Clone troopers are much cooler than the Stormtroopers (sucks that they were all CGI for no reason tho).
Boba Fett is not that big of a deal and I've never understood why he is so popular.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Yeah and hot Padme in white outfit.
The acting throughout the prequels was terrible. They somehow they managed to coax back acting out of good actors. Almost all of the dialog is stiff and emotionless. I wonder if it the green screen sets are partly to blame; it must make it hard to get into character.
I disagree about Phantom Menace, it is sooo long and poorly paced. If they had cut a good 30 minutes of the filler I think it would have been much better received.
Both Fetts were kind of losers
Bunch of clowns
Makes you wonder why people think Boba Fett was "ruined" when, he was pretty much awful other than the crazy backstory that people might have come up with in their own head...
Neko Godot
Member
Well it was a made-up name anyway, since we know Darth Vader is really Anakin by Empire Strikes Back.
Boba Fett watched his dad shoot a rope at a Jedi and saw how well it worked.
Adult Boba Fett shot a rope at a Jedi. And then got killed by a blind guy with a stick.
But hey, disintegrations and cool armor.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Boba Fett fan love was always more of a meme than a fleshed out opinion.
He's the Star Wars equivalent of Chuck Norris.
He's the Star Wars equivalent of Chuck Norris.
Yep. I remember watching this first time when I was a kid and crying at the end, and you can totally owe that to Mr. Williams hitting my young emotional strings. That coupled with my name is also Luke and I used to pretend I was Skywalker and my Dad was Vader - I didn't like seeing Luke chop daddy's hand off.
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