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Originally Posted by Conan
The newer films are still great movies, just not by Star Wars standards. And unfortunetly I think they've turned a lot of people off to the series.
I must admit though, watching them when I was younger I was just as enthralled as I was with the older ones. That's what's great about the older films though, they strech beyond being kid's films and are great for adults. I think George Lucas just went a little bit overboard trying to appeal to a younger audience on the newer films while practically ignoring the fact that adults love Star Wars as well.
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I actually like the new movies alright. At first I didn't really understand WHY they are so hated.
Sure, a lot of the acting is lame. But it's not like Hammil or Fisher were doing anything Oscar worthy either, but they were adequate for the parts which is what really matters I guess.
Then there's that assh*le Jar Jar, but eh, he's not even in Clones and Sith that much so who cares?
Here are some of the reasons I think the new trilogy is hated so much.
- Didn't live up to the hype. And how could it? Not only is it pretty much impossible to outdo the greatest sci fi movie trilogy of all time. But ever since Empire Strikes Back (which started the trend of putting the "episode" in the title), people pretty much knew that some prequels were in the works. So people knew there would be a prequel trilogy two decades in advance. That's a long wait. Especially for the hardcore fans.
-Nostalgia goggles. Ok, even without them it's obvious that the original trilogy is still better. But I think people were expecting more of a throwback to the style of the original trilogy and were disappointed by the modernization of it (which is kinda weird since it takes place BEFORE the original trilogy), namely the CGI effects taking the place of puppets, costumes, models, live sets and so on.
-Too much plot. The original trilogy's storytelling was beautiful in it's simplicity, bad guys rule the galaxy, bunch of rebels try to overthrow them, great stuff. The new trilogy tried to be more of a LOTR-ish epic with many subplots and character backstories, and obviously Lucas is no Tolkien. Lucas deserves credit for putting so much effort in the backstory to really explain to us the universe and characters we've come to love. But maybe he tried too hard, the stories were too convoluted, Star Wars fans want fast paced action adventure and instead got more of a really drawn out backstory.
-Lack of familiarity. I think overall, because of the Star Wars name, people were expecting more of the actual characters and places from the first trilogy. There was no death star, no imperial cruisers, no millenium falcon, no x wings, no tie fighters, no AT-ATs. No Luke, Leia, Han Solo or Chewbacca. Instead you had a whole new cast of characters with only a few from the original trilogy, and the most famous of those (Darth Vadar) wasn't even recognizable, he wasn't the intimidating badass as we knew him. Overall it left people cold because they expected more references to the old films, and couldn't accept that these films weren't supposed to be imitations of the originals.
Overall all these things cloud the judgement of fans and they can't really accept the fact that these films should be judged on their own merits rather than be compared to the old films frame by frame. I thought Phantom and Clones were decent despite the obvious shortcomings, and Sith? F*ck the haters, I thought it was awesome.
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