Bucky_McLachlan wrote...
You pretty much already freely admit that everything about the Prequels sucks balls and you ask me to list out details as to why everything after Order 66 is horrible? Is this a joke?
1. It's horrible because the films give us no reason to care about the Jedi whatsoever. They're boring, flat pieces of cardboard and they're arrogant ****holes on top of it. It's horrible because every time Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman are on screen together we wish we were watching something else. It's horrible because the prequels never actually take the time to develop the friendship between Obi-Wan and Anakin, and they never give us a reason to feel any real empathy for Anakin and worse, they never give us an opportunity to ever see him as a hero, he's always a whiny little emo b*tch whose only friend in the world is the most evil man in the universe.
2. What this means is that there is no tragedy whatsoever when he finally succumbs to the Dark Side. There's no shock to it at all, and it's not because we knew he was going to do it from the beginning it's because
the fight between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin has no emotional resonance whatsoever. This isn't a fight between two great heroes who we witnessed having such a great friendship that built up over the course of 3 films. This is a fight between a guy who decided to train this kid because his dying master (who like him was also had the personality of a piece of cardboard) asked him to and a really f*cked up kid with serious mommy/daddy issues.
3. No matter how well Ewan Mcgregor pulled off his "You were my brother! I loved you." line it simply cannot wash out the utterly horrible taste of the 6 hours we had to suffer through to get there, and it doesn't erase the fact that the films never even really depict Anakin and Obi-Wan as great friends in the first place (and 5 minutes of them flying around on ships and fighting with eachother in the beginning of the film doesn't make up for everything else). And then, oh man, oh god, oh man, oh god we end up with this.
4. If there's anything remotely good about the Star Wars prequels at all, it's good for only the most shallow and meaningless reasons imagineable.
Hmm, I'd like to first point out that you are a fool. Yes, that I think is a proper first statement. "The expanded universe isn't cannon"? You are aware this includes Kotor as well? Since you hate the prequels, expanded universe, and most of Episode VI. You are a fan of just Episodes....IV and V. Yes, you are a 'true' Star Wars fan.
1. The Jedi are one of the few things the films actually build up pretty well. Midochlorians aside, I actually enjoyed watching the Jedi and Obi-Wan in Episode II. Problem was, you have to fast forward through pointless crap to actually reach anything good, which is not worth my time. But most people are going into this having seen the original trilogy- they already know what the Jedi are like, so that is what they emphathize with. I fail to see what about the Jedi makes you hate them so much. Add to that the look on Yoda's face when he realizes what is happening and you should have some sympathy with them.
2. Yes, no tragedy. I would think slaughtering one's comrades and making a deal with the devil would fit the bill, but apparently not. The scenes with Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting don't come together for any effort on Christiansen's part. It's all Ewan McGregor there. From when he finds out Anakin has betrayed them, to interrogating Padme, to fighting Darth Vader, McGregor's acting really managed to pull through, which many critics agreed with. Face it, you're just full of nerd rage right now.
3. Beginning of Episode III didn't do a completely terrible job in this regard. Anakin/Obi-Wan banter "loose wire joke", Anakin saving Obi-Wan,. Problem was Episode II portrayed Obi-Wan as chastising Anakin 24/7, so it's a bit of an odd switch.
4. You are aware that for their time, the original trilogy were considered to be technological marvels, right? Some might consider that "shallow" in some sense. Again, all you like are Episodes IV and V and nothing from the expanded universe. You rage against anything other people like for no particular reason. You are not a Star Wars fan in any sense of the word, good or bad.
Modifié par BaladasDemnevanni, 24 mars 2010 - 12:04 .