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Harry_Skywalker — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 09:00 PM)
You've only heard good things about his movies? You should research a bit more. There's a lot of hatred towards them.
Edwards cut version probably only has action off-screen. The guy is nuts.
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FireInBabylon — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 12:06 PM)
Well, like I said elsewhere, Menace isn't the worst by far, epsically if you get past Ani and Jar Jar. It's certainly more kid friendly. I was 17 when it came out, so that didn't help it.
AotC is pretty awful though
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!!!deleted!!! (43569027) — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 06:17 PM)
Honestly, I enjoyed the first two acts more than the big battle.
The heroes of Rogue One are mostly trashy people with the exception of Donnie Yen. People respond a certain way to Cassian, but really he's the rebellion's assassin. Cassian has all the traits of a villain, which is a stark contrast to what we are used to.
And I like that.
It's a legitimate rebellion where the clean senate people have to talk to lowlives and gather them toward a common goal. It basically boosts the reputation of Luke Skywalker, who becomes this mythic figure that everyone looks up to and wants to follow into battle.
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shroudoftheimmortal — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 06:37 PM)
I can't say I enjoyed the first two acts morebut if they weren't as solid as they were, I certainly wouldn't have enjoyed the third act as much as I did. It would have been about as exciting as the opening of Attack of the Clones, while cool to look at when it was released, I didn't really give a fck.
The protagonist couldn't be untarnished heroes
considering their fate
. I liked all of them though. I couldn't find any major faults with the film and was so thoroughly entertained that the minor ones didn't detract
beyond that guy's idiot wife in the first segment
.
But good points. I just saw it this morning and haven't stopped thinking about it much. The fact that it actually adds to the overall SW story is pretty great. I honestly didn't think they were going to be able to pull something like this off so well. I hope this bodes well for Episode VIII because Episode VII wasunderwhelming, but still left me hopeful for it's sequels.
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OurGloriousLeader — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 06:19 PM)
Rogue One is easily my favorite non-OT SW film but I haven't settled on a place for it beyond that
For me it goes:
Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Rouge One
Force Awakens
Jedi
We won't acknowledge the prequels.
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shroudoftheimmortal — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 07:12 PM)
For me (tentatively regarding Rogue One):
A New Hope
Empire/Jedi
Rogue One
The Force Awakens
Revenge of the Sith
Jedi's first and third act a far superior to Empire and Empire doesn't really have an ending. Sure the second act of Jedi may be the weakest of the OT, but I still love it.
And I honestly remember enjoying Revenge of the Sith OKbut I'm sure it was based on the lowered expectations left by the previous two prequels. I still haven't bothered to rewatch it since seeing it in the theater though
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Pambo_Calrissian — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 08:00 AM)
I like the bit where Vader first turned.
Even though it is the entire point of the prequels and Lucas had alomst entirely pointlessly used about 540 minutes of movie up to the scene, he made it all happen during a quick catch up meeting with Palpatine, during which they kill Samuel L Jackson, burn off the baddies face to make him look evil and then agree to kill some Younglings (which are called that so we don't feel sorry for them) before officially taking over the universe in a court room scene.
As a kid who loved the action, fantasy and story telling of Star Wars, that was
exactly
how I'd imagined Vader's fall from grace.
I think people crying after a well-crafted, well-paced story, where we both fear and empathise with the main character, need to turn down their expectations and start seeing the prequels for the masterpieces that they are.99% Complete: [||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ]