Re: Looks like a whole lotta

So? Still, why the hate??

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So? Still, why the hate??

Huh? What do you mean? Can you be more specific please?

For SW...

Oh, so then your question is really directed at Eddie?

Eddie is just picky, that's just the way he is. However, I don't think it's raw hatred because he would have rated the films with a 1 or 2 on all counts if that were the case. Eddie just doesn't find them as awe inspiring as most people and I can't say he's the first or only person I've met that feels the same. Just because everybody likes something doesn't mean EVERYBODY likes, or is supposed to like, the same thing.

[Post edited by Tim Raynor on May 19, 2008]

I can answer that one for ya. (why the hate)...eddie is probably an old man. He doesnt GET Star Wars. OR...he has droid envy. These 3 movies are classics. Who's eddie?

My Ratings:
STAR WARS-10
EMPIRE-10
JEDI-7
MENACE-7
CLONES-1
SITH-8
THE MECHANDISE FOR THESE FILMS?-INFINITY!

[Post edited by bladerunner1 on May 20, 2008]

"He won't like it, he hates everything!"

All this talk about Star Wars made me go rewatch Revenge Of The Sith! Pure fun. Star Wars is what it is an action series. People were looking for "Film or Cinema" with the prequels but there just fun popcorn action "Movies" Same with Indiana Jones. People go to see these movies with a "Nothing impresses me" attitude.
Remember when you were a kid and you loved the original movies! Thats because you loved the excitement and didn't care how "Fake" something looked.
Sorry for sounding Surly but it's May Two Four weekend here in Canada and I had some beers .Hic!

[Post edited by Ironbull on May 20, 2008]

Good grief, Revenge of the Sith is just appalling. I think people were so shell-shocked after the first two prequels, they were desperate to find something, anything redeeming about the last installment. I actually think it might be the worst of the three. After all the decades of buildup to get to the scene where Anakin turns to the Dark Side, and we get the most laughable scene in the entire series. Anakin: "No, Mace, don't hurt the Emperor, that would be a bad thing to do! We're Jedi! We're good!" Two minutes later. "Kill the Jedi children? Sure, no problem, I'm a bad guy now. Didn't you hear the musical cue on the soundtrack?" Pitiful. Truly, utterly pitiful. Jar Jar was better.

By contrast, I find it puzzling that Attack of the Clones is singled out from the other films. Yeah, it stinks too, but at least it has the only truly entertaining scene in the whole prequel trilogy - the fight on Fett's ship. That was great stuff.


I have low expectations for Indiana Jones, and I expect them to be met.

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where did all those lightsabers and jedis come from? why, samurai duels and jidai-geki! duh.

Eddie, I never thought I'd see the day when you defended the Japanese.

what does my age have to do with liking/dis-liking movies?

john actually saw "a new hope" during the movie's opening days, and i was born two years after "a new hope" hit theatres. if you mean "old" by having seen the movies as a child regardless of venue (movie theatre, tv, etc.), then i saw "a new hope", "empire", and "jedi" before i was ten. they've always been boring, even before i found out who kurosawa was.

chris: i'm not defending anyone. facts are facts. even lucas admits that he has no originality or artistry. remember his immortal words--"i've earned the right to fail."