Shattered glasses is a very good movie with HC
Return of the Prequel Hatred Poll... (Better...!!)
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Shattered glasses is a very good movie with HC
Out of all Star Wars productions, I believe the prequels most accurately reflect the Saturday-afternoon matinee serials that originally inspired Lucas to create this franchise... yes indeed, those thrilling cliffhanger serials of yesteryear, with all their larger-than-life one-dimensional cookie-cutter characters, simplistic storytelling, and oodles of painfully stilted acting and dialog. The SW prequels are supposed to be that way. 
Kor
Kor
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I always loved the prequels. Up until Rogue One (which is now my favorite SW film of all time), they were at the top of my list.
It's one thing to respect your reference(s), it's quite another to be beholden to them. Nobody younger than Lucas knows anything about the Flash Gordon serials from the 30's and nobody would want to. I've seen them, with their flatulent spaceships, cardboard sets and cheesy acting. Outside of being an Historical curiosity, they're really nothing I'd ever expect anyone to have the patience to sit down and watch, certainly in their entirety. Basing a series of modern STAR WARS movies off that was just a bad idea. Stylistically, maybe, you'd want to draw off of certain aspects, as there was a lot of inspiration from that decade to draw from. For example the rivets on the space ships gave it a very cool look, along with an Art Deco sensibility that everything from the 30's had.
But those serials were, for their day, sort of bottom tier. Very cheaply made, and really corny. I would be appalled, if I were working on a movie project with someone and they told me they wanted to ape serials from the 30's. It's kind of slim pickin's. Look at the movies that inspired the Indiana Jones films, for example. All of them are pure shite. Ace Drummand, for example, has this big, lanky pilot who looks like a complete twat and sings his own stupid-ass theme song in serials that, frankly, should've been burned, destroyed and forgotten about. But certain pieces were cherry picked out of it and used for Indy that worked. But to ape that kind of style ... no friggin' way. I would never want to be involved in that sort of a project.
But those serials were, for their day, sort of bottom tier. Very cheaply made, and really corny. I would be appalled, if I were working on a movie project with someone and they told me they wanted to ape serials from the 30's. It's kind of slim pickin's. Look at the movies that inspired the Indiana Jones films, for example. All of them are pure shite. Ace Drummand, for example, has this big, lanky pilot who looks like a complete twat and sings his own stupid-ass theme song in serials that, frankly, should've been burned, destroyed and forgotten about. But certain pieces were cherry picked out of it and used for Indy that worked. But to ape that kind of style ... no friggin' way. I would never want to be involved in that sort of a project.
I think AOTC does the best job with this.Out of all Star Wars productions, I believe the prequels most accurately reflect the Saturday-afternoon matinee serials that originally inspired Lucas to create this franchise... yes indeed, those thrilling cliffhanger serials of yesteryear, with all their larger-than-life one-dimensional cookie-cutter characters, simplistic storytelling, and oodles of painfully stilted acting and dialog. The SW prequels are supposed to be that way.
Kor
The Phantom Menace was a crashing disappointment in so many ways. Whatever they called the next film, I watched it on television and turned it off less than halfway through because it was a jumbled up wreck of a movie and a bore at that. The third I skipped altogether.
That said, I loved Rogue One, The Force Awakens, and The Last Jedi.
That said, I loved Rogue One, The Force Awakens, and The Last Jedi.
Read the book. Much better.
Thanks, no. Too busy writing my own non-Star Wars books.
1. Wrong.
2. The Flash Gordon movie is better than ESB, and y’all can fight me.
3. I have just had a revelation about Snoke’s interior design choices.
Your loss
We shall see, Hela. We shall see!!!
The 1980 Flash Gordon movie with Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton and all the rest is excellent popcorn fare. In fact, when Flash is chained in the dungeon and Dale's allowed to come see him ... I get misty ... alright? I mean ... the movie's that good! And when Flash concludes his epic tale and jumps up toward the camera and shouts, "... YEAH!!!" ... I live for that moment, Hela. It's pure, cinematic GOLD!!! However, the 1930's Flash Gordon serials were not gold, they were more like ... Iron Disulfide! They were made on the cheap, even for the day, and remind quite a bit, actually, of live theatre.
In fact, many scenes take place in front of large curtains. It's interesting, though, how they can just open a crate of swords and make a moment out of that, with the music swelling and everything. Some of the principal casting is like WTF, you've got Prince Baron who's big, fat and bald, for example. But the girls were hot for their day and Ming is suitably sinister looking and commanding, especially in his skull-cap with a cut-out arrow pasted to the forehead of it. It's just hard to watch, just on its own. And to top it all off, it's in black and white, Hela ... black and white!!! A lot of negatives to forgive and overcome, before you can break out the Simply Red Popcorn Tins and sit down to this thing ...
I hear he was good in Life as a House.
He certainly has the acting range to play a house.
Lucas was too involved with it. He took on far too much himself. He should have farmed out the the screenwriting and directorial duties to others more capable. Lucas is a great producer and idea man, and when he works with the right people, the product could be magic. However, screen writing and directing were never his strong suits.
OP has never stated their opinions on TLJ or Solo. Plus they like the PT.
Don’t jump to conclusions.
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Give me the prequels over TFA & TLJ any day of the week.
