Star wars prequel haters hit a new level of low.

[DivinePaladin]

mountaindewslave said:

DivinePaladin said:
All 6 movies are very much flawed, but that's the only part of your comment I have issue with. I love the Star Wars movies but objectively they're all (minus Empire) pretty average if not worse than that. But I'm not gonna say anything more because this thread is about to explode with OT fanatics tearing you to shreds for liking something different.

the original Star Wars (A New Hope) average? are you kidding me?

maybe you could use a rewatch because that movie is anything but average or ordinary. Its dialogue is timeless, it has one of the best casts of all time, there are NO pointless scenes and the tension and buildup is absolutely perfect

I understand not LIKING the film but to objectively watch Star Wars (the original) and then claim that its 'flawed' is absurd. unless you're claiming that the whole Western/Space Opera genere is flawed, which would be a silly thing to say

I've watched every movie in one day, and I've seen Star Wars dozens of times. That doesn't mean it's anything more than average. Remember that it was conceived as both one movie and twelve movies, and that as one movie it was left with a horrible cliffhanger ending. Remember that Luke and Leia were supposed to be lovers. Remember that Han was a cold-blooded killer who then decided because plot to become a good guy (stealing his ally's poon/eventual twin sister in the process). Remember that most of it was one-dimensional writing.

 

Watch it without your clear bias having watched it in the scope of what the series is today, and watch it for what it was when it released. A revolutionary movie for the genre, but one that was quickly rendered moot by its direct sequel. Moreover, the revolutionary movies sort of tend  to suck overall; look at what Avatar did for 3D and what people at first claimed it did for Sci-Fi, and look at its standing now with most fans - two completely different responses. We like to see it as more today because of what the series became but it was, when you look at it with historical empathy and ignore the revisions Lucas did from the very start, pretty meh. Doesn't mean I love it any less, and it doesn't mean you have to agree from an opinion stance - which I'm sure you won't.