RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 6, 2015 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2015 at 8:33 pm by Mechaghostman2.)
(December 6, 2015 at 8:06 pm)Aractus Wrote: Well there's no "right" or "wrong" when it comes to entertainment. I remember Episode II was really entertaining in the cinema, sure it may not be the best movie ever, but as far as entertainment value in the cinema at midnight on 16 May 2002 it nailed it. I found Episode III much less entertaining, but others really liked it.
The biggest problem with the "prequels" is they're just not designed well for younger audiences. As I mentioned, Episode III isn't really suitable for 8-9 year-olds and younger, and Episodes I and II are far too complicated for kids to follow. I was in High School when Episode I came out, and I didn't see it right away, but the kids that had seen it were really confused with the plot. Most of them thought that Natalie Portman's character was a double-decoy (partly because we never got to know the character of her actual decoy I suppose, and also because she doesn't even let her Jedi protectors know who she is), they didn't understand why Naboo was under attack by the trade federation, or how a Queen can be "elected" (or why a 14-year old would be elected Queen), or what the Jedi actually do. It's interesting the Galactic Republic is a democracy, but the Jedi movement is not in anyway democratic. And why is the Jedi patriarchal, when women serve equally in other areas of power? Unless you know there are women on the Jedi council, it's impossible to spot them - especially for kids - they just sit quietly and contribute nothing and let the men do all the talking, and there are no female Jedi Knights that play a significant role in the series (they're there but they just fight in battles, and cook in the kitchen).
The problem with the prequels was there was almost no character development, the dialogue was annoying (emo Anikan anyone?) and the overall films were just kinda boring. We wanted to see a grand epic adventure of the David Vs. Goliath type, not people standing around talking, and talking, and talking about taxes, and Romeo & Juliet styled romances with a teenage angsty emo Jedi. Episode III was better than the first 2 because George cut back on his attempt at complex screen play and focused more on the action and over the top villains, and gave it a dark ending.
