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Aug 3, 2014 - 9:15 PM
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Tom Servo
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It's interesting that usually on FSM therre are very polarised views when someone comes out with a hugely pro or hugely negative comment about a film - James Bond, Crystal Skull etc.
But here not one person seems to have a single good thing to say about the prequels.
I've stated it before in other threads that I am a fan of the prequels. I'm an old school STAR WARS fan who saw the original trilogy in the theater. Over the years of the prequel films, the "Clone Wars" TV series and various novels and comic books, I have really come to enjoy this era of the saga more than the original era. I love the pre-Rebellion era, the slow dissolution of the Senate, the creeping of a democracy towards tyranny, the characters, the stories, the action, the planets and the mythological and philosophical underpinnings of the new movies. I would recommend to any one interested that they read "The Star Wars Heresies", from McFarland Press, by Paul F. McDonald. It covers an amazing amount of ground of examining the new movies and its references to mythology, religion and more.
REVENGE OF THE SITH is my personal favorite, I connected to it on a personal level, but I really enjoy the world-building in Episodes I and II as well. I find it a fascinating study as both Anakin and the Republic are corrupted from within, each being poisoned by lies from Palpatine. I was reading a great deal about Buddhism when the prequels were released and discovered more tenets of this philosophy present here than in the original films. The inability to deal with loss and how it can overtake any one of us as we try to hold on to everything we have is a fascination topic and one that resonated with me personally in terms of Anakin's journey (sudden loss of a parent at 20-21 years old, fear of losing other loved ones such as my wife at the time).
Additionally, I love Ewan McGregor as Obi-want and could pretty much watch him all day in these films. I'm also a fan of his storyline over the course of the series, really loving how we see what he learned from his master, Qui-Gon, how it informed his training of Anakin and then continued to affect him in his later years. For me, it's a rewarding aspect of the prequels as well as the "Clone Wars' TV series.
Just because other members in the FSM echo chamber haven't chimed in with differing viewpoints doesn't mean they don't exist. And there is a huge fanbase for the prequels out there. Some fans in my own age group tend to turn a blind eye to an entire younger generation who have grown up in this new era of STAR WARS and how much it means to them. Just because you didn't connect with it, doesn't mean it can't matter to someone else. And as an aside, I'm an educated 41 year old, who owns his home, has a successful career, is engaged to be married and enjoy an active social life in L.A., so I'm not some shut-in sycophant who simply is a fan of whatever is put in front of me. So make of that what you will.
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Christ almighty it's been about 10 years since the last of these was released and you are all still carrying on like Harry Knowles after too much chocolate.
FFS let it go. Otherwise Mike will start in on KOTCS again.......
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While I was ultimately disappointed by the prequel trilogy and largely choose to ignore it now (I agree with all the 'ouch' points mentioned and I prefer my own imagined version of events), I have to say The Phantom Menace has the best lightsabre battle/duel out of all SIX films (Maul vs Jedi...just brilliantly shot/edited/scored sequences). I also really like JW music during Anakin's Farewell to his mum and the Pod Race is pretty cool too.
Clones is the worst one for me, but as it gave us Across the Stars Love Theme, even that has some (musical) merit.
I like some parts of Sith (the darker moments and Anakin's burning scene - again, powerful scoring from JW) but really hate parts too (all those mentioned by others). The Frankenstein/Vader moment is awful and Padme giving birth, quickly naming them, then dropping dead is beyond woeful.
Again, any film that gives me a theme like Battle of the Heroes is also given some leeway.
So, yeah but no.
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It's still the best of the prequels.
Perhaps, but that's not actually an accomplishment.
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Maybe 25 to 35 minutes of worthwhile material in a total running time of over 6,5 hours.
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