rocketpig said:
He had way too many good movies in a row for it to be "right place at right time". From THX-1138 to American Graffiti to Star Wars to Indiana Jones, the guy was golden. Something went wrong in the 90s that apparently drove him to insanity. |
I don't fully disagree, but many/most of his movies before the 1990s he was working with good directors, good writers and good actors while with the Special Edition and Prequels of Starwars he seemed to be doing more of the work himself. Much of what people remember as being character defining moments, or quintessential elements, of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies came from actors adlibbing, or from writers Lucas was rumoured to be struggling with; and potentially, from directors who could make something mediocre seem better. About the only thing I can really identify as being significantly different from George Lucas in 1995 compared to 1980 was that George Lucas was considered a Legendary Visionary in 1995; while he was just a good movie producer in 1980.
In general, what George Lucas created wasn’t terrible and could have been fixed had it been dealt with when the screenplays were being written; or adjusted mid production. In fact, I have discussed what I would have done with Episode 1 with many people and most think it would have made a much better movie; and most of my changes are streamlining, restructuring the story and modifying some of the characters.
