Are People Fans Of The Prequel Trilogy??

topher182

I personally enjoyed it very much but i do hear of a lot of people saying how rubbish it was! I thought they were very well done!

AnCapaillMor

I think nostalgia has a lot to answer for. 4,5,6 really raised the bar on SCIFI films when they were made. They were so far ahead they were'nt funny. I think alot of people expected waay more(too much) out out of 1,2 and 3. To behonest i liked the 3, particualrly ROTS. I think he messed up big time with the midiclorians crap tho.

irishthump

As was already said, expectations were way too high.

Personally, I loved the prequels. True, they had their flaws, so did the original trilogy.

wotisthere

no.

WadeTalon

wotisthere wrote: »

no.

What he said

Gummii

I thought the prequels were ok. I'll admit I prefer the old ones.
I felt the new ones were a bit too hollywood. :rolleyes:

incorkfornow

The difference in the films was simple. George Lucas directed them. My favorite star wars films are five and six, i'm not even that mad on four. A different guy directed five and six.

Everything looked fake. It was all computers. They showed too much. Simple as. The fun of star wars was the story, and he messed it up. Ewan Mcgregor and Samuel L Jackson were the only decent things in the film.

The hype of course was part of the problem, but they just aren't good films. The third one was the best of a bad bunch alright, but the first two were derivative and boring.

Praetorian

I like everything starwars really, and I liked the prequels. They weren't nearly as good as the originals and Lucas made some shocking errors, like Jar Jar Binks, not giving Darth Maul a bigger role the most tedious love thing ever between Padme and Anakin etc. But they were still good, they were still star wars.

Rhiannon14

I enjoyed them, but they were a far cry from the originals. The most irritating thing about them for me personally was the over-the-top special effects. I think he should have limited his technology exclusively to what he used in the originals so that the lot would have flowed more organically. Instead he not only made scenes that were supposed to have occurred in the past appear more technologically advanced, but he went in and bolluxed up the originals so that they would look more like the prequels. What a messy way to go about it imo. So, no, not a fan.

bert174

Watch the originals. Listen out for talk of the past i.e. prequels.

Like Ben ignored Yoda and thought he could train Anakin himself - not in the prequels.

Mark Hamill was a poor actor, but seriously Hayden Christiansen, he reached a new low there!

And that's before you factor in Jar Jar Binks and the obvious "go for the guys" ridiculous car chase scenes in a few of the films

davejones

bert174 wrote: »

Watch the originals. Listen out for talk of the past i.e. prequels.

Like Ben ignored Yoda and thought he could train Anakin himself - not in the prequels.

Mark Hamill was a poor actor, but seriously Hayden Christiansen, he reached a new low there!

And that's before you factor in Jar Jar Binks and the obvious "go for the guys" ridiculous car chase scenes in a few of the films

Mark Hamill's a good actor,he was perfect for the role.
On the prequels, the young Anakin was awful(to small a cutesy) that film in general was terrible.A half hour pod race?WTF

the second one was a bit of an improvement at least there was some good action scenes.But it still had massive flaws.
I really liked the third one,it was just a pity the first two were so weak.

Lucas should go back and remake the first two movies again.:)

AnCapaillMor

bert174 wrote: »

Like Ben ignored Yoda and thought he could train Anakin himself - not in the prequels.

Yoda said he did'nt agree with Obi wan taking on anakin at the end of EP1, but does so reluctantly. The council did'nt want him in the first place. Obi Wan even questioned Qui gon on it.

Zaph

No, they're crap

irishthump

bert174 wrote: »

Watch the originals. Listen out for talk of the past i.e. prequels.

Like Ben ignored Yoda and thought he could train Anakin himself - not in the prequels.

That's not what Obi Wan said. He said - "When I first met your father he was already a great pilot, but I was amazed how strongly the force was with him. I took it on myself to train him as a Jedi. I thought I could instruct him just as well as Yoda, I was wrong."

Obi Wan had made up his mind to teach Anakin, with or without Yoda and the Jedi Councils consent, mainly because he had promised Qui Gon that he would.

User45701

what makes you a fan?

surley its the ammount of times you have seen it? or how well/fondly you remember watching it?

so how many time shave you all seen the prequils?

1 - 5 times
2 - 4 times
3 - 7 times

but thats nothing really i can name other movies/tv episodes ive seen 50+ some things i wouldnt be suprised if i hit the 3 figure on the amount of times ive watched some stuff

KevinMc

I have to say I love the prequels more than the originals. That maybe because I saw them first but they are very well done. The story is great, and palpatine is marvellous the way he plays the whole galaxy like a violin.

I think the graphics and effects used for each of the trilogies suits the context in which the stories play out. The technology in prequels suggest a time of prosperity whereas the visuals in the original suggest a struggling galaxy under depression.

The acting in the prequels is great the politics is awesome.

User45701

Question which would you like better?

Not knowing that Vader was lukes father
or else
not knowing the hero ankian would turn and not predicting the fall of the republic?

popebenny16

I generally like the prequels's, but me reservations are as follows:

1. Jar Jar Binks in Ep1. Blatently done as a merchindising tool. Thankfully GL took notice and not only relegated Jar Jar to the sidelines in 2 & 3 he also had Jar Jar help Palpatine get his emergency powers.

2. Anakin in Ep 1. He is way too young, again to get the kiddie market. If you listen to OBi Wans talk with Luke in Ep3 it makes a whole lot more sense if he is refering to a young man and himself as a fully qualifed Jedi Knight meeting him during the Clone Wars. Instead we have to bend the plot so much that Anakin meets Padme when he's a child, she is either a woman or a late teenager with a grand political past (she refers to it in ep 2) but thankfully she seems to age a hell of a lot slower (dont start) then him so he can catch up and impregnate her.

3. Pod Race = time filler.

4. Car chase in Ep 2 = ditto.

5. Cringe-enducing love dialogue in Ep 2 and 3. As Harrison Ford said, you can write this **** but you cant say it.

That's it, actually. There are some really good bits:

1. All Palpatines scenes in Ep 1, esp the close up of him at the end, and his off the cuff remark to Anakin also at the end.

2. Last hour of Ep 2.

3. Vast majority of Ep3.

As for the place looking all shiny and new in the prequils and dull and bad in the OT, I'd say that was deliberate to show that the Empire is not only corrupt but also failing and the Galaxy is falling apart.