I didn’t mean from a business perspective, I meant more along the lines of I can’t believe the trilogies are more popular.
The stand alone films are far superior
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I didn’t mean from a business perspective, I meant more along the lines of I can’t believe the trilogies are more popular.
NARRATOR: They were.
Why not? People enjoy what they enjoy, and the larger sweeping epics are very much of interest because they feel like such a big story for people to engage in. The smaller stories, while well done (Solo, especially) don't feel as big.
I'm glad both are being told, but I can see more casual viewers more willing to try the trilogy films than the standalone.
I agree with you. I have not been happy with the Sequel Trilogy movies. And yet, I've been enjoying the stand alone films very much. I think Disney needs to find someone who can handle creating a trilogy or quartet for the Star Wars franchise. Perhaps the Sequel Trilogy is working for others. But right now, this current trilogy is not working for me.
So, one of the things I think Disney is doing very well with Star Wars is creating something for everything. You're not loving the saga films. I'm not particularly enamored with the standalones. I'm not boycotting them and I don't hate them but I have not been nearly as happy coming out of Rogue One OR Solo as I have been the two entries in the saga films under Disney's control. There really is room for both sets of movies.
In my opinion, that's the way it should be. I haven't show my daughters all of the Star Wars films (yet) but when they are old enough I will. But, they can enjoy the cartoons and shorts and books. The idea that one must love every single solitary piece of a franchise production is, well, frankly, unrealistic.
I think Star Wars works better when it's Darker, that's probably why Rogue One really stands out to me, to a lesser degree Solo too. VII and VIII are so light I'm surprised I still have corneas after watching them.
My favorite film in the series is ANH. I wholeheartedly disagree that it works better when its dark. ESB is fine. Its a well-crafted movie but in the overall scheme of the franchise, it doesn't work without ROTJ. It is the middle of a story, which is fine. But if I'm going to look at them on their own, I can't go back and watch V without the deep desire to watch VI.
The less I say about Rogue One or ROTS, the better.
No, thank you. I walked out of ROTS wanting to slit my wrists. Rogue One has little to no rewatch value for me, since it adds little to the overall story. It's beautiful to look at, I like seeing the world building, but I don't feel much is gained by its existence, other than taking the Vietnam connections Lucas had alluded to in ANH and make it painfully obvious.
And I fail to see how VIII is "light." Must be my damaged corneas.
I guess we’re proving different people have different opinions, it would be boring if we all thought the same. Maybe light is the wrong word, but it was far to light hearted considering it’s franchise.
Luke dies, Leia is seriously wounded, and the Resistance is severely weekend, while hoping its allies will rally around them.
It's not wrist sliting depressing, but it's hardly "light hearted."
But, I do appreciate your POV even if I don't agree
And that's one of my biggest problems with the sequel trilogy so far, they're too jokey, too cartoony for my tastes. When I first watched Rogue One, I was like 'this is more like it' I felt like I was back in the same universe as the original trilogy, and the humour was just enough from K2SO, and we certainly didn't have entire scenes existing just for lame gags, like the 'holding for hux' bit. TFA wasn't as bad in this regard, but TLJ went too far with it, and I just couldn't take the film seriously as a result, before we even get to it's other problems.
50/50.
Rogue One was way better than the dismal Force Awakens, but although Solo was O.K., I loved The Last Jedi.
Imho anyway...
So far. And fanwank to appeal to longtime fans, especially for "Solo". One could argue "Rogue One" could be a modern film to intrigue newer viewers to sit through ANH, in which case they'd be bored by Darth's newfound lack of energy compared to RO.
Not necessarily. Given how taxing it was for Yoda to fight Dooku, it might take a lot of energy out of Vader to engage so heavily.
Fair point. His line about "There will be no one to stop us this time" certainly carries more weight after seeing the events. But, I was also looking at the narrative as a whole and noting potential precedent within the films. And its there.
The Sequel Trilogy has become too dependent on formula. It's lost wonder in its 'construct'. They are trying to recreate what was done better first time out. At least with the stand alones (especially Rogue One) they are not held to comparisons and that offers greater freedom in story telling.
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