I don't care about the lens flares. I think Kirk's rank doesn't really make too much sense.
Just having a qualm with a movie doesn't automatically put someone into some neat little group like you often seem to do.
Is it really that super unrealistic Kirks rank jump...
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I don't care about the lens flares. I think Kirk's rank doesn't really make too much sense.
Just having a qualm with a movie doesn't automatically put someone into some neat little group like you often seem to do.
The original trilogy ended nearly 30 years ago, they're hardly spoilers now. In any event, what makes you think anyone would want to trudge through the utter train-wreck that was Return of the Jedi?
My friend's 5-year old has just watched the Star Wars movies 1-6 in order this month. He didn't know any spoilers. They're children's movies. I watched Empire when I was 9 and was blown away by the reveal. It appeals to me that fresh generations can have that same feeling. Revealing as much as they did in Revenge of the Sith wasn't necessary and removes that element unless you watch them out of order obviously. That's always an option of course but it seems odd that that was the intention. Oh and as a 13-year old I loved RotJ.
I like lens flares. I did not like Kirk's promotion.
Well good for you, I'll still take Revenge of the Sith over that Return of the Jedi nonsense any day. At least Revenge of the Sith didn't have Ewoks, those horrible creatures were more irritating than Jar Jar Binks. Anyway, do you just not get the concept of prequels? Most people don't watch prequels before watching the original work, they watch them after they see the original work.
Maybe, but he made the movie half an hour longer than it needed to be to tie up everything that was going to be revealed later on and even then still managed to contradict himself (unless you accept that Leia remembers her real mother from the ten seconds before she died for no medical reason whatsoever).
What in the prequels wouldn't bore the shit out of a bright eleven year-old?
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Starts with a battle, then somthin' for the laydeeees, Something for Mom and Dad and something for their dog Pouf. It has pod racing and some bad-ass sword fights. It has the wacky comic relief and ends with explosions. Pretty much sums up the whole Star Wars saga, don't it?? Big fuckin' woop. Dig it for what it is, or stay home and memorize Harlan Ellison's rant about Roddenberry so you can perform it at the Creation Talent Show. The winner gets an autographed statue of Neelix's left testicle and a lifetime subscription to Omni.
I'm no fan of the abrams reboot, but it is 100 times better than any of the SW preqels. Abrams is a far more capable director than George Lucas, who hasn't directed anything good since 1977.
Who puts long, boring, droning, political crap and the mass murder of children in a kids movie? Not to mention watching the protaganist violently burn alive after abusing his wife to death. Lets not forget revenge of the sith had a pg13 rating. The "it's just a kids movie" excuse for those crappy movies doesn't fly at all. Lucas has thrown an awful lot of needlessly complex plot devices and political content for a kids movie. My little cousin jimmy's favorite part was the nonsensical and convoluted plot about trade disputes and senate hearings. That sort of crap is just the tip of the iceburg.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/
Who puts long, boring, droning, political crap and the mass murder of children in a kids movie? Not to mention watching the protaganist violently burn alive after abusing his wife to death. Lets not forget revenge of the sith had a pg13 rating. The "it's just a kids movie" excuse for those crappy movies doesn't fly at all. Lucas has thrown an awful lot of needlessly complex plot devices and political content for a kids movie. My little cousin jimmy's favorite part was the nonsensical and convoluted plot about trade disputes and senate hearings. That sort of crap is just the tip of the iceburg.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/
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I guess the "it's for kids" claims should be taken about as seriously as Roddenberry's "it's Wagon Train to the stars". A sales pitch with a kernel of truth in there, but mostly aimed to obfuscate.
Certainly the movie genre from which Lucas' successful Indiana Jones got its inspiration was aimed at a somewhat more juvenile audience than the 1980s products. And things tailored for kids are few and far in between in SWI-III, but the precedent for this sort of boy scout adventure entertainment exists, and is made use of (and fun of) in SWIV-VI. The fun in SWI-III just doesn't manifest much...
Timo Saloniemi
Certainly the movie genre from which Lucas' successful Indiana Jones got its inspiration was aimed at a somewhat more juvenile audience than the 1980s products. And things tailored for kids are few and far in between in SWI-III, but the precedent for this sort of boy scout adventure entertainment exists, and is made use of (and fun of) in SWIV-VI. The fun in SWI-III just doesn't manifest much...
Timo Saloniemi
I used to think that after Phantom Menace, but the subsequent two films are pretty terrible. I suppose kids could enjoy them if they sleep through the non-battle parts of Ep II, but I wouldn't take any small children to Ep. III.
If you haven't seen the prequels, skip them and watch Plinkett's reviews instead: just as long, better written and more entertaining.
Sorry to let you down, dude. Saw the original Star Wars as an adult. Saw TESB and ROTJ as an adult. Saw the fucking prequels as an adult.
The prequels are lame.
ROTJ isn't anything to write home about, either.
You're welcome to keep Neelix's nuts, if that's what revs you up.
