A-MEN, brotha!
I'm pretty sure that in some states you could get arrested for saying that.Fun fact: not everything in the OT is a moment of high art or dramatic excellence.
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
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Your explanation is embedded in the above statement. People go into films with expectations. It's our prerogative to do so. The prequels failed not just with picky SW fanboys but across the board as quality entertainment. It's just that the brand pull was so great that everyone saw it anyway, rewarding mediocrity.
The Phantom Menace is the 6th top grossing US film at the Box Office, just over A New Hope (#7), which has had the longest amount of time to be at the Box Office.
Revenge of the Sith (#24) is the next Star Wars fill on the top 100 list. Followed by Attack of the Clones (#46), Return of the Jedi (#48), and The Empire Strikes Back (#65), as the lowest on the list in terms of money made at the Box Office. ESB is the only one of these six films that is not in the top 50.
These films made serious amounts of money. A lot more than any possible amount of naysaying and hate can over come. They were not bad films. Bad films don't rake in hundreds of millions of dollars.
In perspective, the top US Box office Star Trek film (Star Trek) is #84. Followed by Into Darkness at 114, and The Voyage Home at #521...the only one of the first 10 films to make over 100 million at the US box office (of which there are presently 625 films that do so).
Revenge of the Sith (#24) is the next Star Wars fill on the top 100 list. Followed by Attack of the Clones (#46), Return of the Jedi (#48), and The Empire Strikes Back (#65), as the lowest on the list in terms of money made at the Box Office. ESB is the only one of these six films that is not in the top 50.
These films made serious amounts of money. A lot more than any possible amount of naysaying and hate can over come. They were not bad films. Bad films don't rake in hundreds of millions of dollars.
In perspective, the top US Box office Star Trek film (Star Trek) is #84. Followed by Into Darkness at 114, and The Voyage Home at #521...the only one of the first 10 films to make over 100 million at the US box office (of which there are presently 625 films that do so).
Normally I'd agree with you...but I saw Transformers 2.
Box office has nothing to do with quality. If real housewives and teen mom can find an audience, I would not associate success with quality of entertainment.
You are not even adjusting the numbers for inflation. Your analysis is bogus unless you think ticket prices are the same across decades. They were not. For example in 1977 tickets were closer to $2.23.
Adjusted for inflation: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
#17 TPM
#89 AOTC
#61 ROTS
But #2 SW, #12 ESTB and #15 ROTJ.
And in response to this: both Transformers DOTM and AOE grossed over 1 Billion apiece globally so this premise is bullshit.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/
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Yeah, bad movies can make tons of money at the box office and it's not just the Transformers franchise. Frankly, anything can become a smash hit even if it completely sucks.
For example: a lot of popular music and prime time network television in recent years.
For example: a lot of popular music and prime time network television in recent years.
Not TFA related exactly, but they are announcing right now at D23 the new Star Wars themed areas they are building at both American Disney parks. It will be 14 acres wide! One attraction mentioned allows fans to "take the controls of the Falcon". I got this from a live blog of the "Worlds, Galaxies and Universes: Live Action at the Walt Disney Studios" presentation, here.
ETA: Article on official Disney parks website, including concept art.
ETA: Article on official Disney parks website, including concept art.
Whether I think they are good movies or not (I don't), they are obviously satisfying the audience they're pointed at.
That's what entertainment is supposed to do.
New poster revealed at D23:
The most interesting part of the poster is of course Finn holding a lightsaber.
Not just any lightsaber - that looks Luke's original lightsaber.
What I really like is that Rey is the most prominent character. I hope that means she's the lead for the new trilogy.
You don't actually have to be related to the skywalkers to be a jedi..
Shouldn't he be older then? Unless Han got back together with wife #1 after he was with Leia, which I doubt.
