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Well, I watched the original Star Wars trilogy finally...
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PrayForDeath
Diamond Member
The Godfather (1972) immediately refutes your argument. Apocalypse Now does a good job too.
I liked the original trilogy, but I liked the new one too 😱
The directing is not the best out there (some even think it's trash), but the story is really good IMHO
NikPreviousAcct
No Lifer
I'd love to see people who say it's trash directing get their flacid ass out there and give it a go. :roll:
SludgeFactory
Platinum Member
I'm convinced that anyone whose only exposure to the original trilogy is 20-25 years after the fact via 6 hrs straight on DVD will never really get what the fuss was about. Maybe part of it is it's hard to impress in the whole "keep me entertained and occupied 24/7 with electronic sh!te" culture, which was non-existent back then. Those movies were a big deal, they came along and stunned people. 30 years later, it's easy to take for granted lightsabers and blasters and droids and wookies and stormtroopers and spaceships and hyperspeed and Darth Vader, but the degree to which that world was constructed and then executed on film was like nothing you'd ever seen in 1977.
The acting was not that bad to me, it's some of the dialogue that's weak. But the plot was entertaining and had enough twists, the gadgetry and technology was cool, and the characters were larger than life. That captured the imagination of millions of people and is what propelled those movies into being a huge chunk of a lot of childhoods. It was massively appealing to kids without pandering to them like Lucas did later. In licensing eleventy billion products, it just fed the phenomenon and helped keep fan interest extremely high in between movies. It was pretty much unbearable waiting the 3 years for the next one.
And he doesn't need any more encouragement to go stain his old movies with a bunch of digital bullsh!t. It doesn't add anything. The amount of crapola he was able to cram into some of the battle scenes in the second trilogy is more than any human can process at one time, I couldn't care less about how much digital wanking his computer guys can do.
The acting was not that bad to me, it's some of the dialogue that's weak. But the plot was entertaining and had enough twists, the gadgetry and technology was cool, and the characters were larger than life. That captured the imagination of millions of people and is what propelled those movies into being a huge chunk of a lot of childhoods. It was massively appealing to kids without pandering to them like Lucas did later. In licensing eleventy billion products, it just fed the phenomenon and helped keep fan interest extremely high in between movies. It was pretty much unbearable waiting the 3 years for the next one.
And he doesn't need any more encouragement to go stain his old movies with a bunch of digital bullsh!t. It doesn't add anything. The amount of crapola he was able to cram into some of the battle scenes in the second trilogy is more than any human can process at one time, I couldn't care less about how much digital wanking his computer guys can do.
cKGunslinger
Lifer
/thread
GuitarDaddy
Lifer
Being old enough to have actual seen the original at the theater🙁
The special effects and cinematography where so far ahead of anything previously done that people really didn't pay much attention to the cheesey plot or the so so acting. And it was the first mega marketed movie that recieved global press coverage and came complete with its own line of action figures and toys. It truly changed the way movies where marketed and distributed.
The special effects and cinematography where so far ahead of anything previously done that people really didn't pay much attention to the cheesey plot or the so so acting. And it was the first mega marketed movie that recieved global press coverage and came complete with its own line of action figures and toys. It truly changed the way movies where marketed and distributed.
Leper Messiah
Banned
O Rly? :Q
You gotta think though. Most of us either saw them when we were kids back in the 70's, or when they did the Re-release of them in the 90's.
D
Deleted member 4644
Star Wars is an epic in the true sense of the word. It was one of the first "space" movies to take itself seriously (ie, not be a "live action cartoon." It had humor and cheesey lines, but you also got a sense that this was serious business... that the fate of the galaxy really did depend on the actions of Luke, Han etc.
Even today, few movies are so epic. Most movies are about some asshole robbing a bank or blowing up a hotel.. or they are basically action-comedies like James Bond.
Few movies have the magic mix of epic seriousness and simple "fun" that the first three Star Wars movies had.
Even today, few movies are so epic. Most movies are about some asshole robbing a bank or blowing up a hotel.. or they are basically action-comedies like James Bond.
Few movies have the magic mix of epic seriousness and simple "fun" that the first three Star Wars movies had.
MikeyIs4Dcats
Lifer
QFT
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
Please...there have been horrible movies made in every generation (in fact, I'd say the current crop is particularly weak in comparison in acting and script). Fact is there were some damned fine movies made during the 1970s and 80s.
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