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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 6, 2015 at 6:39 pm
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I was talking with my dad today, he says he likes moves that have "entertainment value". That seems like what this movie is destined to be. With a movie that appeals to this broad of an audience, they're probably going to just make it really flashy, give it barely any substance in terms of story. I probably won't leave the theater feeling like I have anything to take away from it. It's just shallow entertainment to keep people satisfied. It makes me wonder why people don't really care about expanding their mind.
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 6, 2015 at 8:06 pm
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).
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 6, 2015 at 8:33 pm
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(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.
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 12:07 pm
(December 6, 2015 at 8:06 pm)Aractus Wrote: Well there's no "right" or "wrong" when it comes to entertainment.
Twilight is wrong.
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 12:12 pm
(December 7, 2015 at 12:07 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (December 6, 2015 at 8:06 pm)Aractus Wrote: Well there's no "right" or "wrong" when it comes to entertainment.
Twilight is wrong.
And its bastard child/horribly mutated clone 50 Shades of Grey is much more wronger.
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 12:18 pm
(December 7, 2015 at 12:12 pm)Kaiser Wrote: (December 7, 2015 at 12:07 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Twilight is wrong.
And its bastard child/horribly mutated clone 50 Shades of Grey is much more wronger.
Twilight is about as bad as I could handle.
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 3:58 pm
(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).
Episold 2 is entertaining only because I laughed at the movie, not with the movie.
Who could but fail to laugh at the scene where the little green hand puppet with a stubby little light saber bounces around the walls and floor of a hanger like a demented gerbil as the movie somehow manage to reduce even a respectable real live actor like Christopher Lee to such drivel as "clearly this contest can not be settle by our knowledge of the the force, but our skills with the light saber!"
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 5:06 pm
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I found the dialogue and acting between the two lovers around the romantic scene unbearable.
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 5:33 pm
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(December 7, 2015 at 5:06 pm)Quantum Wrote: I found the dialogue and acting between the two lovers around the romantic scene unbearable.
Hear, hear!!
Just watched it a couple of days ago, to catch up an old friend who's finally in town and who'd never seen it (prison)... and I spent that entire romantic scene repeating the MST3K The Movie snarky line: " ACTING!!!"
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RE: Just A Few More Weeks Until The New Star Wars!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2015 at 5:45 pm
I'm a little surprised at myself for this, but I'm not terribly excited about the upcoming film. The prequels, taken together, were such a bummer that I kind of feel over it all now. I'll go, but I'm expecting more sizzle than steak.
I hope to be proven wrong.
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