Star wars or lord of the rings

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stof said:

Munkeh111 said:
Some (most) of you who are insulting the new trilogy, must admit that there were outstanding moments in those films; the podrace, the battle of Geonosis, the battle over Courestcant, and episode III was certainly better, I did really enjoy those films, though of course the older ones were better

Now we just need both of them on blu-ray!!!

For me, more often than not it was the action scenes that turned me off the prequel trilogy. There were exceptions to be sure, as I quite liked the Yoda, Palpatine senate fight. But I got the feeling that most of the action scenes were developed with a younger, more A.D.D. ridden generation in mind. The NOW NOW NOW flash bang wizzery, combined with special effects that just hadn't quite caught up to realism yet (these movies actually look dated because of it) and their everything but the kitchen sink attitude didn't pull me in. It numbed my brain to it. I put all three prequel movies on the same level as the Matrix 2 and 3.

 

Films that were made, not based on their own merits, but purely because of prior successes.

 

 Or it could be that we're talking about frikkin Jedi in their prime. Did you expected these primo Jedi to take the Luke Skywalker approach to fighting-spreading your feet as far apart as possible and swinging a lightsaber like a baseball bat?

The special effects are quite good, to say otherwise is lunacy. If you want to take a hyper-critical approach to special effects in a movie, you can say that any movie with special effects is "dated". I've never saw a movie requiring lots of special effects that had me totally convinced.

"Everything but the kitchen sink" kind of goes with the territory of making movies about taking over the galaxy.

I somewhat agree with you on the "younger, more A.D.D." comment. Although it was obvious that the action would pick up as the movies progressed, I think Lucas felt too much pressure to appeal to the lowlifes who have made Vin Diesel a movie star. So many complained about Episode 1 not having enough action, yet I totally enjoyed how it built up the the climactic battles at the end. Even though the final battle of Episode 1 was classic, I'll gladly sit back and watch Liam Neeson acting until the cows come home.

Stof, at least you and I agree that Episode 1 was the best of the prequels. If you notice, their is more and more action in each prequel, yet less and less Jar Jar. Therein lies the problem. Also, I was really hoping when Anakin fully became Vader and was told Padme was dead, instead of the "Nooooooo" line, we'd be treated to a spirit-lifting "YIPPEEE".